Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.122

c16.122

**Purusha.** The first stage in the above scheme is that of Pure Consciousness called *Purusha* which is described as content-less (*amūrta*), conscious (*chetana*), the principal enjoyer of the whole range of experiences (*bhogī-sukhyahaṁ duḥkhyahaṁ ityupacharyate*), eternal (*nityaḥ*), present everywhere (*sarvagataḥ*), devoid of any impulse to action (*akriyaḥ*), incapable of being the subject of knowledge (*akartā*), incapable, either, of being the object of experience (*sūkshma*), unitary and individual [*Shaḍdarśanasamuchchaya*].