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The meaning of Para Brahman is ‘Before Brahman’ or ‘Beyond Brahman’. That condition which was, or is, prior to the triple-bodied Brahman with three attributes is called ParaBrahman. It is that condition in which there was no manifest desire to grow and think as yet. It had manifested itself by mere reflection of Reality in the cave of Maya. He is called so because we have made him the Ideal Goal, or conceptual Ideal, different from the places of the body, and have made His form the goal. His name is pure Brahman(Suddha Brahman). That which is free from the defect of body-ness is pure. And that in which there is bodyness is potent Brahman (Sabal Brahman). This is the state of Hiranyagarbha. It is akin to the condition of deep-sleep or Sushupti. Pure Brahman is beyond this Saints have termed it as Kal Purusha and Mahakal Purusha; and He is the substratum of this whorl-cave. The wise know it as all in all. The condition of the Base or the perpetual Foundation — Adhistana, Kootastha — is higher than this. The saints have called this as Satpurush who is the Presiding God over Satyaloka. The fourth condition is called Turiya and it is found at the top of every triple world (triad world). Nothing is free from this, the fourth condition.
There is a big circle in which there is a big triangle at the three ends of which there are small triangles which are formed in their respective circles. The big circle is the substratum or the Base. It is the big fourth state. The circles of the remaining triangles are the respective fourth conditions of those triangles. The circle of the triangle A is Brahman: the circle of the triangle B is Jiva, and the circle of the triangle C is Prakriti (nature). These triangles are drawn only for the purpose of explanation. In fact, the triangle of the Brahman surrounds all including its circle. The triangles of Jiva and Prakriti are also in it in the middle. Brahman is high above, and the inert matter (Prakriti – Nature) is below. The idea can be pictured (sketched) thus:
A is Brahman, B is Jiva and C is Nature (Prakriti0, These three triangles are ordinary. D is a big triangle in which all the three triangles exist. This is Para