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'''Amanaskatā''' is the alert state of dynamic fullness of the self (''atman''), it is the condition where there is no mind, the mindless state; it is the state when the mind dissolves and the self shines.<ref>{{cite book|title=Astadala Yogamala Vol.7|author=B.K.S.Iyengar|publisher=Allied Publishers|page=197|isbn=9788184242836|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G6M-M1dNh3QC&q=amanaskata&pg=PA197 }}</ref> It is the transmental state which is also called no-mindedness (''unmani'') and yogic sleep (''yoga-nidra'') as the prolonged absorption in the formless ecstasy or ''nirvikalpa samadhi''; it is the state in which the ''[[Philosophy:Jivanmukta|jivanmukta]]'' (liberated being) exists experiencing a sense of universality.<ref>{{cite book|title=Yoga: The Technology of Ecstasy|author=Georg Feuerstein|year=1989|publisher=J.P.Tarcher|page=242|isbn=9780874775259|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zMrtAAAAIAAJ&q=amanaskata }}</ref> According to the ''Laya-chintana'' of [[Philosophy:Antahkarana|Antahkarana]] ('mind'), the mind is absorbed in ''Mahat'' (''[[Philosophy:Buddhi|Buddhi]]''), Individual Buddhi is absorbed in the Cosmic Buddhi, Cosmic Buddhi in ''Avyakta'' which is [[Philosophy:Brahman|Brahman]]; in other words, the effect is absorbed into cause.<ref>{{cite book|title=Meditation and Mantras|author=Vishnu Devananda|year=1999|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=122|isbn=9788120816152|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JgnTT0eqwIoC&q=laya+chintana&pg=PA121 }}</ref>

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