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SAMYAMA159draws his mind from his body and enters another body. Whenthe mind enters another body, the organs also follow thelndriyas, just as the common bees follow the queen bee. Theknowledge of the passage for the mind helps the Yogi in enteringanother body and re-entering his own body. SriSankaracharya entered the dead body of the Rajah of Banarasand his disciple Padmapada took care of his physical body.Vikramaditya also knew this Yogic process. He entered thebody of others. A Rishi entered the body of a dead cowherd tolook afterthe cows and had a new name Tirumular, the reputedauthor of Tirumantram in Tamil. Hastamalaka, disciple of SriSankaracharya, had another body previously. He entered thebody of a small boy and remained silent on the banks of a river.SriSankara took him and made him as his disciple. AYogicanenter the body of a living man and operate through his bodyand mind. Mind is Vibhu or all-pervading. Cosmic mind isHiranyagarbha. When the individual mind is purified, it becomesone with the cosmic mind.@tfficreated(2) Source of Created MindsIV-4minds, sfefffqmfqfrom egoism alone.Created minds emanate from egoism alone.NOTESThe Yogiwants to exhaust all Karmas quickly. Thereforehe multiplies himself and takes many bodies. He manufacturesminds for these bodies out of Ahamkara, egoism. He may liketo enjoy severalthings at the same time. For this simultaneousenjoyment he creates several bodies and several mindsthrough his Yogic powers. The Yogi has full command overMahat Tattva. Egoism proceeds from Mahat Tattva. So there isno difficulty for a Yogito create many minds as he likes. He tapsthe source for all minds, and manufactures several minds fromthe great reservoir over which he has absolute control. Theseminds are called 'Nirmana Chittani-created minds.' Thesenew manufactured bodies are called 'Kaya-vyuha'. The Yogikeeps with him the control for these bodies.