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Karika 4

अहं सुखी च दुःखी च रक्तश्चेत्यादिसंविदः सुखाद्यवस्थानुस्यूते वर्तन्ते ऽन्यत्र ताः स्फुटम्

"I am happy," "I am unhappy," "I am attached," and similar perceptions clearly exist in something other than the states of happiness and so forth, which they permeate. This verse points to the distinction between the changing states 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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