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
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of their own. It is however true that the Upanişadic thoughts and words possess tremendous force and an unusual power of giving consolation, peace and solace to the restless human heart. Out of the one hundred and twenty Upanişads only thirteen, i.e. the Isa, Kéna, Katha, I'ras'na, Mundaka, Mándūkya, Taittirīya, Aitarëya, Chándogya, Bșhadāraṇyaka, S'vetäs'vatara, Maitrāyaṇi and the Kaușitaki are philosophically more noteworthy and hence the following discussion will be based upon and confined to these Upanişads.
The Upanişads deal with such philosophical topics like God, Brahman, immortality, salvation, individual soul, the bondage, the origin and nature of saṁsāra, the cosmology and cosmogony, the problem of evil, etc. They contain lofty thoughts about the Brahman, the world, Ātman, Māyā, Moksa (liberation) and so on. Almost every Upanişad contains some thing, some interpretation of the ultimate Reality known as the Brahman, the Ātman or the Mahat or the Avyakta. The Brahman is the Absolute, the source, sustainer and end of every thing in the world and it includes in it all the things of the world, whether gross or subtle, physical or mental, transient or immortal, concrete or occult, material or spiritual. The Brahman is the all-pervading Reality as it envelopes everything that exists. It is the underlying reality of all the existent things. It is the essence of all things. It is eternal, without beginning, imperishable, devoid of a specific nature, divested of all attributes. It is
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