How To Receive God's Grace | Śaktipāta in Kashmir Shaivism

There are few theories regarding God's grace in Indian philosophy: 1. It is earned through good works (karma) 2. It is earned through devotion (bhakti) 3. It is earned through renunciation (tyāga) 4. It comes as a result of two equally strong samskaras bubbling up at the same time and checking one and another, thus artificially stalling all future karmas from fructifying (karmasāmya) Using some arguments from Abinava Gupta's commentary on the Mālinīvijaya Tantra, we'll show why all of these a...