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What really happens when you speak (part 2)
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What really happens when you speak (part 2) kashmir shaivism madhyamā three states of subtle sound Feb 18, 2025

This is a continuation of the first part of the excerpt from the book Kashmir Shaivism, The Secret Supreme, by Swami Lakshmanjoo. Chapter Six, The Theory of Speech: Vāk. Swamiji answers the question of “what really happens when you speak.”

 

These three states of speech are, respectively, called subtlest, subtle, and gross.

  • Gross speech is vaikharī vāk,
  • subtle speech is madhyamā vāk, and
  • subtlest speech is paśyantī vāk.

Each state of speech is itself also

  • gross (sthūlā),
  • ...
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