Philosophy Of Liberation Interfaith

Author(s): Paramhansa Maharaj, Donald Howard, Veena Howard
Publisher: USA Santmat Society of North America

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Ultimate Spiritual State: Ultimate Spiritual, Being Supreme Sovereign God.
12. The State of Kaivalya (Oneness), also called Para Prakrti (the Higher or Conscious Nature), is devoid of gunas (1) (attributes); however, this State is brimming with reality, intelligence and bliss. Apara Prakrti (the Lower Nature, the phenomenal existence) is trayagunamayi, filled with the three gunas (attributes).
13. The three mechanisms of the Jada Prakrti (phenomenal or lower nature) are the three gunas: sattva is maintaining, rajas is creating, and tamas is destroying. The equal combination of the three gunas (attributes) is called Jadatmaka Mula Prakrti (Lower Nature in its original form). It is the Nonconscious Primordial Matter.
14. The Supreme Sovereign God pervades Samasta Prakrti Mandala (the entire sphere of nature) and exists beyond the sphere of the phenomenal creation. The Supreme Sovereign is Infinite and Eternal and, therefore, is beyond imagination.
15. The Supreme Sovereign is Ansi (an endless sea of undivided parts); and Saccidananda Brahma (Unbounded Bliss, Existence and Knowledge), Om Brahma (that which is Om), Purna Brahma (Divinity pervading the universe), Nirguna and Saguna (Divinity with qualities and without qualities), Isvara (the Lord) and Jiva (the individual soul), all of which are its inseparable parts. The relationship of
1. There are three gunas (attributes) of the phenomenal existence: sattva which is purity, rajas which is motion or activity and tamas which is lethargy or inertia. Any aspect of creation possesses one or more of these attributes.
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