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2. virAT refers to the sthUla form of the evolved state of mUla prakRti,
before bhagavAn entered it in the form of antaryAmi and made it
functional.
3. SUtrAtman refers to the prANa Sakti in all of us; SrI SAstri refers to
this form as HiraNyagarbha. This is the form in which bhagavAn
manifests Himself in our buddhi and manas (sUkshma form);
4. The turIya state is the one that is beyond the three states above, and
is called parama pursha or purshottama. This is the state in which
everything is contained in Him, and He alone exists, with His Supreme
effulgence, before the jIva-s get their forms etc.
SrI cinmayAnanda refers to His four forms with four different colors in the
four yuga-s:
1. white in kRta yuga,
2. red in tretA yuga,
3. yellow in dvApara yuga, and
4. dark (black) in kali yuga.
He also refers to the four states of the self – the waking state, the dream
state, the deep-sleep state, and the Pure Self state. In the microcosm, these
are called viSva, taijasa, praj~nA, and turIya, and in the macrocosm, they are
called virAt, hiraNyagarbha, ISvara, and paramAtman. This latter is similar to
the interpretation by SrI Sa’nkara.
Again, SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri describes the terms viSva, taijasa,
prAj~na,and turIya. SarIram has three aspects to it:
1. sthUla,
2. sUkshsma, and
3. kAraNa.
� sthUla is the external appearance, with a shape and a form.
� sUkshma aspect refers to manas, prANan, etc.
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