Bhairava
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 14 anchored passages
Anuttara-Bhairava · Blessed Lord Bhairava · God of gods · Parameśvara · the Bhairava-state · the Lord · the Supreme Lord · the one whose form is light that never sets
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Bodhapañcadaśikā
The supreme non-dual Śiva/Bhairava, identified as Parameśvara, the inmost essence and sustaining ground of all beings, whose power (śakti) manifests the universe as a reflection in his own consciousness.
Thus Bhairava — resting upon the trident-and-lotus of the powers of will, [limiting] action, and knowledge (icchā-kalā-jñāna (the powers of will, [limited] action, and knowledge)) — is to be contemplated (pariśīlyate) as the intrinsic nature (svabhāva) of all existents.
[Reverence to] the one whose form is light that never sets, who alone is the inmost core of both the lights and the darknesses — and within whom abide the lights and the darknesses alike.
His power to accomplish what is utterly impossible (atidurghaṭakāritva (the power to bring about the utterly impossible)) is the Unsurpassed (anuttara (the Unsurpassed, the absolute)) itself — this very thing is his autonomy (svātantrya (absolute sovereign freedom)), his lordship (aiśvarya), the very nature of awareness (bodha (awareness, awakening;
Paryantapañcāśikā
The supreme, non-dual deity of the Trika, identified as the single reality underlying all gods, existence, and knowledge, who voluntarily descends into limited embodiment and is to be recognized as one's own Self.
Thus, by his own will, the Blessed Lord Bhairava lets himself be measured out [into limitation].
All this manifold, while it exists, again and again comes to rest in Anuttara-Bhairava through the gateways of will and the rest — and from there alone it is emitted forth once more.
Contemplating bondage and liberation in their modes of difference and non-difference, through the firm trust 'I am Bhairava,' one should attain the supreme autonomy.