Encyclopedia - Atman: Encyclopedia - Atman
See also anatta (anatman) for Buddhist negation of "atman" idea. Other related archivesAtman (Buddhism), Atman (Hinduism), anatta    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atman Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atman Buddhism - The Definition Of Atman In Buddhism
Candrakirti contextualises Atman as follows: Atman is an essence of things that does not depend on others; it is an intrinsic nature. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atman Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atman Buddhism - Atman In Nikaya
Atman is a Sanskrit word (Pali: Attan), normally translated as 'soul' or 'Self'. In Buddhist sutra, the Atman is the “light (dipam), th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atman Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Atman Buddhism
Atman is a Sanskrit word, normally translated as 'soul' or 'self' (also ego). In Buddhism, the concept of Atman is the prime consequence ...   » Read the article

Article - Buddha-nature
Buddha-nature (originally in Sanskrit, "Buddha-dhatu" - "Buddha Element", "Buddha-Principle") is a doctrine important for many schools of...   » Read the article

Article - Buddha
Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One, from the root: √budh, "to awaken") is a title used in Buddhism for anyone who h...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Quotes: Atman Remains Unknown
Hindu Quotes: Atman Remains Unknown   The mind is an object of perception  like the eternal world.  The Atman, the re...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Awakening: Self Inquiry And The Multidimensional Self
Kiara Windrider gives a background to how humanity and its consciousness was created and how it devleoped to what is now.   » Read the article

Article - Yoga-kundalini Upanishad: The Essential Nature Of Man
The Essential Nature Of Man 26. Like a light in a vessel, the Atman is within the body-thus one should think. Atman is of the dimensions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia - Brahman
Brahman (ब्रह्मन् in devanagari script) in the Vedantic (and subsequently Yogic) schools of Hinduism, is the signifying n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atman Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Atman Hinduism
Beginning with Vedantic Hindu philosophy, the Ātman — Sanskrit (masculine nominative singular: Ātmā) is regarded as an underlying me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddha-nature: Encyclopedia - Buddha-nature
Buddha-nature (originally in Sanskrit, "Buddha-dhatu" - "Buddha Element", "Buddha-Principle") is a doctrine important for many schools of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ishopanishad: Encyclopedia - Ishopanishad
Isha Upanishad (IAST īśopaniṣad), also known as the Ishavasya (īśāvāsya) Upanishad, is one of the smaller Upanishads but is proba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirit: Encyclopedia - Spirit
The English word "spirit" comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning breath. In religion and spirituality, the respiration of the human being...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta (IAST advaita vedānta; Devanagari अद्वैत वेदान्त; IPA [ədvaitə vé:dα:ntə]) is probably th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatta: Encyclopedia - Anatta
The Buddhist term Anātman (Sanskrit) or Anatta (Pali) is an adjective that specifies the absence of a supposedly permanent and unchangin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra
Nirvana Sutra or Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Chinese: Niepan Jing (涅槃經); Japanese: Nehankyō (涅槃経)) is one of the major texts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddha: Encyclopedia - Buddha
Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One, from the root: √budh, "to awaken") is a title used in Buddhism for anyone who h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana: Encyclopedia - Nirvana
In the Indian religions Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, nirvāna (from the Sanskrit निर्वाण, Pali: Nibbāna -- Chinese: 涅...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atman Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atman Buddhism - The Ontological Status Of Atman In Buddhism
As Atman is identified as the cause of Samsara, it is not merely cognate with the various concepts of Atman as found in Hindu philosophy ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Atman
ATMAN: The Self.   (See also: ATMAN ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Atman
Atman: soul.   (See also: Atman ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atman Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atman Buddhism - Positive Teachings On The Atman In Mahayana Buddhism
Not all Buddhist scriptures, however, deny the reality of atman. Within the Mahayana branch of Buddhism, there exists an important class ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atman Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atman Buddhism - The Abandonment Of Atman In Later Buddhist Metaphysics
With the doctrine of anatta (Pāli; Sanskrit: anātman) Buddhism maintains that the concept of ātman is unnecessary and counterproductiv...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Atman
atman: (Sanskrit) "The soul; the breath; the principle of life and sensation." The soul in its entirety - as the soul body (an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Atman
