In our philosophical treatise, Ánanda Sútram, it has been enunciated, Bháva bhávátiitayoh setuh Tárakabrahma – “The common point bridging together the empirical state of Saguńa and the metempirical state of Nirguńa is called Táraka Brahma.”

In Brahma Cakra (the collective name of saiṋcara and pratisaiṋcara⁽¹⁾) there is no uniformity of flow. The speed of the sentient force is greater than that of the mutative, and the mutative has more speed than the static. Thus in the beginning of saiṋcara the speed is greater. Similarly, after elevation, under the influence of the sentient force or reaching sámánya deha (a stage beyond the hirańmaya kośa [subtle causal mind] where the unit mind experiences only the sentient force), the speed is greater. The speed of the unit mind far exceeds the normal flow in the Cosmos, and it gets accelerated if the unit mind as a result of spiritual practice tends itself towards the Nucleus Consciousness.

Since the beginning of creation humans have been aspiring for this merger with the Nucleus Consciousness. The non-uniformity of speed changes the movement of the unit mind to an elliptical force, and the motion changes to oval from circular.…

[In Tantra sádhaná or in Ananda Marga sádhaná one whose goal is Puruśottama (Nucleus Consciousness) merges in Saguńa Brahma (Qualified Supreme Entity), and one who aims at Nirguńa Brahma (Non-Qualified Supreme Entity)] get[s] out of this Brahma Cakra by a tangential touch. At this point of tangential touch is the abode of Táraka Brahma (who resides within the scope of both Nirguńa and Saguńa Brahma). Táraka Brahma is a concept of Tantra.

In Tantra the whole creation is known as sambhúti. When Táraka Brahma by His own will takes the help of the five fundamental factors (the paiṋcabhútas), His physical entity comes within the scope of Saguńa Brahma, otherwise He is Nirguńa Brahma. When Táraka Brahma takes the assistance of the five fundamental factors, according to Tantra it is called His Mahásambhúti.…

Saguńa Brahma has infinite saḿskáras [mental reactive momenta], and so for an infinite time to come Saguńa Brahma will continue to enjoy the fruit of Its own past actions. Nirguńa is the Objectless Entity with no action or derivation, but Táraka Brahma is the middle point and can fulfil the function of both. He guides, loves and favours His affectionate sons and daughters. His children say that He cannot live without loving them [and with deepest reverence and complete surrender proceed to Him]. (Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti, “Átman, Paramátman and Sádháná” in Idea and Ideology, 1993)

When Does He Appear?

He comes on earth when there is too much sin and it is difficult for virtuous people to live on this earth. When dharma declines and adharma, or sin, gets the upper hand; when the virtuous and the pious are tortured and the dishonest and evil-doers tyrannize over the good; in a word, when the human intellect is guided along degraded and destructive channels; Táraka Brahma forms a desire to come on earth with a specific mission of restoring dharma by launching a ceaseless fight against all injustice and sin.

There are a few notable criteria by which to distinguish Táraka Brahma from other mahápuruśas:

1. He Himself is a born guru and has no spiritual guru.
2. He comes with a specific mission, which is to restore morality and dharma. The entire society becomes divided between moralists and immoralists. A fight between them is inevitable, and ultimately dharma comes out victorious.
3. His emergence means a new era of white peace and dharma.

He needs no sádhaná, but just to set an example to others, He performs sádhaná with the masses.

Footnotes

(1) In the Cosmic Cycle, respectively, the step-by-step extroversion and crudification of consciousness from Nucleus Consciousness to the state of solid matter; and the step-by-step introversion and subtilization of consciousness from the state of solid matter to Nucleus Consciousness. –Eds.