Disciple: What are the three Avasthas?
Guru: Jagrat Avastha (waking state), Svapna Avastha (dreaming state), Sushupti Avastha (deep sleep state).
Disciple: What is meant by Avastha?
Guru: Avastha means a state.
Disciple: What is Jagrat Avastha?
Guru: It is the state of waking consciousness. That state in which objects are known through the senses is known as Jagrat.
Disciple: What is Svapna Avastha?
Guru: That state in which objects are perceived through the impressions produced during waking state is called Svapna or dreaming state. The consciousness of the subtle, inner, subjective Prapancha or world, which during the quiescence of the sense-organs arises in the form of the percipient and object of perception by virtue of the latent impressions of what is seen and heard in Jagrat is Svapna.
Disciple: What is Sushupti?
Guru: That state in which there is total absence of knowledge of objects is deep sleep state. It is a remembrance in Jagrat state of the kind of experience, I enjoyed sound sleep. I knew nothing.
Guru: Jagrat Avastha (waking state), Svapna Avastha (dreaming state), Sushupti Avastha (deep sleep state).
Disciple: What is meant by Avastha?
Guru: Avastha means a state.
Disciple: What is Jagrat Avastha?
Guru: It is the state of waking consciousness. That state in which objects are known through the senses is known as Jagrat.
Disciple: What is Svapna Avastha?
Guru: That state in which objects are perceived through the impressions produced during waking state is called Svapna or dreaming state. The consciousness of the subtle, inner, subjective Prapancha or world, which during the quiescence of the sense-organs arises in the form of the percipient and object of perception by virtue of the latent impressions of what is seen and heard in Jagrat is Svapna.
Disciple: What is Sushupti?
Guru: That state in which there is total absence of knowledge of objects is deep sleep state. It is a remembrance in Jagrat state of the kind of experience, I enjoyed sound sleep. I knew nothing.
- Guruji Swami Sivananda