atman: atman - the self, supreme soul   (See also: atman , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Atman
Atman: The self as Spirit which is eternal and super-conscious; our true nature or identity, or spiritual essence. Sometimes a distinc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Atman
Atman: Atman: the self.   (See also: Atman , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Atman
Atman: Used in Hinduism, it is the self, the soul. "An" means to breath, an association frequently made with soul in religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Enlightenment And Brahman
While Brahman lies behind the sum total of the objective universe, some human minds boggle at any attempt to explain it with only the too...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Atman
Atman: Atman. The highest or true self as distinct from the consciousness or ego. Shiva embodied. There is no difference between At...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Atman
Atman:   Atman ("self"): the transcendental Self, or Spirit, which is eternal and superconscious; our true nature or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Atman
Atman The eternal or real self, sometimes referring to the principle of life in all things. The pure consciousness of the spirit which...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Sanskrit Dictionary On Atman
Atman: The Self, or Soul; denotes also the Supreme Soul, which, according to Non-dualistic Vedanta, is one with the individual soul. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Atman
A Theosophical definition of Atman :   Atman (Sanskrit) The root of atman is hardly known; its origin is uncertain, but the gen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Atman
atman: (Sanskrit) "The soul; the breath; the principle of life and sensation." The soul in its entirety - as the soul body (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atman
Atman (Sanskrit) Self; the highest part a human being: pure consciousness, that cosmic self which is the same in every dweller on this...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Brahman And Atman
Philosopher mystics of the Upanishads identify Brahman, the world soul, with atman, the inner essence of the human being, or the human so...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Atman
Atman: the Divine Self   (See also: Atman , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary -  atman: Sanskrit Dictionary On  atman
 Atman: the self, supreme soul   (See also:  Atman , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman-brhaman: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Atman-brhaman
Atman-Brhaman: The notion of the Self-God in Brahmanic and Vedanta Hinduism which maintains that our true inner self is identical to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddha-nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddha-nature - Buddha-nature Vs. Atman
Unlike the Western concept of "soul" or some interpretations of the Indian "atman", Buddha-nature is not considered an isolated essence o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atma Atman: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Atma Atman
atma atman: The highest or true self as distinct from the consciousness or ego. shiva embodied. There is no difference between atman ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Atman
atman: the presence of brahman as the deepest essence of the self in all entities; the divine self, a synonym of brahman   (Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Etymology
Brahman or brahma, and similar words, have various meanings, mostly related to Hinduism. These words come from a Sanskrit root bŗh = " t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Sai Baba Dictionary On Atman
Atman:  Atma(n): Inner Reality (BV-1), (BV-36), (BV). Soul, but also: body, spirit, senses. End of the I-illusion; Self-rememb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Semantics And Pronunciation
In the earliest Vedic Sanskrit: The word stem (neuter gender) is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्, pronounced as /brəh mən/) and its ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jiva-atman, Jivatman: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Jiva-atman, Jivatman
Jiva-atman, jivatman:   Jiva-atman, jivatman ("individual self"): the individuated consciousness, as opposed to the u...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Kundalini Yoga Dictionary On Atman
Atman: Soul   (See also: Atman , Kundalini, Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini Dictionary) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ishopanishad: Encyclopedia Ii - Ishopanishad - Two Most Beautiful Verses Descriptive Of Atman
Verses #s 4 and 5 try to describe the Ultimate Transcendental Self: It (meaning, the Transcendental Reality) never moves, yet it is too s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Siddha Yoga Dictionary On Atman
Atman: Divine Consciousness residing in the individual; the supreme Self; the soul   (See also: Atman , Yoga, Yoga Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parama-atman, Paramatman: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Parama-atman, Paramatman
Parama-atman, paramatman:   Parama-atman or paramatman ("supreme self"): the transcendental Self, which is singular, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatta: Encyclopedia Ii - Anatta - Presecular Position On Anatta As Presented In The Nikayas
