TOC Mandukya & Karika 1 (from Chinmaya Sandeepany

THE MANDUKYA UPANISHAD

Section 1: THE MEANING OF “OM”

Verse 1: Plurality is Nothing But OM

Verse 2: Brahman is Verily OM

Verse 3: The First Pada – Waking State Consciousness

Verse 4: The Second Pada – Dream State Consciousness

Verse 5: The Third Pada – Deep Sleep Consciousness (Vyashti)

Verse 6: The Third Pada – The Causal Consciousness (Samashti)

Section 2: THE “FOURTH” QUARTER – TURIYA

Verse 7: The Fruit of the Process of “Negation”

Section 3: THE SYLLABLES OF “OM”

Verse 8: Symbolism of the Letters of “OM”

Verse 9: “A” – The First Letter: VISHWA

Verse 10: “U” – The Second Letter: TAIJASA

Verse 11: “M” – The Third Letter: PRAJNA

Verse 12: ‘Amaatra’ – The Fourth Letter: TURIYA

GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA PART 1: Agama Prakarana

Section 1.1: EXPERIENCE & ENJOYMENT

Verse 1.1: The Three Objects of Experience

Verse 1.2: The Three Places of Experience

Verse 1.3: The Threefold Enjoyership

Verse 1.4: The Threefold Objects Enjoyed

Verse 1.5: Enjoyments & Enjoyers are all One

Section 1.2: THEORIES OF EXISTENCE

Verse 1.6: Existence – The Basic Premise

Verse 1.7: Theories 1 & 2: Non-creation and A Dream

Verse 1.8: Theories 3 & 4: By Will or By Time

Verse 1.9: Theories 5-8: Just For Fun!

Section 1.3: THE “FOURTH” QUARTER – TURIYA

Verse 1.10: Turiya – the Cessation of All Sorrows

Verse 1.11: Turiya – Beyond Cause and Effect

Verse 1.12: Turiya – Contrast with Prajna

Verse 1.13: Turiya & Prajna – No Cognition of Duality

Verse 1.14: Turiya – Beyond ‘Sleep’ & ‘Dream’

Verse 1.15: Turiya – the Pre-Conditions

Verse 1.16: Turiya – the Error of “Sleep”

Verse 1.17: Turiya – the Error of “Dream”

Verse 1.18: “Dream Lion” Needed to Awaken Us!

Section 1.4: OM – PREPARATORY UPASANAS

Verse 1.19 The Identity of Vishwa With “A”

Verse 1.20: The Identity of Taijasa With “U”

Verse 1.21: The Identity of Prajna With “M”

Verse 1.22: The Truth Common to All Three States

Verse 1.23: Individual Attainments in All Three States

Section 1.5: OM – ULTIMATE SADHANA

Verse 1.24: OM – Known “Pada by Pada”

Verse 1.25: OM – the “Ever-Fearless Brahman”

Verse 1.26: OM – the “Lower & Higher Brahman”

Verse 1.27: OM – the “Eternal Being”

Verse 1.28: OM – “All-Pervading & Beyond Sorrow”

Verse 1.29: OM – the “Sound-less & Sound Eternal”