THE SEVENTH NEW FACE OF LORD ŚIVA

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FIRST FACE: From this face called Sadyojāta emanated the Paścimāmnāya or Western Tradition related to the earth element. The main goddess here is Kubjikā.

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SECOND FACE: From this face called Vāmadeva emanated the Uttarāmnāya or Northern Tradition related to the water element. The main goddess here is Guhyakālī.

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THIRD FACE: From this face called Aghora emanated the Dakṣiṇāmnāya or Southern Tradition related to the fire element. The main goddess here is Tripurasundarī.

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FOURTH FACE: From this face called Tatpuruṣa emanated the Pūrvāmnāya or Eastern Tradition related to the air element. This is the well-known Trika Shaivism tradition. The main goddess here is Kālasaṅkarṣiṇī, who comprises Parā, Parāparā and Aparā.

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FIFTH FACE: From this face called Īśāna emanated the Ūrdhvāmnāya or Zenithal Tradition related to the ether element. The main deities here are the androgynous form of Mahāpaśupata, Mūlayoginī and Śāmbhava.

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SIXTH FACE: From this secret and hidden face called Kālāgnirudra emanated the Adharāmnāya or Nadiral Tradition. The main goddesses are Mahogratārā, Vajrayoginī and Vajravārāhī.

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I, Gabriel Pradīpaka, received initiation from Svāmī Muktānanda Paramahaṁsa (in 1983) and from Svāmī Lakṣmaṇa Joo (in 2010). Two lineages intersect in me. Now, through the irresistible Will of Lord Śiva, I establish a seventh face of the Supreme Beloved One.

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SEVENTH FACE: From this new face now emerging called Guhyaparabhairava emanates the Parabhairavāmnāya or Parabhairava Tradition. We worship no form of the Goddess, following His clear Command. The sole focus of our worship is the Great Lord Parabhairava, the Self-existent who was never created by anyone. This Parabhairava is the conjunction of Śiva and Śakti. This face contains the Spanda and Pratyabhijñā schools of the Eastern Tradition (the other two schools, Kula and Krama, exist in minimal expression). In our tradition the Guru bestows divine Grace directly. That is, the Guru is not merely a means but the personification of Śiva Himself. We follow Jñānamārga (the path of Knowledge) and use as few rituals as necessary. We venerate all 64 Bhairavatantra-s.

 

Our path is one of total identification with Parabhairava. We seek not to be devotees of Parabhairava but to become aware that "we truly do not exist" but that "only He exists in all places and times".

 

This seventh face arose from the pleas of all those who cannot fit into any of the previous six faces. This face is completely Śaiva.

 

May there be welfare for all!