तन्त्रसार (महामाहेश्वर अभिनवगुप्त - तन्त्रालोक का प्रामाणिक सार-संग्रह सटीक)

lxvi XXII The last chapter gives in short the nature of Kulācāra. It should be noted at the outset that this form of worship is not meant for everybody but for them who are well-advanced and in whom inclination for such rituals has grown strong. Only because of this they are entitled to perform the worship of the divine in accordance to this method. When a person becomes free from ( Vikalpas ) determi- nation and is able to attain steadiness in ( nirvikalpa ) the indeterminate state, only then he is considered worthy to worship according to kulakrama, for it is stated in Tantra- loka that during rituals if he thinks that the object of wor- ship is defferent and he himself is different from that, he fails to attain siddhi and mukti. One who has plunged into the secret of this krama and follows the course, is really endowed with the highest knowledge. Therefore, Jayaratha writes in his commentary on Tantraloka 29/102, that those great souls who are really free from Vikalpas take up the course as prescribed by the kula system. Particularly they follow the course only to see if their mind, in the presence of allurements is really steady in pure consciousness ( saṃvi- dadvaye ) or not For this reason they do not think it immo- ral to practise in the company of dūtīs. Kula ritual is performed in six different ways, namely, (i) externally, (ii) in the śakti, (iii) in one's own body, (iv) in the unity of both, male and female, (v) in the vital energy, (vi) in consciousness. As the worshippers are of two kinds, that is, he who is desirous of siddhi should perform Kula- yāga according to the method listed as the second, the fourth, and the fifth, but he who desires liberation should stick to the sixth.