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| − | Treatises on Advaita Vedānta take recourse to a method called ‘avasthātraya- | + | Treatises on [[Advaita]] Vedānta take recourse to a method called ‘avasthātraya-[[viveka]]’<ref>It is the method of ‘analysis of the three states of [[consciousness]]’.</ref> to prove the existence of the [[Ātman|ātman]]<ref>[[Ātman]] means the individual soul.</ref> as pure [[consciousness]] beyond the body-mind complex. Since it persists through all the three states of consciousness it is called the ‘turīya’ or ‘the fourth’. The three states are: |
# Jāgrat - waking state | # Jāgrat - waking state | ||
| − | # Svapna - dream state | + | # [[Svapna]] - dream state |
| − | # Suṣupti - deep-sleep state | + | # [[Suṣupti]] - deep-sleep state |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| − | * The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore | + | * The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram [[Krishna]] Math, Bangalore |
[[Category:Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism]] | [[Category:Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:46, 19 December 2016
By Swami Harshananda
Turiya literally means ‘the fourth’.
Treatises on Advaita Vedānta take recourse to a method called ‘avasthātraya-viveka’[1] to prove the existence of the ātman[2] as pure consciousness beyond the body-mind complex. Since it persists through all the three states of consciousness it is called the ‘turīya’ or ‘the fourth’. The three states are:
References
- ↑ It is the method of ‘analysis of the three states of consciousness’.
- ↑ Ātman means the individual soul.
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore