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SS 1.1: Bewusstsein als Selbst
SS 1.1: Bewusstsein als Selbst

Śiva Sūtra 1.1: Awareness Is the Self

The opening aphorism sets the tone of the work: the self is not a limited thing but living awareness.

Dr. Ronald Steiner Dr. Ronald Steiner

Śiva Sūtra 1.1: Awareness Is the Self

The opening aphorism sets the tone of the work: the self is not a limited thing but living awareness.

Śiva Sūtra 1.1
चैतन्यमात्मा ||1.1||
caitanyam ātmā ||1.1|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
caitanyam
nominative singular
caitanya
substantive neuter
 awareness, aliveness
ātmā
nominative singular
ātman
substantive masculine
 self, essence
[Living] awareness (caitanyam | nom sg) [is] the self (ātmā | nom sg).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
Your true self is living awareness.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The standard is established at the outset: the self is neither the body, a soul-like thing, nor an inner void, but living, free awareness.

Kṣemarāja's Śivasūtravimarśinī

The Vārttika explains: Awareness is not passive knowledge.

Bhāskara's Śivasūtravārttika

Illustrations: AI-generated.

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Dr. Ronald Steiner

Dr. Ronald Steiner

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The "Yoga Doc" - Dr. Ronald Steiner is the founder of the AYI method. This method links traditional Ashtanga Yoga with innovative Yogatherapy and living Philosophy. This forms a practice that is personal for each and... more ›

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