The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary)
author: T.N. Ganapathy
edition: 2013, Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Trust
pages: 3832
ISBN-10: 1895383617
ISBN-13: 9781895383614
Topic: Shaivism
Different States of Experience of the soul-Lower State of Experience
This chapter describes Different States of Experience of the soul-Lower State of Experience located on page 2380 in the English translation of the The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary) [also: Tirumantiram, Tirumandiram etc.]. This book by Siddha Tirumular (Thirumoolar) deals with Shaiva literature (such as the Agamas) and, being encyclopedic in form, also deals with topics such as spiritual wisdom, Yoga, Indian philosophy and Tantra. This is Chapter 3 part of "Tandiram (Thandhiram) 8"
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Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya) [by Swami Vireshwarananda]
The condition of swoon cannot come in as a fifth state, as no such state is known. So what is it ? Is it a separate state of the soul, or is it but one of these states ? It cannot be waking or dream, for there is no consciousness or experience of anything. It is not deep sleep, for that gives happiness, which swoon does not. Nor is it death, for the soul returns to life....
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Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) [by George Thibaut]
There now arises the question of what kind that state is which ordinarily is called a swoon or being stunned. Here the purvapakshin maintains that we know only of three states of the soul as long as it abides in a body, viz. the waking state, dreaming, and deep dreamless sleep; to which may be added, as a fourth state, the soul's passing out of the body. A fifth state is known neither from Shruti nor Smriti; hence what is called fainting must be one of the four states mentioned....
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Shankaracharya and Ramana Maharshi (study) [by Maithili Vitthal Joshi]
In short, though Acarya uses the simile of the dream to prove the temporal existence of the waking state, he accepts a different order of reality of the waking state and the dream state. He draws a boundary-line between these states. Further, he clearly states that the waking state too, is sublated in the transcendental state. It comes to an end after attaining the knowledge of absolute Brahman....
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[The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary): index]
[Foreword]
[Preface]