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Why differentiated perception is food for a yogi in Kashmir Shaivism
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Why differentiated perception is food for a yogi in Kashmir Shaivism kashmir shaivism perception yogi Dec 01, 2025

In this excerpt from the book Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening, Swami Lakshmanjoo reflects on the second sūtra of the First Awakening, where Lord Shiva says, differentiated perception is bondage.” Then, in the the 9th sūtra of the second Awakening, we learn what knowledge means on the level of Shaktopaya, and what we need to do in that state…

 

9. jñānamannam //

(For such a yogī)
Differentiated perception is his food

or
Knowledge of his own nature is his food.

This yogī ...

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