STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTON Ch4V8

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STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTON

 

CHAPTER 4

ATTAINMENT

Arudha

 

V8.

Q. Why is the Self described both as the fourth state (turiya) and

beyond the fourth state (turiyatita)?

 

M. Turiya means that which is the fourth. The experiencers (jivas)

of the three states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep, known as

visva, taijasa and prajna, who wander repeatedly in these three

states, are not the Self. It is with the object of making this

clear, namely that the Self is that which is different from them and

which is the witness of these states, that it is called the fourth

(turiya). When this is known the three experiencers disappear and

the idea that the Self is a witness, that it is the fourth, also

disappears. That is why the Self is described as beyond the fourth

(turiyatita).

 

 

 

 

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