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Podcast: Śivadyuti (शिवद्युति)
Episode: Māṇḍūkya Upaṇiṣad Kārikā 3.45—Practicing Asleśa
Description: “The mind should not be allowed to enjoy the bliss that arises out of samādhi. It should be freed from attachment to such happiness through the exercise of discrimination. If the mind, once attaining to the state of steadiness, seeks externality, then it should be unified with the Ātman again, with effort.” —Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad Kārikā 3.45
“The aspirant should not taste the happiness experienced by yogīs seeking after samādhi. He is not to be attached to that happiness. What then should he do? He should become unattached to such happiness by knowledge through discrimination...