The Buddhist term Anatman (Sanskrit), or Anatta (Pali) is an adjective in sutra used to refer to the nature of phenomena as being devoid ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atma
Atma. See ATMAN   (See also: Atma , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ishopanishad: Encyclopedia Ii - Ishopanishad - A Most Powerful Profile Of The Self, In All Of Upanishads
“The Self pervades all. Radiant is He, bodiless, without scar of imperfection, without bone or flesh, pure, untouched by evil. The Seer...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atma: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Atma (atman)
Atma (Atman): The individual spirit or self.   (See also: Atma , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ishopanishad: Encyclopedia Ii - Ishopanishad - Verses #s. 9 10 And 11
After this comes two units of three verses each, in which the process of experiencing that Reality Ultimate is discussed in a complicated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ishopanishad: Encyclopedia Ii - Ishopanishad - Verses #s. 9, 10 And 11
After this comes two units of three verses each, in which the process of experiencing that Reality Ultimate is discussed in a complicated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Salient Features Of Advaitism
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Advaita Vedanta - Thre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ishopanishad: Encyclopedia Ii - Ishopanishad - A Most Powerful Profile Of The Self In All Of Upanishads
“The Self pervades all. Radiant is He, bodiless, without scar of imperfection, without bone or flesh, pure, untouched by evil. The Seer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ishopanishad: Encyclopedia Ii - Ishopanishad - The Final Utterance
The last two verses form a prayer to be uttered at the moment of death: “Let my breath merge with the Cosmic Breath. Ashes are my body�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Important Books And Figures Of Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta - Mahavakya. Mahavakya, or "the great sentences," state the unity of Brahman and Atman. They are 4 in number and their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Adi Sankara: The Pillar Of Advaita
The first person to consolidate the principles of Advaita was Adi Sankara (आदि शंकर, pronounced as /α:di shənkərə, 788-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddha: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddha - Eternal Buddha
The idea of an everlasting Buddha is a notion popularly associated with the Mahayana scripture, the Lotus Sutra. That sutra has the Buddh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Are The World And God Wholly False?
Advaita Vedanta - Status of the world. People often get confused by Advaita teachings that the universe is false. Shankara says that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Adi Sankara's Thoughts In A Summary
Adi Sankara's treatises on the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras are his principal and almost undeniably his own works....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Advaita And Science
According to some followers of Advaita, it may very well be a place where the scientific world intersects with the spiritual world. They ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Sutra - Textual History
The text contained in the Faxian and Tibetan translations is roughly equivalent to just the first quarter of the greatly expanded Dharmak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddha: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddha - Names Of The Buddhas
In most Theravada countries, it is the custom for Buddhists to hold elaborate festivals to honor 28 Buddhas. In the Chronicle of the Budd...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatmika: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatmika
Adhyatmika (Sanskrit) (from adhi above + atman self)   Relating to the supreme self or atman; more abstractly, pertaining to orig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Sutra - Overview
The Mahaparinirvana Sutra is a major Mahayana scripture which purports to enshrine the Buddha's "final explanation" of his Doctrine, an e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatmic: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary I On Adhyatmic
Adhyatmic - Pertaining to Atman.   (See also: Adhyatmic ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Sutra - Versions
The text of the Nirvana Sutra in the original Sanskrit has survived only in a number of fragments, which were discovered in Central Asia,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Sutra - Quotations From The Nirvana Sutra
The Buddha on his eternal and blissful ultimate nature as he stands on the brink of physical death: " ... if you perceive things truly, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana - Nirvana In The Mahaparinirvana Sutra
However, in certain Mahayana teachings of the Buddha, Nirvana, or "Great Nirvana" in particular (higher than "ordinary" Nirvana), is said...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatta: Encyclopedia Ii - Anatta - Summary
Buddhist teaching tells us that all in life is impermanent and in a constant state of flux, and that any entity that exists does so only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatta: Encyclopedia Ii - Anatta - Interpretive Problems
