[Advaita-l] Prajnaghana brahma

[Venkatraghavan S]

Sorry for the typo below - turIya is  defined in the seventh mantra of
mANDUkya up.

On Fri, 6 Jul 2018, 11:34 Venkatraghavan S, <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste,
> In the definition of turIya in the fourth mantra, Brahman is said to be
> not prajnAnaghanam -
>
> नान्तःप्रज्ञं नबहिःप्रज्ञं नोभयतःप्रज्ञं *नप्रज्ञानघनं* नप्रज्ञं
> नाप्रज्ञम् ।
> अदृश्यमव्यवहार्यमग्राह्यमलक्षणमचिन्त्यमव्यपदेश्यमेकात्मप्रत्ययसारं
> प्रपञ्चोपशमं शान्तं शिवमद्वैतं चतुर्थं मन्यन्ते स आत्मा स विज्ञेयः ॥ ७ ॥
>
> In that context, prajnAnaghana means the consciousness associated with
> deep sleep in which the waking and dream worlds resolve into an
> undifferentiated mass. Thus Brahman with the potential for the world in an
> undifferentiated form (causal seed form) is prajnAnaghana. That is mithyA
> too and hence the definition of turIya denies that also.
>
>
> In 4.5.13 of the brihadAraNyaka, Brahman is equated with prajnAnaghana
> *स* यथा सैन्धवघनोऽनन्तरोऽबाह्यः कृत्स्नो रसघन एवैवं वा
> अरेऽयमात्मानन्तरोऽबाह्यः कृत्स्नः *प्रज्ञानघन एव* एतेभ्यो भूतेभ्यः समुत्थाय
> तान्येवानुविनश्यति न प्रेत्य संज्ञास्तीत्यरे ब्रवीमीति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः ॥
> १३ ॥
> In this context, Brahman is compared to a lump of salt and said to be
> homogenous, without an interior or exterior, devoid of particularisation -
> it is of the nature of pure intelligence.  Here by equating Brahman to
> prajnAnaghana,  consciousness that is totally devoid of particulars
> (including in an undifferentiated, causal seed form) is meant.
>
> Regards
> Venkatraghavan
>
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2018, 21:40 michael via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Sri Vedavids,
>>
>>
>> -prajnanam brahma/Brahman is consciousness
>>
>> -prajnaghana brahma/Brahman is a mass of consciousness
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The first is a Mahavakya from AitareyaU 3.1.3
>>
>> Can anyone tell me where prajnaghana brahma appears?
>>
>>
>> and what, if anything, is the difference between the two?
>>
>>
>> much appreciate, mcc
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