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TB-26 Three states of existence..

अवस्था त्रयं किम्? जाग्रत् स्वप्न सुषुप्ति अवस्ता:|TB-26

After introducing the three bodies possessed by all living beings, now the guru starts unfolding the three states of existence..

You may recall that the guru intitally said that AthmA is different than the three bodies.. it is also beyond the three states of existence..

So the student continues to ask his guru to explain the three states of existence..

The guru simply replies in one line..

जाग्रत् .. The state of being a waker..

स्वप्न .. the state of being a dreamer..

सुषुप्ति अवस्ता: and the state of being a deep-sleeper..

If we thing about it for a moment, THERE IS NO OTHER STATE IN WHICH WE EXIST..

once is a while we may be either sleep walking or waking up from a dream.. where one or two states very closely co-exist prior to diffentiation.

But even they will be enclosed only with in the three distinct states described above..

Now the student will ask the guru to explain the individual states further..

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