Three states of consciousness and Turiya Advaita Vedanta



advaita posits 3 states of consciousness, namely waking (jagrat), dreaming (svapna), deep sleep (suṣupti), empirically experienced human beings, , correspond 3 bodies doctrine:



advaita posits fourth state of turiya, describe pure consciousness, background underlies , transcends these 3 common states of consciousness. turiya state of liberation, states advaita school, 1 experiences infinite (ananta) , non-different (advaita/abheda), free dualistic experience, state in ajativada, non-origination, apprehended. according candradhara sarma, turiya state foundational self realized, measureless, neither cause nor effect, prevading, without suffering, blissful, changeless, self-luminous, real, immanent in things , transcendent. have experienced turiya stage of self-consciousness have reached pure awareness of own non-dual self 1 , everything, them knowledge, knower, known becomes one, jivanmukta.


advaita traces foundation of ontological theory in more ancient sanskrit texts. example, chapters 8.7 through 8.12 of chandogya upanishad discuss 4 states of consciousness awake, dream-filled sleep, deep sleep, , beyond deep sleep. 1 of earliest mentions of turiya, in hindu scriptures, occurs in verse 5.14.3 of brihadaranyaka upanishad. idea discussed in other upanishads.





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