The four states of the soul

“Its length is 96 times the breadth of the four fingers of a man, which is believed to be his height. Each of the four fingers represents one of the four states that the soul of a man experiences: waking, dreaming, dreamless sleep and knowledge of the absolute.”

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The Sacred Thread of Hindus, the Yajñopavītam.

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