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    Chaitanya refers to consciousness or the universal soul in Hinduism. It is described as the pure consciousness that knows itself and others. In the Upanishads, the Atman or self represents itself through seven levels or folds of consciousness from the physical to the pure divine existence. Ultimately, after negating concepts like Maya and Avidya, only pure consciousness or Chaitanya remains. Vedanta philosophy also discusses object-consciousness, where consciousness is seen as inherent in objects themselves that allows them to be perceived.

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    Chaitanya refers to consciousness or the universal soul in Hinduism. It is described as the pure consciousness that knows itself and others. In the Upanishads, the Atman or self represents itself through seven levels or folds of consciousness from the physical to the pure divine existence. Ultimately, after negating concepts like Maya and Avidya, only pure consciousness or Chaitanya remains. Vedanta philosophy also discusses object-consciousness, where consciousness is seen as inherent in objects themselves that allows them to be perceived.

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    Chaitanya refers to consciousness or the universal soul in Hinduism. It is described as the pure consciousness that knows itself and others. In the Upanishads, the Atman or self represents itself through seven levels or folds of consciousness from the physical to the pure divine existence. Ultimately, after negating concepts like Maya and Avidya, only pure consciousness or Chaitanya remains. Vedanta philosophy also discusses object-consciousness, where consciousness is seen as inherent in objects themselves that allows them to be perceived.

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    The Sanskrit word, Chaitanya, means 'consciousness' or 'universal soul' or 'spirit' or 'intelligence' or 'sensation'. It is
    the pure Consciousness or the cosmic intelligence, the consciousness that knows itself and also knows others. It also
    means energy or enthusiasm. In the Rig Veda (R.V.IV.XL.5) Nrishad is the dweller amongst men; Nrishad is
    explained as Chaitanya or 'Consciousness' or Prana or 'vitality' because both dwell in men.
    In the Upanishads, it is explained that the Atman, the Self, represents itself differently in the seven-fold movement of
    Prakrti according to the dominant principle of the consciousness in the individual being. These seven folds of
    consciousness are 1) Physical consciousness, 2) Vital consciousness, 3) Mental consciousness, 4)
    Supra-intellectual consciousness, 5) Consciousness proper to the universal Beatitude or Blissful consciousness, 6)
    Consciousness proper to the infinite divine self-awareness, and 7) Consciousness proper to the state of pure divine
    existence. Sri Aurobindo calls the consciousness proper to the infinite self-awareness as the Chaitanya Purusha. The
    essential nature of Brahman as revealed in deep sleep and Yoga is Chaitanya (pure consciousness).
    The Vedantists also speak about the Consciousness or Mayaopahita-chaitanya that is associated with the
    indescribable Maya which is responsible for the functions of creation, preservation and dissolution of entire
    Existence, and about the Consciousness or Avidyaopahita-chaitanya that is associated with Avidya which causes the
    wrong identification of the Atman with the body etc.; after negating both Maya and Avidya, that is, after all
    distinctions are obliterated, what remains is Pure Consciousness or Chaitanya.
    The form of an object that the mind assumes, after coming into contact with that object or enveloping it, is called
    Vritti. The process of enveloping is called Vritti-Vyapti. Vyapti is pervasion and the pervasion by the mind of a
    certain location called the object is Vritti-Vyapti. The awareness that the object is there illuminates the object due to
    the presence in this moving process called the mind and is called phala-vyapti. It is only because of the
    consciousness attending on the mind that the object is perceived. Vedanta says that the object cannot be wholly
    material and there is no qualitative difference between the object and consciousness which consciousness by coming
    into contact with the object knows that the object is there which fact implies that consciousness is inherent in the
    object. This is the Vishaya- chaitanya or the 'object-consciousness' which does not mean consciousness of the object
    but the object which is a phase of consciousness which prevails everywhere.
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