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The first word of the Ṛgveda — 'agnim īḷe purohitam' — invokes Agni as the household priest of the cosmos. As the divine fire he carries every sacrificial offering (havana) from th…

The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad maps AUM's three sounds, and the silence after them, to four states of consciousness — that part is exact, citable scripture, twelve mantras long. What's sold…

… rough 7 map the self to **four states of consciousness**: **Vaiśvānara** (also called Viśva) — the waking state, *jāgrat*; **Taijasa** — the dream state, *svapna*; **Prājña** — dee …