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prakasa
Prakāśa is a concept of Kashmir Shaivism translated by various authors as "light", "splendour", "light of consciousness" (identified with ''Śiva'')〔Vijñana Bhairava, The Practice of Centering Awareness, Swami Lakshman Joo, glossary〕 (Swami Lakshman Joo), "luminous and undifferentiated consciousness"〔Triadic Mysticism, Paul E. Murphy, glossary〕 (Paul E. Murphy) or "primordial light beyond all manifestations"〔The Triadic Heart of Shiva, Paul Muller-Ortega, page 95〕 (Paul Muller-Ortega). Fellow Tantric practitioners Tibetan Buddhists practice Clear Light yoga based on a similar concept.
''Prakāśa'' is considered supreme, ultimate, unsurpassable, but as such it cannot be described as pure transcendence, because even though it is above all, it is still present in the manifestation, in every aspect of it. Thus ''prakāśa'' is said to be both transcendent and immanent.〔
==The prakāśa-vimarśa couple==
Uncreated light (''prakāśa'') is the essence of ''Śiva''. Its function is to illuminate, to make manifest. However, Kashmir Shaivism declares that the nature of ''prakāśa'' is "self apprehension", or, to reflect upon itself. "''If the supreme light were devoid of this free and spontaneous self-referential capacity, it would be powerless and inert''".〔, sūtra 1〕''Prakāśa'' and ''vimarśa'' form a couple at the supreme level, identified respectively with Śiva and Śakti.
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