Ruth wrote: > I can't grok this. Can you recommend a reading? > The Mandukhya Upanishad is the keystone in the arch of Shankara's Adwaita Vedanta. The scripture was made famous by Gaudapadacharya, the teacher of the teacher of Shankara. Gaudapada composed a famous Karika or commentary on Mundakhya, and Shankara composed a commentary on both, for our understanding.
Mandukya Upanishad describes the three consituent phonemes which are identified with the three states of conciousness, deep sleep state, dream state, and the waking state. The Upanishad proposes a fourth state of conciousness which is termed Turiya, the Fourth, that is, the Transcendental State. Read more: Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 31 Jan 2005 18:38:44 -0800 Local: Mon, Jan 31 2005 8:38 pm Subject: Maharishi's Ontology - Seven States http://tinyurl.com/2pznf8
