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Svecchācāra (IAST; Sanskrit: स्वेच्छाचार) is a Sanskrit word and important in the Nath Sampradaya.〔International Nath Order Wiki (August 2009). ''Svecchachara''. Source: () (accessed: Thursday March 11, 2010)〕 'Svecchācāra' means: acting as one likes, arbitrariness, acting without restrain.〔Source: () (accessed: Thursday March 11, 2010)〕 Woodroffe (1951: p.440) defines 'svecchācāra' and associates it to notions of Antinomianism and that it is evident in the Upanishads and the Tantras: "Lastly, the doctrine that the illuminate knower of Brahman (Brahmajnani) is above both good (Dharma) and evil (Adharma) should be noted. Such an one is a Svechacari whose way is Svechacara or "do as you will". Similar doctrine and practices in Europe are there called Antinomianism. The doctrine is not peculiar to the Tantras. It is to be found in the Upanishads, and is in fact a very commonly held doctrine in India."〔Woodroffe, John George (1951). ''Shakti and Shâkta: essays and addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra''. (Forgotten Books ). Woodroffe (1951: pp.440-441) also goes on to state that: "In Svecchacara there is theoretical freedom, but it is not consciously availed of to do what is known to be wrong without fall and pollution."〔Woodroffe, John George (1951). ''Shakti and Shâkta: essays and addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra''. (Forgotten Books ). Svecchācāra is important in the Nath Sampradaya evocation of their realized ideal, of the Avadhuta; as Mahendranath states: "Sveccha means one's own wish or free will. Svecchachara means a way of life where one acts as one wishes and does what is right in one's own eyes. Doing one's own Will. The concluding Sanskrit expression in the Avadhoota Upanishad is "Svecchachara Paro." This term is employed in the closure of the ''Avadhuta Upanishad''.〔International Nath Order Wiki (August 2009). ''Svecchachara''. Source: () (accessed: Thursday March 11, 2010)〕 The term 'svecchācāra' also appears nine times in the Mahanirvana Tantra first translated into the English from Sanskrit by Woodroffe (1913).〔Source: () (accessed: Thursday March 11, 2010) NB: search using 'svecchAcAr'〕 Svechchhachara, “following one's own () will” is also evident in the Kali Tantra 8.19. ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Svecchachara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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