Dear All,
In the earlier theme, introduction to veda and vedanta, we learnt on the sadhana chatushtaya, as under:
Most stress was laid on Mumukshatva, intense craving to realize God.
Thereafter, in the posts on essence of vedanta, we have recently learnt on the following:
1) Three body - Gross, Subtle and Causal body
2) Three states of consciousness - waking, dream, deep sleep
3) Pancha koshas- Annamaya, Pranamaya, Manomaya, Vignanamaya, Anandamaya Kosha.
The detailed description and inner essence of these 3 learning are contained in the posts under the theme ' Essence of Vedanta" , from post 6 onwards.
In all the above learning, we left with the following questions.
1) Three bodies
" Is there any thing, any existence which activates the three bodies, which sustains the three bodies but still, its beyond the description off the three bodies????
2) Three states of consciousness
3) Pancha koshas
The detailed description and inner essence of these 3 learning are contained in the posts under the theme ' Essence of Vedanta" , from post 6 onwards.
In all the above learning, we left with the following questions.
1) Three bodies
" Is there any thing, any existence which activates the three bodies, which sustains the three bodies but still, its beyond the description off the three bodies????
2) Three states of consciousness
In all the three states, on introspecting, we can observe one common thing.
· In the waking state, there is one factor which is fetching us all the experience through our senses and intellect but that one factor is above our senses and intellect. This can be said so because, that factor is only using the senses and intellect to fetch your experience. A king who uses the service of his ministers has to be obviously above the state of his ministers. Thus, the single factor which is using the ministers of its senses and intellect has to be above the senses / intellect!!
· In the dream state, again, that same single factor exists, which retrieves our impressions and bananas and then through our intellect, is fetching us the experience of what happened in the dream. Again, here also, the same explanation applies. The king, that single factor, using the vasanas / impressions and then the intellect, has to be above all of them!!!
· In the deep sleep, when neither senses are working, nor our impressions or vasanas are working, still, That single factor is definitely present, otherwise, without body, mind and intellect working, who was present while the King had deep sleep, who fetches the experience that "I had a deep sleep without any experience" when the king wakes up on the next day??
3) Pancha koshas
"If the 5 koshas are like the 5 lampshades or the 5 layers, then what is that which is the real Light which shines forth in and through all the 5 lampshades or all the 5 koshas?"
Is Ananda Maya kosha the ultimate or there is any other subtler source which actually makes one feel that " I AM IN BLISS", like an imaginary concluding scene explained in an earlier post when King Janaka wakes up and experiences that he had a very deep sleep the previous night.
If his body, mind, intellect were not active while he was sleeping, then what was THAT which was witnessing his deep sleep which prompts him on the next day and makes him say that he had deep sleep??"
And regarding Mumukshatva, the question is:-
" If Mumuksatva is all about intense craving for God realization, WHAT is understood by the fired up mumukshu sadhaka as GOD??
What is the God realization he is turning to??
What is the experience that the sadhaka aspires to attain upon the fructification of his mumukshatva??
Love.
