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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bliss '. The Taitt. Upanişad says-"Different from this, which consists of understanding, is the other inner Self, which consists of bliss. The former is filled by this. This Self is free from all imperfections, therefore, it is full of joy or bliss. It is free from imperfection and finitude which cause grief and restlessness in man, because there is an irrepressible tendency in man to grow infinite and as long as he does not attain infinitude he remains under a strain of the mind. He cannot till then experience what is called the bliss, or unqualified peace which is the real nature of the innermost Self; known as the ānandamayaḥ (TH9: ). Penetrating the lower sheaths of corporeality, vitality, mentality, intellection man at last reaches this last faculty of ananda and then rests satisfied for ever, because it is an experience of perfection which is marked by peace and tranquillity. So long as man identifies his essential nature with any one of the inferior sheaths or faculties, he does not find final satisfaction in his life. When man realises his innermost Self as one full of joy and bliss, then nothing remains for him to achieve. He then enjoys the highest bliss.
This Ātman, constituted of bliss is beyond description. It cannot be understood in terms of any other physical or mental attributes. The mind is incapable of understanding it in its own terms. Therefore in the Taitt. Upanişad it is said that the Self cannot be understood by mind (manas). It is that from which the words come back because the mind cannot reach there.
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