4 ANTAKARANAS (INTELLECTUAL POWERS) AND 5 AVASTHAS (STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS)

FOUR ANTAHKARANAS (INTELLECTUAL POWERS)

We have FOUR intellectual powers:

Manas – the organ of thought

Buddhi – the organ of understanding

Ahamkar – the power of mind which leads to the accomplishment of objectives, and eventually toward identifications and attachments.

Chitta – the organ where Sanskaras are stored, and from where all the vikaras of mind originate.

FIVE AVASTHAS (STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS)

These are 5 states of consciousness in human forms.

Jaagarita - Waking

Swapna - Dreaming

Sushupti - Deep Sleep

Tureeya - Underlying state in all the above states

Unmani or Tureeyateeta - State of enlightened beings where the cosmos is experienced as oneness