[Advaita-l] Diff. between turiya and prajna

[Swami Sarvabhutananda]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Swami Sarvabhutananda <
swami.sarvabhutananda at gmail.com> wrote:

> OM
> 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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