tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
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

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Upanişads
the Self came to be looked upon as the infinite Reality (Brahman) itself. Like the Brahman the Ātman also is held to be the source of all the things of the world. The Self is also said to be at the centre of existence and everything is revolving round it. So also the same Ātman creates this world out of itself like a spider, being the material and efficient cause of the universe.
Thus we find that the same Self that is imagined to be dwelling in the innermost citadel of our heart is also found everywhere, in each and everything of the world; the inner psychical reality is also the same cosmic reality; that one who is the indwelling person or the inner controller (antaryāmi) of the individual is also the controller from inside (antaryāmi) of all the cosmic agencies and the material things.
The Self no more remains confined in the heart of the individual, but gradually it assumes various spacial magnitudes and finally it becomes coterminus with the whole Reality. The Ātman of the individual becomes the Ātman of the whole universe. That which abides in and fills the whole body of the individual, from the hair to the nails also fills everything in the universe. The Brh. Upanisad says that the Self is the same as the ultimate Reality- the Brahman.? The Chandogya Upanisad also holds that all this is Brahman.3
1 S'vet. Up. 6-10. ? Běh. Up. 2.5. 19. THTHT : Ch. Up. 3. 14. 1. a afea mai
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