Dimension of Consciousness and Reality

Absolute
lila - the play of the divine in and as  the world
the transcendent Absolute
Godhead
the Gods;
Divine worlds
the Gods as channels of manifestation of the Absolute
vidyeshwara
expanded consciousness still subject to Mahamaya
(classic Trika concept of Vidyeshwara)
the higher liberated entity
 Boddhisattva
Da Free John's "7th stage"
vijnanakala
transcendent consciousness still possessing klesha and mala
(classic Trika concept of Vijnanakala)
Kaivalya, the individual transcendence of the Purusha - Jivanmukti or Arhat
Da Free John's "6th Stage"
prakriti 
samsara - embodied existence
shunyata
 
Samvriti Paramartha

 

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page history

page uploaded 27 May 1998
modified 15 July & 8 November
and 20 December 1999