[Advaita-l] Prajnaghana brahma

[Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan]

Thanks for this reference. But the sentence is not Pra~jnAnaghanam Brahma,
which is what Michael is looking for. Perhaps it’s in one of the minor
upanishads.

Ramakrishnan

On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:04 AM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 2:10 AM, michael via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > Dear Sri Vedavids,
> >
> >
> > -prajnanam brahma/Brahman is consciousness
> >
> > -prajnaghana brahma/Brahman is a mass of consciousness
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The first is a Mahavakya from AitareyaU 3.1.3
> >
> > Can anyone tell me where prajnaghana brahma appears?
> >
>
> It appears in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:   ‘ अनन्तरोऽबाह्यः कृत्स्नः
> प्रज्ञानघन एव’ (बृ. उ. ४ । ५ । १३)    .....It is prajnanaghana
> alone...4.5.13.  Shankara has cited this about a dozen times across his
> bhashyas. Both the terms mean the same:  mass of pure consciousness.
>
> prajnanaghana appearing in the mandukya context is slightly different: it
> is a mass of undifferentiated consciousness, knowledge of so many things
> the person possesses, not differentiated in the sleep state, but
> manifesting as differentiated in the waking and dream states.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
> >
> >
> > and what, if anything, is the difference between the two?
> >
> >
> > much appreciate, mcc
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