Krama school

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The Krama school is a tantric subtradition of Kashmir Shaivism known for its emphasis on sequential unfoldment of consciousness and worship of the divine feminine.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Krama school canonical 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf tantric subtradition ⓘ
tradition of Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Kālī ⓘ
linked to: Goddess Kali

Mahātripurasundarī ⓘ
Tripurā ⓘ
coreTeaching gradual revelation of ultimate reality in stages ⓘ
cosmologicalView manifestation of reality as a graded series of powers (śaktis) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
emphasis internal yogic contemplation ⓘ
tantric ritual practice ⓘ
worship of the divine feminine ⓘ
epistemology direct yogic realization of consciousness stages ⓘ
goal realization of nondual consciousness ⓘ
recognition of one’s identity with Śiva-Śakti ⓘ
historicalPeriod medieval period ⓘ
influenced later Śākta and Kaula traditions ⓘ
influencedBy Kashmirian nondual Shaiva philosophy ⓘ
earlier Śākta tantra ⓘ
keyConcept inner sacrifice of mental states ⓘ
krama (sequence or succession) ⓘ
transcendence of time through stages ⓘ
unfoldment of consciousness in ordered stages ⓘ
mainFocus sequential unfoldment of consciousness ⓘ
metaphysicalView nonduality of Śiva and Śakti ⓘ
ontology reality as dynamic unfolding of Śiva-Śakti power ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation nondual Shaivism ⓘ
linked to: Kashmir Shaivism
practiceType esoteric tantric yoga ⓘ
goddess-centered worship ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Kashmir ⓘ
relatedTradition Pratyabhijñā school of Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
Trika school of Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
ritualOrientation Kaula-style tantra ⓘ
scripturalLanguage Sanskrit ⓘ
uses esoteric ritual worship ⓘ
tantric mantras ⓘ
visualization practices ⓘ
venerates divine feminine ⓘ
Śakti ⓘ
linked to: Shaktas
viewOnLiberation liberation as recognition of the sequential play of consciousness ⓘ
viewOnTime time as a sequence of divine powers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kashmir Shaivism → hasSubtradition → Krama school ⓘ
Trika → relatedTradition → Krama school ⓘ