BIRTH OF TANTRA

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 BIRTH OF TANTRA

BIRTH OF TANTRA
The below picture is Lord Shiva appearing as Svacchandanatha in the begining of Satyuga. He appeared with five heads and eighteen arms.
His five heads came into manifestation through his five great energies: cit, ananda, iccha, jnana and kriya.

To illuminate the universe, five energies in the five mouths as isana, Tatpurusa, Sadyojata, Vamadeva and Aghora.
These five energies in five mouths manifested tantras to enlighten the universe.
These tantras are manifested in three ways:
Shiv Tantras
This was initial manifestation. These are dualistic (dvaita) and ten in number. These expound dualism. It means a total separation with Almighty.
Rudra Tantras
Next eighteen tantras came into existance which were permeated with thought of monistic dualism (bhedabheda). You can understand it like relation between God and human is just like spark and fire.
Bhairava Tantras
Finally these sixty four tantras manifested which are filled with only monistic thought (abheda).
Kashmir Shaivism is connected with Bhairav Tantras. Here Lord Shiva is shown predominant everywhere. In everything He is there fully and compmetely.
Om Namah Shivaye.