| The words on the game board are also beautifully arranged to embed within them the foundations of the path of knowledge, and inspire the player to inquire and "insplore" (search within). | | The words on the game board are also beautifully arranged to embed within them the foundations of the path of knowledge, and inspire the player to inquire and "insplore" (search within). |
− | For example, the cells of ''jnana'' and ''suvidya'' are on opposite ends of the first row of ''vanaprastha''. While suvidya takes the player directly to rudraloka the abode of Shiva, jnana takes the player to anandaloka revealing to him the sat-chit-ananda nature of the brahman. Just above ''suvidya'' is viveka. This arrangement reminds the player of the belief in the [[wikipedia:Kaula_(Hinduism)|kaula tradition]] that there are two paths to knowledge, that of ''jnana'' which is gained through ''shabda'' and that of ''viveka'' which is gained through insight from within<ref>Shaktism, ([[wikipedia:Jnana_yoga|Jnana Yoga]])</ref>. There are many such interesting patterns on the board game which the curious player can explore. | + | For example, the cells of ''jnana'' and ''suvidya'' are on opposite ends of the first row of ''vanaprastha''. While suvidya takes the player directly to rudraloka the abode of Shiva, jnana takes the player to anandaloka revealing to him the sat-chit-ananda nature of the brahman. Just above ''suvidya'' is viveka. This arrangement reminds the player of the belief in the [[wikipedia:Kaula_(Hinduism)|kaula tradition]] that there are two paths to knowledge, that of ''jnana'' which is gained through ''shabda'' and that of ''viveka'' which is gained through insight from within<ref>Shaktism, ([[wikipedia:Jnana_yoga|Jnana Yoga]])</ref>. There are many such interesting patterns on the board game which the curious player can explore. Specially beautiful, in the context of the 67th verse of Saudarya Lahari is the position of prakriti, rudraloka, the 3 guna's (satta, raja, tama) and aham or ahamkara and the subsequent snake to maya, describing the reflection of Shambhu (Para-Shiva) in Prakriti (Para-Shakti) giving rise to "aham" the seed of the world of names and forms. |