Mandukya Upanishad : ( 04/03/2013. )

Glimpses of First Anniversary Celebration of 18th Vedanta Course : First Anniversary Celebration of 18th Vedanta Course was celebrated on 5 February 2022 on the occasion of Vasant Panchami, in the holy presence of Pujya Swami Tejomayananda and Pujya Swami Swaroopananda at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai. ========================================================================= Wednesday, January 18, 2023. 07:00. (Spoken on January 14th, 1973) Post-6. ======================================================================== The Vaishvanara aspect of this analysis receives a detailed and elaborate treatment in the fifth chapter of the Chhandogya Upanishad, known as the Vaishvanara Vidya, wherein the glory of the Supreme Being is described, the meditation upon which is said to burn up all sins. In an analogy of this Upanishad, as fire burns cotton into ashes leaving no residue whatsoever, meditation on the Vaishvanara burns up all samskaras, all impressions of the mind, all sins and

========================================================================= Tuesday, January 03, 2022. 07:00. (Spoken on January 14th, 1973) Post-5. ========================================================================= Super-consciousness, sometimes called the supramental state, turiya, is inclusive of all that is in the other three states of consciousness. Whatever was there of worth and meaning in the condition of waking, dream or sleep is also to be found in the turiya state, only freed from the tension of it. The turiya state of consciousness is the goal of life. It is described as nāntaḥ-prajñam, na bahiṣ prajñam, nobhayataḥ-prajñam, na prajnañā-ghanam, na prajñam, nāprajñam, adṛṣtam, avyavahārayam, agrāhyam, alakṣaṇam, acintyam, avyapadeśyam, ekātma-pratyaya-sāram, prapañcopaśamam, śāntam, śivam, advaitam, caturtham manyante, sa ātmā, sa vijñeyaḥ (Ma.U. 7).  This is how the Mandukya describes the fourth state of consciousness. In the turiya state we are not aware of anything ou