NAture of reality
THE NATURE OF REALITY
By Swami Nikhilananda, Sri Ramakrishna Centre, New York, USA.
As early as the Vedic times, the Rishis investigated the nature
of reality from two levels of experience, one of which may be
called the absolute, acosmic or transcendental level and the
other relative, cosmic or phenomenal level. At the phenomenal
level one perceives the universe of diversity and is aware of
one's own individual ego, whereas at the transcendental level,
the …
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…cannot
be made an object of knowledge.
Unconditioned Brahman is described as
SATCHIDANANDA (Sat-Chit-Ananda)
existence-knowledge-bliss pure and absolute.
Existence,knowledge and bliss are not attributes
of Reality; they are its very stuff. Pure existence
is the same as pure knowledge and pure bliss.
Just as a mirage could not be seen without the
desert, which is its unrelated substratum, so also
the universe could not be seen if Brahman did
not exist as its substratum.
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