sridatta1
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:13 pm Post subject: Atman, the soul a simile or a reflection of God in certain a |
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Atman, the soul a simile or a reflection of God in certain aspects
Upamaanapratibimbamaatmaa vachyopi kashchit.
(Atman, the soul, is a simile or a reflection of God in certain aspects. Some times God enters a specific soul and in such case such specific soul can be treated and said as God).
The soul or Atman in the above Vedic statement that says the space is generated from Atman, is a simile or reflection of God. As said above, the simile is always incomplete and cannot have all the aspects. Shankara said that the soul is the reflection of God. Even here, the aspects are not totally covered. The Sun is very hot. But his reflection in the water is not hot. Therefore, there is no difference between simile and reflection. But, when God enters a specific soul like Krishna, Krishna is treated as God, because the unimaginable God cannot be directly mentioned and can be mentioned only through a medium in which God exists. |
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