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The Bauddhacharya also refers clearly to the inner light in several passages. For example:
Oh Brahman! I light the inner light, leaving aside the wood fire (fire of ritual sacrifice). I remain concentrated in light while practicing brahmcharya (celibacy; abiding in the divine state).
And also explains inner practice of as the performance of true sacrifice:
Oh Brahman! This ego is a fire pit for the fire ceremony, anger is the smoke of the fire ceremony, speaking untruths are the ashes, and the heart is the place of light. One who disciplines the self attains this inner light (performs the true sacrifice).
The Digha Nikaya further describes this experience of seeing the inner divine light and hearing the inner divine sound. It says:
Oh Mahalee, through deep concentration the mendicant attains one-pointed samadhi, and beholds the celestial forms in the east. This is known as ekangi samadhi (one-limb samadhi), in which the divine sight opens up. In this deep concentration, the mendicant only sees the divine forms, but does not yet hear the divine sounds. However, in the state of ubhyangi samadhi (two-limb samadhi), the meditator sees the divine forms in the east, and also hears the divine sounds.
In the following passage the Buddha describes the mysterious and ineffable nature of nirvana:
This is that space in which there is no earth, no water, no fire and no sky. .. . It is not this world, it is not the other world, and there is no moon and no sun. Dear aspirant, no one goes there and no one comes from there and no one stays there. No one gets separated and no one gets born. It is without beginning and
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