Sunday, November 13, 2011

Sutras 1.09 & 1.10

शब्दज्ञानानुपाति वस्तुशुन्यो विकल्पः ||1.09||
Knowledge based only on words and devoid of substance is termed Imagination.

अभावाप्रत्यायलंबनाव्र्तिनिद्रा ||1.10||
The modification of the mind which contains no experience is called Dreamless Sleep.

Described by the tongue ,
Seen Vaguely in a  dream,
Forms,  imagined and unreal, emerging,
From the Eye of the Mind.

The physical sheath is laid to rest,
The Harbinger of Dreams is loath to enter,
Where Awareness has shut its eyes,
Such is the State of Dreamless Sleep.

©Ravi Easwaran

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