॥ चित्प्रतिबिम्बसूत्रम् ॥

Cit-Pratibimba-Sūtram

The Aphorisms on the Reflections of Consciousness

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मङ्गलाचरणम् (Opening Invocation)

नमः शिवायै चित्यै प्रकाशविमर्शरूपिण्यै ॥

namaḥ śivāyai cityai prakāśa-vimarśa-rūpiṇyai .

Salutations to the absolute, auspicious Consciousness, whose very nature is the seamless identity of Light and Self-Awareness.

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सूत्र १ ॥ The Single Substance (Ekatatvam)

चिति चित्प्रतिबिम्बाभासो मनः प्रकाशविमर्शैकरूपत्वात् ॥

citi cit-pratibimbābhāso manaḥ prakāśa-vimarśaika-rūpatvāt .

The mind is the appearance of reflections of consciousness, in consciousness, to consciousness; because its true nature is the single, undivided reality of Light and Self-Awareness.

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सूत्र २ ॥ The Seamless Illusion (Avibhāga-Māyā)

सद्यःस्पन्दाद्विचित्रायते जगन्न तु वास्तवं भेदमात्रत्वात् ॥

sadyaḥ-spandād-vicitrāyate jagan-na tu vāstavaṁ bheda-mātratvāt .

Because of the absolute immediacy of the pulse, the world appears diverse and complex, yet it possesses no real existence, being merely an appearance of division.

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सूत्र ३ ॥ The Collapse of "Why" (Kāraṇa-Bhaṅgaḥ)

प्रश्नाभासः स्वतःसिद्धौ न हि स्वभावस्य कारणम् ॥

praśnābhāsaḥ svataḥ-siddhau na hi svabhāvasya kāraṇam .

The question of "why" is an illusion; in that which is self-evident and self-validated, there can be no external cause or purpose for Its own essential nature.

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सूत्र ४ ॥ The Boundless Center (Ananta-Kendra)

अंशहिनमचलकेन्द्रं दृक् केवलभासकम् ॥

aṁśahinam-acala-kendraṁ dṛk kevala-bhāsakam .

Free from the concepts of whole and part, the Self is the unmoving zero-point—the Seer that is the pure, absolute illuminator.

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सूत्र ५ ॥ The Play of Emptiness (Svātantrya-Vihāraḥ)

चित्प्रकाशात्मकं विश्वं स्वात्मविमर्शक्रीडनम् ॥

cit-prakāśātmakaṁ viśvaṁ svātma-vimarśa-krīḍanam .

The universe is identical with the light of consciousness; it is nothing but the spontaneous, playful choreography of awareness reflecting upon itself.

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॥ इति चित्प्रतिबिम्बसूत्रं समाप्तम् ॥

iti cit-pratibimba-sūtraṁ samāptam .

Thus concludes the Cit-Pratibimba-Sūtram.