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nirguṇa upāsanā cakra

The nirguṇa upāsanā cakra is from the hindi edition of the vicāra sāgara.

chakra

chakra

The main content of this cakra links the following:

3 upādhis (kāraṇa deha, sūkṣma deha, sthūla deha) - U1, U2, U3
2 dr̥ṣṭis (samaṣṭi, vyaṣṭi) - D1, D2
3 avasthās (jāgrat, svapna, suṣupti) - J1, J2, J3

mahāvākyas (V)

On the outside of the largest circle, are the 4 mahāvākyas starting clockwise from the top-right.

V1: r̥g veda – prajñānam brahma
V2: yajur veda – ahaṁ brahma asmi
V3: sāma veda – tat tvam asi
V4: atharva veda – ayam ātmā brahma

V5: aikya through arthāpatti (sr̥ṣṭi-nindā) – neha nānāsti

3 upādhis (U)

Just inside the the largest circle, starting clockwise from the top-left.

U1: 1 upādhi – ajñānam
U2: 2 upādhis – ajñānam, sūkṣma śarīra
U3: 3 upādhis – ajñānam, sūkṣma śarīra, sthūla śarīra

2 dr̥ṣṭis (D)

Inside the largest circle are two 3-petalled clovers.

D1: samṣṭi (for īśvara)
D2: vyaṣṭi (for jīva)

3 abhimānas (A)

Inside the clovers, we have the abhimāna samjñās

for īśvara, they are named: īśvara, hiraṇyagarbha and virāṭ
for jīva, they are named prājña, taijasa and viśva

In the diagram, they alternate between īśvara (samaṣṭi) and jīva (vyaṣṭi)

A1: īśvara has samaṣṭi ajñāna upādhi abhimāna
A2: prājña has vyaṣṭi ajñāna upādhi abhimāna
A3: hiraṇyagarbha has samaṣṭi sūkṣma upādhi abhimāna
A4: taijasa has vyaṣṭi sūkṣma upādhi abhimāna
A5: virāṭ has samaṣṭi sthūla upādhi abhimāna
A6: viśva has vyaṣṭi sthūla upādhi abhimāna

3 avasthās (J)

In the intersection between the two 3-petalled clovers are the 3 avasthās

J1: suṣupti is the avasthā with 1 upādhi, for īśvara & prājña
J2: svapna is the avasthā with 2 upādhis, for hiraṇyagarbha and taijasa
J3: jāgrat is the avasthā with 3 upādhis, for virāṭ and viśva

bhedas are kalpita

All of these bhedas are kalpita, due to upādhis. This is also shown thrice in the intersections between the two 2-petalled clovers.

om-kāra (AUM)

Inside the inner circle, but outside the triangles, the thee parts of the om-kāra are shown, and are linked to the appropriate avasthās.

A: a-kāra represents jāgrat avasthā
U: u-kāra represents svapna avasthā
M: m-kāra represents suṣupti avasthā

māyā

māyā is in the intersecting inner triangles, and is of two types:

The white triange is śuddha sattva pradhāna, resulting in samaṣṭi
The dark triange is malina sattva pradhāna, resulting in vyaṣṭi

bindu

Inside, untouched by māyā is the om-kāra. It also has other names:

śuddha brahma (adhiṣṭhāna of īśvara and jīva)
a-mātra (adhiṣṭhāna of a-kāra, u-kāra, m-kāra)
turīya (adhiṣṭhāna of jāgrat, svapna, suṣupti)

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