Guest guest Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Om Namah Sivaya Mandukya Upanishat describes Atman or Brahman as - shantam shivam advaitum . It is the turiya state or fourth state on which the other 3 states - jagrat, swapna and sushupti exist. Turiya is the movie screen on which the movie called jagat is always running. The movie screen is always fixed - unchanging, unaffected substratum - kutastha in sanskrit. Turiya is adrashtam (invisible) and achintayam (cannot be thought of) and the English translation of the relevant mantra goes like this (Source : www.celextel.org) The Fourth (turiya) is thought of as that which is not conscious of the internal world, nor conscious of the external world, nor conscious of both the worlds, nor dense with consciousness, nor simple consciousness, nor unconsciousness, which is unseen, actionless, incomprehensible, uninferable, unthinkable, indescribable, whose proof consists in the identity of the Self (in all states), in which all phenomena come to a cessation, and which is unchanging, auspicious, and non-dual. That is the Self; that is to be known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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