[Advaita-l] (Advaita-1):Jiva's abode during deep sleep.

Srikanta Narayanaswami srikanta.narayanaswami at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 17 22:01:07 CST 2012


In deep sleep,the Mandukya upaishath clearly states that the jiva is 
merged with Ishwara,but it is a state of "ajnana".The karika states that
 the jiva is 'bijanidra yutah".This state is with the state of 
"sleep"that is "ignorance".That is why the "jiva"cannot see or aware of 
"Brahman".The Mandukya clearly states that the fourth state,the 
'caturtha avastha"is "all awareess"ad states that"Sa Atma, sa 
Vijneyah".The karika also further explains this.
N.Srikanta.


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