PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR INTERPRETATION OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGE CULTURES SOTERIOLOGICAL CAPACITY OF THE GODHEAD AND А PROBLEM OF INDIVIDUALS’ DEPENDENCE AND RELEASE ACCORDING TO HINDU TANTRISM S.V. Pakhomov Department of Philosophy and Culture of the Orient Faculty of Philosophy Saint Petersburg State University Mendeleevskaya Liniya, build. 5, St. Petersburg, 199034 The issue of the spiritual liberation in Hindu Tantrism is closely linked with an idea of the primeval source of everything, or of that supreme, absolute Reality, God. <...> Only such a free divine Being who has never known any bondages, can provide the release for the poor samsaric souls. <...> The participation of the Godhead in life of suffering beings looks like a manifestation of a compassion. <...> The divine grace is expressed in sending down of the blessed power (anugraha). <...> Tantric deities paradoxically combine in themselves truly incompatible things, for example, knowledge and illusion. <...> However, the duality of the tantric Deity is rather apparent than real. <...> It is a consequence of the distorted focus of perception and of the unenlightened level of a person. <...> The great soteriological gift bestowed by God, is rarely obtained by an adept without any effort or intent on his (adept’s) part. <...> The spiritual path unfolds as from below, i.e. from a position of the subject, and from above, i.e. from the ultimate Reality. <...> Key words: liberation, soteriology, Hindu Tantrism, Tantric Deity, individual’s dependence and release. <...> The issue of the spiritual liberation in Hindu Tantrism is closely linked with an idea of the primeval source of everything, or of that supreme, absolute Reality, which is the scope of the ultimate freedom. <...> This Reality is personified in the form of a Deity (first of all Śiva, but also Śakti, Viщхu, etc.). <...> Tantric texts directly equate 69 Вестник РУДН, серия Философия, 2014, № 1 freedom and the Highest Principle of the universe. <...> Thus, “Kāmākhyā-tantra” (I. 10) speaks of the Goddess Kāmākhyā as following, “. it is called nirvāna, it is the union (sāyujya), sālokya and sаharūpa, Kāmākhyā is the high road!” (1). <...> Only such a divine Being who has never known any bondages, can provide the release for the poor saьsāric souls; but only if they wish to obtain <...>