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
is said that the Self or Ātman being a indestructible leaves the body at death and assumes another suitable body to dwell in. The Ātman that dwells in the body leaves one mortal coil and assumes another. The Chandogya Upanisad says - "This (body) indeed withers and dies when the living Self has left it; the living Self dies not." The same Upanisad further says —".. But those who go hence having found here the Soul and those real desires
for them in all worlds there is freedom.''? Yājñavalkya says --" And as a goldsmith, taking a piece of gold turns it into another, newer and more beautiful shape, so does this Self, after having thrown off this body and dispelled all ignorance, make unto himself another, newer and more beautiful shape, whether it be like the Fathers, or like the Gandharvas, or like the Devas, or like Prajāpati or like Brahman, or like other beings.''3 The same Upanisad further contains the following verse --".. And as the slough of a snake lies on anthill dead and cast away, thus lies this body; but that disembodied immortal Spirit is Brahman only, is only light." The Self is a living principle and the body is inconscient and inanimate (jada). The Self drags the body or is the cause of the bodily movements. The Chandogya Upanişad says "Like a horse attached to a cart, so is the Spirit (the conscious
i Ch. Up. 6.11. 3. 2 Ibid. 8.1.6. 3 Bph. Up. 4. 3.4. 4 Byh. Up. 4.4.7.
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