Students of Buddhism often encounter an intellectual quandary with the teaching in that the concept of anatta and the doctrine of rebirth...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hwun: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Hwun
Hwun (Chin.). Spirit. The same as Atman.   (See also: Hwun , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purusha: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Purusha
Purusha: see Atman; the Real Self   (See also: Purusha , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmakara: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Atmakara
ATMAKARA: pertaining to Atman   (See also: ATMAKARA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paramatman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Paramatman
Paramatman (Sanskrit) [from parama highest + atman self]   Supreme self; the self which is higher than the self of the human ego....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmasvarupa: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Atmasvarupa
atmasvarupa: (Sanskrit) "Nature of the soul." See: atman, soul. (See also: Atmasvarupa , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul) &...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aham-atma: Theosophy Dictionary On Aham-atma
Aham-atma (Sanskrit) (from aham I + atman self)   I am self; meaning that every self is but a manifestation of the essential self...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Immature Soul: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Immature Soul
immature soul: See: atman, evolution of the soul, soul. (See also: Immature soul , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmasvarupa: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Atmasvarupa
atmasvarupa: (Sanskrit) "Nature of the soul." See: atman, soul. (See also: Atmasvarupa , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul) &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nucleus Of The Soul: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nucleus Of The Soul
nucleus of the soul: See: atman, impersonal being, soul. (See also: Nucleus of the soul , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatma-vidya: Theosophy Dictionary On Adhyatma-vidya
Adhyatma-vidya (Sanskrit) (from adhi over, above + atman self + vidya knowledge from the verbal root vid to know, perceive, learn) &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jiva: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Jiva
jiva: (Sanskrit) "Living, existing." From jiv, "to live."   The individual soul, atman, during its embodied ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paramatman: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Paramatman
Paramatman: (Sanskrit) "Supreme Self," or "transcendent soul." Parasiva, Absolute Reality, the one transcendent Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Self
Self: The nearest English equivalent of the Sanskrit word “Atman”, the essential Divinity of an individual.   (See ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tapas: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Tapas
Tapas: is the practice of conserving energy and directing it toward the goal of yoga, toward union with the atman.   (See also:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saratman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Saratman
Saratman (Sanskrit) [from sarva all + atman self]   The all-self; in the Vedas, the all-pervading spirit of the universe.  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Namaskar: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Namaskar
namaskar: 'I bow to you', the greeting which acknowledges the atman in another person   (See also: namaskar , Hinduism, Hindu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Namaste: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Namaste
namaste: 'I bow to you', the greeting which acknowledges the atman in another person   (See also: namaste , Hinduism, Hinduis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Huan: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Huan
Huan (Chinese) Also hwun. Spirit; used in the I Ching, equivalent to atman.   (See also: Huan , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sat: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Sat
Sat:   Sat ("being/reality/truth"): the ultimate Reality (atman or brahman)   (See also: Sat ,Yoga, Yoga Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahman: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Brahman
Brahman:   Brahman ("that which has grown expansive"): the ultimate Reality (cf. atman, purusha)   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cit: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Cit
Cit:   Cit ("consciousness"): the superconscious ultimate Reality (see atman, brahman)   (See also: Cit ,Yoga...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhyatma: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Adhyatma
adhyatma: (Sanskrit) "Spiritual; soul." The inner, spiritual self or spirit. See: atman. (See also: Adhyatma , Hinduism, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amritatman: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Amritatman
amritatman: (Sanskrit) "Immortal soul." See: atman, jiva, purusha, soul. (See also: Amritatman , Hinduism, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article