May his soul attain liberation and merge with the ultimate reality, Para. Om Shanti.

I'm deeply saddened by his passing, as I was looking forward to meeting him next month. However, his legacy lives on through the Mukta Bodha Library, which has been an invaluable resource for me in translating Trika texts into English. My heartfelt condolences 🙏

A picture of chinachara from an old bengali movie, stating the buddha - vaishista legend

The Sabara-tantra gives a list of twelve sages to whom the Käpälika doctrine was revealed: Adinātha, Anādi, Kāla, Atikālaka, 110 Karāla, Vikarāla, Mahākāla, Kāla- bhairavanātha, Bațuka, Bhūtanātha, Vīranātha, and Śrīkantha.

These twelve had twelve disciples: Nāgārjuna, Jadabharata, Hariścandra, Satyanātha, Bhimanātha, Gorakşa, Carpața, Avadya, Vairāgya, Kanthādhārin, Jalandhara, and Malayārjuna. These pupils were the original 'promoters of the (Käpälika) path (märga- pravartakas). "

Salutations to Lord Śrī Mahākāla Bhairava, who appears with the resplendence of the dissolution causing zillion dark flaming fires. He has four arms and is three-eyed. He is in the midst of the eight crematory grounds wearing a garland of eight skulls represented by the eight attendants called Muṇḍāṣṭakas. He is seated atop five corpses called the pañcapretas, denoting the acts of Creation, Preservation, Destruction, Concealment and Revelation. He holds in His four arms, a trident, a drum, a sword and an empty skull. He appears with a beautiful well-formed body, adorned with ashes from the crematory grounds. He plays around with corpses and is the beloved of His consort Mahākāli. They are highly gratified and appear coddling each other passionately engaging in amorous activities. They are in the midst of loudly shrieking vultures and howling jackals. He shines forth prominently with very thick braided hair on the top of His head and in totality represents the absence of the entire Creation – nothingness or śūnya. He is Śiva, the formless pure consciousness devoid of all afflictions, representing the singular reality perceived as the great Void.

~ Shakti sangam tantra, sundari khanda

Kālābhrām śyāmālāngīm vigalita cikurā khaġgamundābhirāmām

Trāsa trāņeşţadātrīm kuņapagaņaśiro mālinīm dīrghanetrām.

Samsārasyaikasārām bhavajana na harāmbhāvitobhāvanābhiḥ

Ksantavyo me'parādhaḥ prakațita vadane kāmarūpe karāle .. 8..

~ kali apradh Kshama mapan stotra

Wishing you a very auspicious kali puja and Diwali. May the grace of bhagabati be upon everyone. Jay Maa kali

Narayan suktam a hymn to lord Shiva

r‌taṁ satyaṁ paraṁ brahma puruṣaṁ kr‌ṣṇapiṅgalam

ūrdhbarētaṁ birupākṣaṁ biśbarupāẏa bai namō namaḥ ||"

(kr‌ṣṇa-yajurvēda/ taittirīẏa āraṇyaka/ 10th prapāṭhaka- pariśiṣṭa/23th anubāka)

●sāẏaṇa bhāṣya(Sayanacharya's Commentary)

" yadētaṯparaṁ brahma taṯsatyamabādhyam | satyatbaṁ ca dbibidhaṁ byābahārikaṁ pāramārthikaṁ ca |.... Tādr‌śaṁ brahma bhaktānugrahāyōmā-mahēśbarātmaka puruṣarupaṁ bhabati | tatra dakṣiṇē mahēśbarabhāgē kr‌ṣṇabarṇē umābhāgē bāmē piṅgalabarṇaḥ | sa ca yōgēna sbakīẏaṁ rētō brahmarandhrē dhūtbōrdhbarētā bhabati | trinētratbādbirupākṣaḥ | tādr‌śaṁ paramēśbaraṁ anuśrutyēti śēṣaḥ |"

He who is the supreme Brahman is the true form.  His truth is both vyabahārika(practical) and pāramārthika (transcendental). 
That (Nirguna) Brahma (transcendental) for the purpose of bestowing grace upon the devotees assumes the form of Uma-Maheshvara
(i.e. manifests as Ardhanarisvara Sadasiva from formless Paramsiva). His right side is Maheshwara(Krishna varna - Dark complexioned) and his left side is Uma (Pingal Varna - deep yellow complexioned)

He who transmits (upwards) his Tejasha Shakti (i.e. Kundalini Parasakti) towards the Brahmarandhra (Sahasrara padma) by Yoga, he is the Supreme Virupaksha. This Swaroopam of the Parameshwara is Anushruti i.e can be known through Shruti shastras.

Narayan suktam a hymn to lord Shiva

Bhishma said, 'I am quite incompetent to recite the virtues of Mahadeva of highest intelligence. He pervades all things in the universe and yet is not seen anywhere. He is the creator of universal self and the Pragna (knowing) self and he is their master. All the deities, from Brahman to the Pisacas, adore and worship him. He transcends both Prakriti and Purusha. It is of Him that Rishis, conversant with Yoga and possessing a knowledge of the tattvas, think and reflect. He is indestructible and Supreme Brahman. He is both existent and non-existent. Agitating both Prakriti and Purusha by means of His energy, He created therefrom the universal lord of creatures, viz., Brahma. Who is there that is competent to tell the virtues of that god of gods, that is endued with supreme Intelligence? Man is subject to conception (in the mother’s womb), birth, decrepitude, and death. Being such, what man like me is competent to understand Bhava? Only Narayana, O son, that bearer of the discus and the mace, can comprehend Mahadeva. He is without deterioration. He is the foremost of all beings in attributes. He is Vishnu, because of his pervading the universe. He is irresistible. Endued with spiritual vision, He is possessed of supreme Energy. He sees all things with the eye of Yoga. It is in consequence of the devotion of the high-souled Krishna to the illustrious Rudra whom he gratified. O Bharata, in the retreat of Vadari, by penances, that he has succeeded in pervading the entire universe. O king of kings, it is through Mahesvara of celestial vision that Vasudeva has obtained the attribute of universal agreeableness,—an agreeableness that is much greater than what is possessed by all articles included under the name of wealth.[1] For a full thousand years this Madhava underwent the austerest penances and at last succeeded in gratifying the illustrious and boon giving Siva, that Master of all the mobile and the immobile universe. In every new Yuga has Krishna (by such penances) gratified Mahadeva. In every Yuga has Mahadeva been gratified with the great devotion of the high-souled Krishna. How great is the puissance of the high-souled Mahadeva,—that original cause of the universe,—has been seen with his own eyes by Hari who himself transcends all deterioration, on the occasion of his penances in the retreat of Vadari undergone for obtaining a son.[2] I do not, O Bharata, behold any one that is superior to Mahadeva. To expound the names of that god of gods fully and without creating the desire of hearing more only Krishna is competent. This mighty-armed one of Yadu’s race is alone competent to tell the attributes of the illustrious Siva. Verily, O king, only he is able to discourse on the puissance, in its entirety of the Supreme deity?'

~ Mahabharata, Anushasana parva, ch 14