Emptiness in Shaivism and Shaktism by Andrey Ignatyev

God Shiva

  

Nasadiya Sukta of the Rigveda speaks of a non-nothingness as the beginning of creation.

An emptiness in the Tapa-Loka is penetrated from the Hindu viewpoint by the Omkara-Shabda of the Ishvara, the basis of existence of the Trimurti.

The Varaha Upanishade says in chapter 4.18: Like an empty pot in the Akasa (space), emptiness rules both inside and outside;

In the Devi Upanishad is to read I am the Shunya (void) and beyond the Shunya (void).

What appears to the disciple as emptiness, when all impulses in consiousness have ceased to be, is not really emptiness but avyakta (unmanifest). But he must also pass through the void; (Swami Paramananda in : Concentration and Meditation.

Shankaras Guru Gaudapada spoke of Turiya as atyanta-shunyata (absolute emptiness). The latter is also regarded as the inner Shiva.

Hinduism knows another mental little emptiness 'Sunyata' in the area of the Anthakarana (Manas - Ahamkara - Buddhi) of Prakriti.

Sivas's Akasha-aspect is bhairava. Vajra-bhairava is the first emanation of the buddhist emptyness, which seems to be equivalent to the akasha of the trimurti.

Akasha

In addition, there is something similar with the Akasha in yoga, which is attributed to the quality of space and sound.

1. Chid Akasha (also Chidakasha, Sanskrit: cidākāśa m.) or 'consciousness (Chit) - space (Akasha): the consciousness space perceived in the area of the head.
2. Bhrumadhya Akasha (Sanskrit - Bhrūmadhyākāśa/Mahāśūnya): The empty space in the Eyebrow center (Ajna).
3. Vishuddhi Akasha (Sanskrit - Viśuddhyākāśa): The empty space (Akasha) in the throat center. In the Hatha Pradipika (Kap. 4.71) the synonym atishunya is used for this.
4. Hrid Akasha (Sanskrit: Hṛdākāśa): The empty space (Akasha) in the heart (Hrid). In the Hatha Pradipika the synonymous Shunya is used.

References

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