• Ātman (/ˈɑːtmən/; Sanskrit: आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word for the true or eternal Self or the self-existent essence or impersonal witness-consciousness within...
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  • Look up atman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Atman or Ātman may refer to: Ātman (Hinduism), meaning "Self", a philosophical concept common to all...
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  • Ātman (/ˈɑːtmən/), attā or attan in Buddhism is the concept of self, and is found in Buddhist literature's discussion of the concept of non-self (Anatta)...
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    Brahman (redirect from Atman-Brahman)
    doctrine of not-self (Pali: anattā, Sanskrit: anātman, the opposed doctrine of ātman is central to Brahmanical thought). Put very briefly, this is the [Buddhist]...
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    ontological interpretations have flowered within the Advaita tradition. Ātman (IAST: ātman, Sanskrit: आत्मन्) is the "real self" or "essence" of the individual...
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  • Ātman (Japanese: アートマン, Hepburn: Ātoman) is a 1975 Japanese experimental short film directed by Toshio Matsumoto. The film depicts a figure sitting in...
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    as being in essence Atman, and attaining knowledge of the identity of Ātman and Brahman. According to Shankara, the individual Ātman and Brahman seem different...
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    postulating Ātman and Brahman as the "summit of the hierarchically arranged and interconnected universe", but various ideas about the relation between Atman and...
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    Pavel Nikolayevich Atman (Russian: Павел Николаевич Атьман; born 25 May 1987) is a Russian handball player for Maccabi Rishon LeZion and the Russian national...
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    for this brahman is the Whole. Brahman is this self (ātman); that [brahman] is this self (ātman) consisting of four quarters. In Sanskrit: सर्वं ह्येतद्...
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  • inclination and Godly desires. Divine soul may also refer to: Ātman (Hinduism), inner self or soul Ātman (Buddhism), the concept of self Jīva (Jainism), a philosophical...
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    Russell Wendell Simmons (born October 4, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, writer and record executive. He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings...
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    of existence. In Hinduism, saṃsāra is a journey of the Ātman. The body dies but not the Ātman, which is eternal reality, indestructible, and bliss. Everything...
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  • Cynthia J. Atman is an American industrial engineer focusing on engineering education and human-centered design. She is Mitchell T. and Lella Blanche...
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  • Jīva (Sanskrit: जीव) or Ātman (/ˈɑːtmən/; Sanskrit: आत्मन्) is a philosophical term used within Jainism to identify the soul. As per Jain cosmology, jīva...
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  • supreme (paramā) and indeed Durga, Śruti, Smriti, Mahalakshmi, Saraswati, Ātman Vidya and Brahmavidya. In the Mahanirvana Tantra she is called Adya or Primordial...
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  • (impermanence). Anattā is synonymous with Anātman (an + ātman) in Sanskrit Buddhist texts. In some Pali texts, ātman of Vedic texts is also referred to with the term...
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  • doctrine of not-self (Pali: anattā, Sanskrit: anātman, the opposed doctrine of ātman is central to Brahmanical thought). Put very briefly, this is the [Buddhist]...
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    to ātman in Hinduism; however, some Hindu traditions differentiate between the two concepts, with jiva considered as individual self, while atman as that...
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  • Atman is a 1997 documentary film by Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo about two Indian brothers on a pilgrimage. It is the final installment of Honkasalo's...
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    Hindu religion. It is the essence of the supreme Absolute, consciousness, Ātman, Brahman, or the cosmic world. In Indic traditions, Om serves as a sonic...
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    awakening, the ātman of each sentient being is like an imprisoned king which lacks sovereignty. The Mahābherisūtra also states that the ātman is a permanent...
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    of the Atman (Universal Self); second, the theory that the Atman undergoes threefold birth; third, that Consciousness is the essence of Atman. According...
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  • comprehend the difference between ātman and anātman is to become liberated. In order to realise the self-existent eternal Atman, the seeker after Truth uses...
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    protagonist of an ancient Indian dialogical narrative about the nature of the atman (soul). His allegorical story is told in the Katha Upanishad, though the...
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    of the Shukla Yajur Veda. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is a treatise on Ātman (Self), includes passages on metaphysics, ethics, and a yearning for knowledge...
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    Bhagavad Gita (section Atman)
    which Lal outlines as "the Ātman is eternal; only the body dies; so, go ahead and kill - you will kill only the body, the atman will remain unaffected [2:19-21]...
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    workings of karma. Ātman is a Sanskrit word that means 'self'. For the Upanishads and for much of Hindu philosophy, knowledge of the ātman is seen as essential...
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    they accept the authority of the Vedas and the theories of brahman and ātman found therein. Besides these, the "heterodox" schools that do not accept...
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  • They are often equated with the five koshas (sheaths), which cover the atman. This doctrine is an essential doctrine in Indian philosophy and religion...
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