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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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their metaphysical concepts of Ātman and Moksa are to a certain extent motivated by their previous experiences and are their Psychological Sublimations, and that they are governed by their individual bents of mind and likes and dislikes.
(d) The Lines of Evolution
From a synthetic survey of the various concepts of the Self (Atman) as expressed in the different systems of Indian Philosophy it appears that the evolution of the concepts of Atman and Moksa has tended to be in the following directions on the whole though one cannot say that the progress is in a straight line.
ATMAN (1) From Material to the Spiritual nature of the Atman
The material view of the Atman as the living body (Cárvākas), as the five elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether), the food, as the vital principle (Prānı), as relatives and one's belongings, as the sense organs, the mind (manas) and its various states, the intellect (buddhi) has undergone a change from the former to the latter, as expressed in the above series. Finally, it came to be looked upon as the all-pervasive, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, extremely loving and merciful, an ocean of infinite number of auspicious qualities, an embodiment of all perfections and blissfulness - Supreme Self (God,
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