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Trika


Trika, a concept of Kashmir Shaivism, refers to the 3 goddesses Parā, Parāparā and Aparā which are named in the Mālinivijayottata-tantra.

This gives Kashmir Shaivism its other name, Trika.

According to the Trika Darsana there are three essential realities:

Anu is a microcosm, a complete image, on a reduced scale, of the macrocosm, and in permanent resonance on multiple levels with the macrocosm (universe). The resonance (link) between the microcosm and the macrocosm is Sakti, the only one who can help Anu recover his lost knowledge - that he is one with Siva. This is all possible because of the completely free will of Siva - Svatantrya Sakti.

Trika is also reflected in the Śakti trinity:

Any action of any being, including God, is subject to three fundamental energies:

In Trika Tantra when pramatri, pramana and prameya become one, the true nature of the world is discovered. This state of nonduality is how God (Siva) and perfect yogis experience the world.

Besides these three there is another state which has no name (turya - the fourth) because it is indescribable. This fourth state is that of perfect fusion of pramatri, pramana and prameya, also known as superconsciouness, pervading the other three states and existing also outside them.

This triad is identical to Śiva, Śakti and Aṇu.

Mala means impurity, bondage or poison. The three impurities are responsible for the limitation of the divine condition. When they are transcended, the limited being becomes liberated.


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