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.
That very one is the intrinsic nature (svabhāva (own-being, the inmost essence)) of all beings — the Supreme Lord (Parameśvara (the Supreme Lord, the Self of all beings));
[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.
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.
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.
That alone is the God {{bhairava:
Such is that full body of Bhairava.
the goal to be attained is the Bhairava-state.