Diagram of Sixteen Purifications for Mind and Spirit

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1. Experience of the gnosis of the characteristics of the inherent form of the supreme Brahman (brahmeśvarasvarūpalakṣaṇa jñānānubhava)

2. The sequence of purifying the parts of the body and senses (śarīraṅga indriya śuddhibhāvakrama)

3. The sequence of purifying or ceasing the thirteen qualities of love and hatred, and so on (triyodaśa rāgadveśādiguṇa śuddhi vā nivr̥ttibhāvakrama)

4. The sequence of experiencing the practice of protecting the kingdom of the soul’s happiness (ātmasukharājya paripālana sādhanānubhava krama)

5. The sequence of experiencing the practice of the preservation of the domestic householder’s preservation for the gnosis of the soul (ātmajñāna samsāragr̥hasthasthiti sādhanānubhava krama)

6. The sequence of experiencing personhood for the sake of the person of the yoga of eight auxiliaries (aṣṭāṅgayoga puruṣārtha puruṣatvānubhava krama)

7. The sequence of experiencing the eleven ascetic sectarian practices and rules for action (ekādaśa tapo sampradāya kriyā niyamānubhava krama)

8. The sequence of experiencing the inquiry and determination of the soul’s fear (ātmabhaya vicārānusandhānānubhava krama)

9. The sequence of experiencing the ceremony of determining pure gnosis (śuddhajñānavicārānuṣṭhānānubhava krama)

10. The sequence of experiencing and practicing the meditation on the four kinds of the inherent form of the supreme Brahman (caturvidha brahmeśvara svarūpadhyānasādhanānubhava krama)

11. The sequence on the experience of the gnosis of witness and witnessed that is the undivided and fixed thought of the Finite Spirit (jīvātma abheda dr̥ḍhacitta sākṣātkārajñānānubhava krama)

12. The sequence of the experience and practice of suppressing the actions of vice and impediments to ascetic practice through the gnosis of devotion (bhakti jñāna tapovighnapāpakarmanigraha sādhanānubhava krama)

13. The sequence of the practice and exercises of experiencing the sovereignty of rooms for idols of good gnosis (sujñāna mūrtīghara prabhutvānubhava abhyāsasādhanā krama)

14. The sequence of the experience of the singular gnosis of Brahman that is individual liberation and for the compassion of beings (jīvakāruṇya jīvanmukta eka brahmajñānatvānubhava krama)

15. The sequence of the experience, exercise, and practice of the actions of cultivated lands of householders (gr̥hastha kr̥ṣibhūmivyavahāra sādhanābhyāsānubhava krama)

16. The sequence of the experience or practice of service of students to the guru’s lotus feet (gurucaraṇāravinda śiṣyasevā sādhanānubhava krama)

17. [No number present in the diagram]

18. First supreme Brahman and one’s own Brahman (prathama parabrahma svayabrahma), second Illusion (dvitīya māyā), third Supreme (tr̥tīya īśvara), sixteen digits (śoḍakalā), four brightnesses (ānanda, sākṣī, vyāpaka, śūnya), fourth Power (caturtha śakti), fifth Soul (pañcama ātma), sixth Illusion (ṣaṣṭama māyā), seventh Finite Being (saptama jīva) eighth Subtle (aṣṭama sūkṣma), ninth Matter (navama jaḍa), tenth pure Universe (daśama śuddhajaga), eleventh Three Impurities (ekādaśama trimala), twelfth Three Qualities (dvādaśama triguṇa), thirteenth Fourfold Internal Instrument (triyodaśama caturantaḥkaraṇa), fourteenth Qualities, Sheaths, and States (caturadaśama guṇakośāvasthā), fifteenth Ten Sense Faculties (pañcadaśama daśendriya), sixteenth Elements (ṣoḍaśama bhūta)

    1–30. Meditation on Mūlādhāra (mūlādhāra dhyāna)

    2–29. Meditation on Svādhiṣṭhāna (svādhiṣṭhāna dhyāna)

    3–28. Meditation on Maṇipūraka (maṇipūraka dhyāna)

    4–27. Meditation on Anāhata (anāhata dhyāna)

    5–26. Meditation on Viśuddhi (viśuddhi dhyāna)

    6–25. Meditation on Ājñā (ājñā dhyāna)

    7–24. Meditation on Bindusthāna (bindusthāna dhyāna)

    8–23. Meditation on Nādasthāna (nādasthāna dhyāna)

    9–22. Meditation on Kalāsthāna (kalāsthāna dhyāna)

    10–21. Meditation on Tatparasthāna (tatparasthāna dhyāna)

    11–20. Meditation on Parasthāna (parasthāna dhyāna)

    12–19. Meditation on Parātpara (parātpara aur praṇavagāyatrī dhyāna)

    18. Meditation on Brahmarandhra (brahmarandhra dhyāna)

Source:

Diagram One of RYB = Mahātmā Jñānaguruyogī Sabhāpati Svāmī, Rājayoga Brahmajñānānubhūti Saṅgraha Veda (Mumbai: Tattvavivecaka Chāpakhānemem Chāpe, 1892).

Translation from Hindi by Keith Edward Cantú.

Colorized version made with Adobe Photoshop by Keith Edward Cantú.