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Deep Sleep (Suṣupti)
Dreamless rest: no world, no dreams — a peaceful near-blankness, yet someone was there to enjoy it.
Suṣupti is dreamless deep sleep — the state in which both the outer world and the inner dream-world fall away, leaving a quiet, undivided rest. There are no objects here and no images, only a peaceful near-blankness; yet one wakes saying 'I slept well,' so some awareness must have been present. The contemplative traditions take this as a vital clue: a taste of consciousness without objects, though still veiled by a kind of unknowing.
How it traveled
- UpadeśasāhasrīKālaḍi (Kaladi) · 710explains
- VivekacūḍāmaṇiŚṛṅgeri (Sringeri) · 1400explains
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 217↗applies
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2,1.19↗explains
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 120↗explains
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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