Reality brahman = ātman
Name to imply limitlessness satyam jñānam anantam
Name to imply all pervasiveness sat cit ānanda
sat / absolute reality
jīva
(parama) īśvara [aśarīra ātman / incorporeal spirit]
[Embodied Consciousness - microcosm]
[macrocosm]
4. Turīya
mithyā / ‘as though’ reality
of the nature of satva, rajas, and tamas
māyā
kāraṇa prapañca / Causal Universe
unmanifested elements (space, air, etc.)
Īśvara undifferenentiated nāma-rūpas
sūkṣma prapañca / Subtle Universe
H i r a n y a g a r b h a
sātvic aspect of ...
space
air
fire
water
earth
Total sātvic aspect
Rājasic aspect of ...
space
air
fire
water
earth
Total rājasic aspect
Sthūla prapañca / Gross Universe
Tāmasic aspect of ...
space
air
Virāṭ fire
water
earth
avidyā
i.e., identification with the gross body
kāraṇa śarīra / Causal body
unmanifest gross and subtle matter
undifferentiated state of the individual
seed body (lasts until liberation)
soundless ऊँ
[transcendent reality]
kōśa / Envelopes
Levels of Consciousness
1. ānandamaya kōśa
(Bliss envelope)
{Self as unity subject/object}
[Aesthetic/mystic experience]
padma/cakra
(5 layers of personality)
[wrappings to be peeled off]
m
Sūkṣma śarīra / Subtle body (instrument for enjoyment)
(thoughts, feelings, impulses that animate gross body)
powers of the organs of knowledge/jñānēdriyas (dēvatā / deity)
hearing (Dig)
touch (Vāyu)
sight (Sūrya)
taste (Varuṇa)
smell (Aśvini kumāras)
antaḥkaraṇa / mind manifest as 4 types of thoughts
u [ manas / emotions (Candra/moon),
buddhi / reason (Brahmā),
citta / memory (Viṣṇu),
ahankāra / I-sense (Rudra) ]
Power of the organs of action / karmēdriyas (dēvatā / deity)
organ of speech (Agni)
organ of grasping (Indra)
organ of locomotion (Viṣṇu)
organ of procreation (Prajāpati)
organ of excretion (Mṛtyu)
Five prāṇas / physiological functions
[ prāṇa/respiration, apāna/excretion,
vyāna/circultion, samāna/digestion,
udāna/ejection ] Sthūla śarīra / Gross body (abode of enjoyment)(visible body)
elements that have undergone grossification
ears
skin
a eyes
tongue
nose
7. sahasrāra padma
aṣṭānga
8 limbs of Rāja yōga
avasthā
Levels of Experience
(3 States)
ātma jñāna (self realization)
3. suṣupti deep sleep
Prājña
8. samādhi (superconsciousness)
[Objectless awareness]
6. ājñā 2. vijñānamaya kōśa (knowledge envelope)
jñāna śakti+ sense powers
{Consciousness of being as ‘I’ jīva}
[reasoning & decision]
5.viśuddha
4. anāhata 3. Manōmaya kōśa (mind envelope)
icchā śakti+ sense powers
{cogitation - scanning}
[moral urges]
4. prāṇāmaya kōśa (energy envelope)
kriyā śakti {vitality - breath}
[life urges]
3. maṇipūra
6. dhāraṇā (concentration)
2. svapnā dream state
Taijasā
5. pratyāhāra (sensedisconnection)
[knowing inward]
2. svādhiṣṭhāna 4. prāṇāyāma (steady breath)
1. Mūlādhāra 5. annamaya kōśa (Food envelope)
[Material, physical body]
7. dhyāna (meditation)
3. āsana (steady posture)
Basic disciplines 2. niyama (observances)
1. yama (abstententions)
1. jāgrat waking state
viśva [Knowing outward]