The Bhoga Karika is a collection of Sanskrit verses by the renowned Saivite teacher and writer, Sadyojyoti, of the eighth century A.D. This translation of the Bhoga Karika also includes a short commentary by the similarly renowned Aghora Siva, of the twelfth century. In a lively and engaging manner, the bhoga Karika defends the Agamic Saivite theology, epistemology and ontology of “bhoga†or “mundane/worldy experience†against the attacks of rival schools, notably the Naiyayikas, Samkhyas, Carvakas and Buddhists. Employing a Saiva-yogic doctrine to explains the nature of bhoga (i.e., as self-identity based solely on ego-identity), Sadyojyoti plays on the twofold sense of bhoga as “mundane-experience†and “enjoyment.†While bhoga is a limiting factor in human experience, it still e constitutes a measure of enjoyment, which explains its attraction. On the other hand, bhoga is also an opportunity for the cultivation of a more profound form of enjoyment-the bliss or “ananda†found in the consciousness and being of a transcendence designated by the name of Siva.
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Bhoga Karika of Sadyojyoti
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1st ed.
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8120829352
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xii+174p., References; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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