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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Atman and Mokşa
(surfer), which are superimposed upon the real Brahman by nescience or avidyā. The same Brahman appears in various forms due to the variety of adjuncts in which it appears. Mäyā (TAT) is the force which causes such false impressions of things. The Brahman appears as the world due to Māyā which in turn causes deception. All the particular attributes which the objects of the world possess are caused by the adjuncts (upādhis) and they never stick to the Brahman on which they are wrongly superimposed. The Brahman being immaterial, nothing sticks to it. It is eternally pure. No action ever belongs to it for it is immobile. All attributes involving action cannot be ascribed to the Brahman; doership and experiences thus, do not belong to the Brahman itself. They are simply adjuncts of the Brahman and through them the Brahman appears as the doer and enjoyer. Just as the rays of the sun while passing through glass or water seem to bend, but they never bend in actuality; so also the Brahman appears in many forms, but never assumes the forms. Thus the whole world or phenomenal existence is really nothing; it simply appears, and hence, it is only an illusion which is caused by the superimposition of various adjuncts on it. The world is real but only on the phenomenal plane (aqef ATT). It is real to those who are governed by rescience or avidyā and to those who have not properly realised the real nature of the Brahman, which is beyond all these worldly things which are only adjuncts of the Brahman. One who has the real knowledge of the Brahman or
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| SR No. | 020053 |
| Book Title | tman_and_moksa |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | G N Joshi |
| Publisher | Gujarat University |
| Publication Year | 1965 |
| Total Pages | 901 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 12 MB |