[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** All the three states are dream alone

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

Waking state is sometimes described as दीर्घ स्वप्न = long dream.

regards,
Sarma.

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Jay Kumar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste to all.
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> Though waking state is also equivalent to dream in the sense the the jeeva
> is ignorant of the Self and the jeeva is perceiving the non-existance, can
> we (who are in spiritual pursuit )  justify of giving a bit more importance
> to the waking state because of the following reasons :
>
> 1.       Let alone ignorant ones, even wise people give more importance to
> waking state and re-collect, share and talk about waking state experiences
> more than dreams and sleep.
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> 2.       Wisdom or Self knowledge takes place only during waking state.
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> 3.       In the vyavakarika time-scale, waking state is longer than sleep
> and dream states
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> 4.       Only in waking state we vaguely remember dreams and recollect
> about
> sleep and dream experiences.
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> 5.       Variety with Continuity like experience appears only in waking
> state .
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>  Therefore, doesn't waking states enjoys an edge in importance more than
> the
> other two statesin 'vyavakarika' plane of reality?
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> Regards,
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> Jayakumar
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