VBT 28

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Here is the clean, precise BULLET GIST of Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra — Verse 28 (“Rays of Light,” Y2 ~ A1).

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BULLET GIST — Verse 28 (Rays of Light, Y2)

• The verse describes a visualization method in which the practitioner perceives śakti as a subtle rising light, beginning at the root center (mūlādhāra).

• This rising inner light is imagined as sun-rays or radiant prāṇa, gradually becoming more and more subtle as it ascends.

• The light travels up the central channel (suṣumnā), moving from center to center or simply rising in one flow.

• The ascent culminates at the dvādaśānta—the “end of twelve finger-breadths,” the subtle space above the crown.

• When the upward-streaming light dissolves peacefully at that upper point, the energy becomes Śānta, the quieted form of śakti.

• In that dissolution, the state of Bhairava (spacious, awakened consciousness) naturally emerges.

• This technique converts the normal upward movement of prāṇa into a meditative ascent of luminous awareness.

• The emphasis is on subtlety: from coarse energy at the root → to extremely fine, almost immaterial radiance in the upper center.

• Some commentaries connect this ascent with the pause after exhale, when the energy naturally rises in the central channel.

• Overall, this is a light-visualization method using the inner vertical axis to reveal Bhairava as the luminosity of consciousness.

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One-sentence summary:

Visualize the breath-energy as subtle rays of light rising from the root to dissolve in the upper space (dvādaśānta), and in that dissolution Bhairava appears.

If you want, I can also give you:

• a diagrammatic explanation of Y2,

• a combined gist of verses 27–29, or

• a practice-friendly simplified version of Verse 28.