There Is No Mindcitto nāsti
Contemplative
Yukti #70Verse 94
Empowered III
Verse 94cittādy-antaḥ-kṛtir nāsti mamāntar bhāvayed iti ।
vikalpānām abhāvena vikalpair ujjhito bhavet ॥Contemplate thus: “There is no ‘mental apparatus’ within me, consisting of the mind, ego, etc.”—through the absence of mental constructs [of selfhood based on ephemeral mental operations], one becomes free of mental constructs [altogether].
Simplified Steps
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Sit and look assiduously for the mind and the ego
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Notice that all you find are thoughts, not a ‘mind’
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Contemplate that mind is itself a concept, not a thing
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Let the concept fall away; allow thoughts to be there without attributing them to a thinker.
