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Karika 31

अयमेवोद्यस्तस्य, ध्येयस्य ध्यायि चेतसि । तदात्मता समापत्तिमिच्छतः साधकस्य वा ॥

This very arising is the object of meditation and the meditator in the mind of the practitioner who desires identity with that reality. The verse points to a radical collapse of the usual triad of meditation: the meditator, the act of…

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A contemplative reading in the spirit of the Kashmir Shaivism (Spanda — the doctrine of vibration) tradition — an aid to reflection, not a substitute for a living teacher or the classical commentaries.

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