“One should firmly believe that the same consciousness is present in oneself and in others.”
The quote above is our paraphrase of verse 100. There is no public-domain English translation to show, so read the Sanskrit verse in the Sanskrit text, Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies (1918) (opens in a new tab).
About the text: Vigyan Bhairava Tantra
The Vigyan Bhairava Tantra (Vijnana Bhairava Tantra) is a Sanskrit text of Kashmir Shaivism, framed as the goddess asking Bhairava, a form of Shiva, about his nature. Its 163 short verses describe roughly 112 meditation methods using the breath, the senses and awareness itself. It is often dated to around the 7th or 8th century, though the date is uncertain.
More from the Vigyan Bhairava Tantra
- “There is neither bondage nor liberation for me. These are only fears of the timid, reflections in the mind like the sun reflected in water.”
- “Better to change oneself than to change the world.”
- “Make the mind free of all support and let no thoughts form; then the self is known as the Supreme Self.”
- “See the whole world as magic jugglery or an illusion.”
- “The objects with which worship is to be done, or with which the Higher and Lower Reality is to be satisfied, the worshipper, and God are all one and the same.”
- “God is beyond all concepts of time or direction and cannot be confined to a particular place.”