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or the span-sized Purusha and is the favourite object of meditation
in Pauranika Upasana. The Upanishads call Him thumb-sized and
there is an interesting discussion as to the size in Sariraka Sutras
[-3-24 to 26 and the Bhashya thereupon.
(ii.) The Manifestation in the Pmuas.The Upanishads
say:
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"It is this Prana that is consciousness itself, Bliss, without
infirmities and death."
"They are these five Brahma Purushas."
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"Brahma Putusha in the openings of the heart" The heart is
called the abode of Brahma. There are five openings of this abode
of Brahma and there are five gate-keepers. These gate-keepers or
dvdra-pdlas are the five Pranas. They are called Brahma Purushas as
they pertain to Brahma. As long as the king is in the heart, the door-
keepers remain in the body. These door-keepers being inevitable ac-
companiments of Brahma in the heart, are also themselves the outer
aspects of Brahma.
(iii.) The manifestation as Atma which is ttiune. What is a
man but a bundle of experiences on the planes of Jagrat, Svapna and
Sushupti. Each of these experiences has a threefold aspect or in
Vedantic expression is a Triputi. These aspects are (i) the object
experienced or Adhibhuta, (2) the experience itself or Adhyatma,
(3) and the Deva which gives the consciousness of that experience or
Adhidaiva. In material expression, the object outside is Adhibhuta.
The reception of its image is Adhyatma. The light that shews the
image to be what it is, is Adhidaiva. As we have said, each experience
is a three-sided triangle. All the triangles in the Jagrat state, analysed
by the Vedantins into fourteen, are represented by the first letter a in
Pranava. All the triangles or Triputis in the dream state are repre-
sented by the second letter u. In Taraka Brahma Yoga, a is merged
in contemplation into u, and u is merged into ma. In ma there is
only one triangle, which is the primary triangle to which all other
triangles in a and u may be reduced. The adhibhuta side of this
triangle is Ananda by the vritti of Avidya. The Adhyatma side is
the vtitti of Avidya. The Adhidaiva side is Isvara. Life in Triloki
is conditioned by this triangle. The object of Taraka Brahma Yoga
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