Atman means 'eternal self'. The atman refers to the real self beyond ego or false self. It is often referred to as 'spirit' or 'soul' and indicates our true self or essence which underlies our ...
It is an eternal question. The Self—that is I—was never born. The Self is the Brahman which we refer to as I in everyday parlance. So I was never born. I will never die. Then, I see that I am existing ...
The belief is that the atman of each of us may also hold a 'spark' of Brahman. For many Hindus, Brahman is present in the lives of all living things. The traditional Hindu greeting 'Namaste', usually ...
In the Chandogya Upanishad (c. 7th century BCE), Indra, king of the Vedic gods, and his nemesis, Virochana, king of the asuras (anti-gods), go to the temple of the creator god, Prajapati, to learn the ...
Prajapathi instructs Indra on the nature of the atman. He tells Indra that the body is mortal. It perishes. But it is the abode of the atman, which is imperishable. Good and evil do not affect the ...
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