Aghora
अघोर aghora'Not terrible.' The tantric principle that to realised awareness nothing is finally fearful or polluting, since nothing is other than the divine; the vision that meets the cremation ground and the forbidden without recoil.
Where this term appears
- The 28 Śaiva Āgamas Lineages
The Aghora face, the fierce southern face, is said to give the Vijaya, the Niśvāsa, the Svāyambhuva and their group.
- The Aghorīs Lineages
Aghora is built from a- , "not," and ghora , "terrible, fearsome." It means "the non-terrible," "the not-fearsome," and it is not an invention of the sect.
- The Types of Tantra Lineages
…s and their brother Tumburu; the Dakṣiṇatantras from the south-facing Aghora, teaching cults of Bhairavas and goddesses; the Gāruḍatantras from the east-facing Tatpuruṣa; the Bhūtatantras from the west-facing S…
- The Six Amnayas Treatise
Aghora - Not-Terrible , a name for Shiva in his dissolution-aspect, the dissolution carried so far that it has become benign - faces south.
- Do Aghoris really eat human flesh? Journal
Aghora is built from a- , "not," and ghora , "terrible." It means "the non-terrible," and it is not the sect's invention.
- The ascetics of the burning ground Treatise
The dreadless ones Begin with the name, because it corrects the first mistake. Aghora does not mean terrible.
- The sacred transgression Treatise
The boldest expression of this is the principle the tradition calls aghora , "not terrible." To the realised awareness nothing is finally ghora , terrible or fearful or polluting, because nothing is finally oth…