शिवज्ञानबोध (मेय्कण्डार - शैव सिद्धान्त का आधारभूत दार्शनिक सूत्र ग्रन्थ)

SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
I. As the (seen) universe, spoken of as he, she
and it, undergoes three changes (origin, develop-
ment and decay), this must be an entity created (by
an efficient cause.) This entity owing to its conjunc-
tion with Anava Mala has to emanate from Hara to
whom it returns during Samharam. Hence, the
learned say that Hara is the First cause.
II. He is one with the sculs (Abetha). He is differ-
ent from them (Betha). He is one and different
from them (Bethabetha). He stands in Samavaya
union with His Gnana Sakti and causes the souls to
undergo the processes of evolution (births) and re-
turn (Samharam) by including their good and bad
acts (Karma).
III. It rejects every portion of the body as not
being itself; It says my body; it is conscious of
dreams; it exists in sleep without feeling pleasure
or pain or movements; it knows from others; This
is the soul which exists in the body formed as a
machine from Maya.
IV. The soul is not one of the Andakarana. It
is not conscious when it is in conjunction with Anava-
mala. It becomes conscious only when it meets the