¹ More on this in the section ‘Samadhi and Death’ in Chapter 5.

² Referring to certain energy supports that Sadhguru draws from outside to keep his physical body intact.

³ The teacher whose death was discussed in the section ‘Predictions of Death’ in Chapter 3.

⁴ One of the ascetic sects of the Shaivites. Their practices are often grisly and contradictory to that of orthodox Hinduism.

⁵ More about this in the section ‘My Past Lifetimes’ in Chapter 11.