[Advaita-l] Diff. between turiya and prajna

[Swami Sarvabhutananda]

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The cause for prajna to function is turiya.
SSBA

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:36 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Suresh <mayavaadi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Namaste,
> >
> > What's the difference between turiya and prajna? In both cases, there is
> > consciousness without objects. So why is turiya different from prajna?
> >
> > Suresh
> >
>
> Dear Suresh,
>
> To put the matter succinctly, prAjna is consciousness, no doubt without
> objects, but is endowed with the potential of the objects.  That is, only
> the manifest objects are not there for prajna to perceive/experience, but
> the objects are there in their unmanifest form in the prajna.  When
> waking/dream arise the manifestation will take place.  The prajna is the
> cause, in seed form, for the manifest world.
>
> On the other hand, the Turiya has no objects even in their seed form.  The
> Turiya is not a 'cause' of the manifest world.  Turiya is kArya-kAraNa
> vilakShaNa.  That is, the Turiya transcends the cause-effect duality.  [The
> prajna is still in that duality]
>
> The prAjna is a samsAri but the turiya is nitya mukta svarUpam.
>
> regards
> subrahmanian.v
>
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