om tat sat

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friends,

 

whatever the discussions which are going on can be had from the four

mahavakyas or the vedic pronouncements.

 

out of this 'om tat sat' denotes the akhandakara brahman.

atman, distinct from the five sheaths(kosas),other than the three

bodies(sariras) witness of three states("avasthas")

 

There are three states of experience of the jiva viz.,the waking,the

dream and the deep sleep,corresponding to the three gunas or modes of

nature, namely sattwa,rajas and tamas respectively. nothing else

exists apart from that infinite called turiya the 'fourth',which is

the eternal witness of the waking state and the ego, idntifying

itself with it and the gross body(and appearing as the intellectual

sheath), enjoying gross things by means of instruments of cognition

such as sense organs;of the dream state and the ego idntifying itself

with it and the subtle body(and appearing as the intellectual sheath)

enjoying the subject,object and their relationship created by atman

from the mindstuff and illuminated by its own effulegence;and, of the

state of deep sleep sunk in which the ego remains dormant as the

sheath of bliss or casual body, experiencing ignorance and bliss.

 

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