Wednesday, 6 November 2013

The Atman




When the body decays and dies, the atman is intact. The atman has no sense of sin, old age, death, sorrow, hunger or thirst. A king rules over his subjects. Like that , a person who does not know about the atman, is ruled over by the desire to savour the fruits of his action. Those who do not know about the atman during life, continue to be in bondage in the after-life. But those who know about the atman during life, become free in the after-life. 

The atman is like a bridge; it holds the worlds together. The atman knows no night or day, it knows not old age, death, misery, sorrow, righteousness and evil. Sins cannot touch the atman. 


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