Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Relationship between - Levels of Consciousness, Modes of material nature and Varna


  • Anna maya (Kama)
    • Platform of the mind , the senses, anything we can perceive and deal with the senses- arts, science... and of course eating sleeping mating and defending
    • For Sudra the platform of occupational activity is the senses because to do the arts you require the senses. Their situation is ann maya.(kama)
    • Mode of ignorance
  • Prana Maya(artha)
    • Being able to understand that others also have life
    • This means we have to be able to work with others- recognize others exist they have desires, needs, and our attempts to get our needs and desires met cannot conflict with others. 
    • From this platform comes economic development, material justice- anything where one person has to deal with others.
    • Vaishyas are in Prana maya- economics, justice- to make a government  road- this is prana maya- your trucks have to go down, to make all this kind of things is prana maya
    • Mode of passion and ignorance
  • Mana Maya-(dharma) platform of religious principles
    • It also means jnana because there is knowledge- but this knowledge is the knowledge that the mind has affinity for.
    • Because the mind likes following of this principles. Where we say mind is going crazy means there is no standard to connect it to, thinks anything - all social principles and rules and regulations are meant to keep the mind peaceful.
    •  If we let the mind go a little bit- it runs away with the senses.
    • By the social rules and regulations the mind is controlled.This is the platform of dharma.
    • This is the realm of activity for the ksatriya
    • Mode of passion
  • Vijnana Maya- 
    • We understand we are not the body we are the soul- this platform of the soul we view the the world- Brahma Bhuta platform- Brahmana level
    • This is the bottom level of transcendence. We know we are the soul but do not know we are the servant of Krishna.
    • Brahmana means that who knows brahmana.Brahman there are three levels-
      • dvija- right to study perform vedic rites and sacrifices and learn the vedic knowledge. But he knows nothing. 
      • Next level is vipra- one who has knowledge- he has studied vedic knowledge and has become expert- you also called them pandit 
    • Mode of goodness
  • Ananda Maya-
    •  To know we are spirit soul and servant of Krishna. and we are trying to serve.
    • This is the Vaishnava Platform- the third level of the Brahmana.
    • Mode of transcendental goodness


No comments:

Post a Comment