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Brahman

In Hinduisim the nature of Brahman is described as `transpersonal`, `personal` and `impersonal` by different philosophical schools. However, Brahman is described as the unchanging, `infinite`, `immanent`, and `transcendent reality` which is the Divine Ground of all matter. This Supreme Cosmic Spirit or Absolute Reality called Brahman is said to be eternal genderless,omnipotent ,omniscient,and omnipresent and indescribable in the human language .It can best be described as infinite being infinite consciousness and infinite bliss.It is a pure being and the source and essence of the material universe .

The Advaita tradition rejects the above notion of evolving definition of Brahman .It considers the Vedas to be the eternal ,timeless and the contemporary of the Brahman.In this tradition Brahman signified the power to grow the expansive and self -altering process of ritual and sacrifice .

The Upanishads identify Brahman the world soul with Atman the inner essence of the human being also known as "Micro soul spark of Brahman". In Dvaita, Vishnu is Brahman since the followers stress a personal God. Advaita on the other considers Brahman without attributes and strictly impersonal. Advaitins believe in the existence of both Saguna and Nirguna Brahman. When man tries to know Brahman with its mind under the illusion of Maya Brahman becomes God according to Advaita Vedanta .God is Brahman under Maya .The material world as it appears to be is due to Maya..The Advaita Vedanta also states that one single Atman (the individual soul) appears to the people as many Atmans in a single body. Once the Maya is lifted the Atman is equal to the Brahman. The Bhedabheda school maintains that Brahman isnot different from the world it produces. The Visistadvaita school hold that phenomenality is a gloriuos manifestation if Brahman. The Dvaita school maintains that both soul and matter are sperate from and dependent on Brahman.

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