Sublime

While Śrīvidyā is the name of a particular path, it also refers to the central mantra of the tradition as well as its ultimate goal—svatantra or absolute freedom through the realization of auspicious wisdom.

Shiva’s will, Shiva’s love, Shiva’s wisdom, Shiva’s bliss, Shiva’s activity, even Shiva’s language, all become limited in the process of contraction. Hence, a student should know something about how Kashmir Shaivism looks at contraction. We are the end product of the process of contraction: the limited individual soul, the jiva. Shaivism says that