PHIL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ahamkara, Buddhi, Upanishads

• School: Brock University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1F90
• Professor: Richard Brown

Document Summary

Jiva: social functioning individual, consciously acting people. [active but uncit] objects of sense ego (ahamkara) mind (manas) senses. 1st state- waking: characteristics when you are awake. Inward moving consciousness: enjoying 7 inner elements in its own light/ private/ solitude. 3rd state- deep sleep: no desires, no dreams, deep, dreamless sleep, unified consciousness. 4th state- atman: awaken life, supreme consciousness, neither outer or inner, cannot be seen or touched. O: external, physical (in space, public, sun/ moon, etc, internal, subtle, private, shine on its own. In your dreams- things shine by your own light. If it wasn"t illuminated, we would be in the dark: only way to tell if you are dreaming or awake is by looking at the characteristics of the objects. No desire= bliss: death is either a deep dreamless sleep, or a heaven, anada- bliss, you achieve it by default, turiya. Name- form: how do you reconcile the one with the many, underlying reality/ substance.