Talk:Kashmir Shaivism
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[edit] Minor cleanup of section on Muktananda and Siddha Yoga
I felt that the section on Muktananda was a mischaracterization of his school, and removed the material. There is a complete article on Siddha Yoga that defines it more fully.
TheRingess 10:05, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Possibilities of learning and practicing Kashmir Shaivism today
I have reduced this section to a list of schools and scholars. It's my opinion that many of the statements made in the section as previously written were very non neutral. I think it is beyond the scope of this article to try to classify individuals contributions to Kashmir Shaivism. Also, I think any material about the scholars or teachers belongs on their articles, with a brief, neutral summary here. TheRingess 01:40, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Shaivism in relation to other religions or spiritual paths
I removed this section. It used way too much passive voice and cited no references. To me it read like an essay. With no scholarly references it seems to be original research. Perhaps someone could rewrite it to make subsections for each religion/path that kashmir shaivism is compared to, and provide scholarly references for readers wishing more information. TheRingess 01:49, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] History of Kashmir Shaivism
I removed this section also. It contained a lot of information already present in the previous section. Also, without scholarly references, statements like "strictly speaking, kashmir shaivism is the oldest...." seem to me to be original research TheRingess 01:57, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External Links
It's my thought that links to specific schools belong on their article pages.TheRingess 02:11, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Material About Current Teachers
I reverted this material, for several reasons.
- Basically it seemed like too much original research. For example, simply making a statement like "Person A influenced Person B", is not enough. You need to answer questions such as: how did they influence them? to what extent did they influence them?, to name just a couple of questions. You also need to provide sources and quotes.
- Also, an article about Muktananda and Siddha Yoga already exists. Doesn't the material about Muktananda belong on his article? And sources provided. Ditto for chidvilasanda. It seems like the material about every person mentioned belongs more on articles about them and not here. Otherwise, this article runs the risk of becoming too lengthy. Likewise for Lakshmanjoo. If he doesn't already have an article, shouldn't there be one about him, since he seems to be a significant teacher in Kashmir Shaivism.
Its just my opinion, that the section about current teachers, can remain brief and readers can read further about teachers they have an interest in.
TheRingess 01:35, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Theories of Kashmir Shaivism
some theories we should add: paravak (theory of speech), matrikacakra (theory of the alphabet), pratibimbavada (theory of reflection), the thirty six tattvas, prana/cit kundalini, pramatrin, turya, ... Saiva suj 21:06, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mind-born
There should be an article on mind-birth, for lack of a better term. As Shri Durvasa Rishi had borne Tryambaka out of his mind, I'm fairly certain Zeus of Greek mythology had done the same for Athena. Does anyone have any clues? ॐ नमःशिवाय Śaiva Sujīt सुजीत ॐ 21:14, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
