Moment to Speak

The heart, or Antaḥkaraṇa , connotes differently to the different perceivers, ranging from the macro-micro continuum and consciousness to the internal organ of a being. It is the Self, or soul, the seat of thought and feeling, thinking faculty, mind, and conscience of a being. In Vedantic philosophy the space within the heart, or the Hridaya Guha , or cave of the heart, is an expansive macro-micro continuum. Chandogya Upanishad (8.1.1–8.1.3) states the sun and the moon and the stars, the very space and the clouds and the lightning and the rains—all this miracle of creation is within the heart of man. When it rains outside, it rains inside also, and the stellar regions shine resplendently within the heart of man. This Upanishadic statement, according to sage philosopher Swami Krishnananda, reveals that the macrocosm (the universe) and the microcosm (the human heart) are completely identical. Its primary theme is the unity of Atman that resides in the deep cave of the hunan heart with...

Transmigration is Ātman's (Self, or inner spirit) migrational journey from its existing abode, upon its death, to another. The migrational journey begins from one form to another after its death, invalidation, or demise. According to the Brihadaranyak Upanishad (3.2.1-3.2.9), death encompasses the Grahas (organs) and Atigrahas (objects), bound by physical and elemental things and attached to ignorance. We must achieve liberation from this relative existence of means and ends; hence, we are elucidating the nature of death, as it is the individual in bondage who requires emancipation. Although we have delineated the characteristics of an emancipated individual, their physical form and possessions remain bound by mortality. A liberated person remains subject to mortality through their physical organs and material possessions. Death manifested through organs and objects represents confinement, along with avenues for liberation from it. Bondage encompasses the entire spectrum of en...

Everything emanates from Self and dissolves into Self. It is because Self is Brahmān , or the Cosmic Self, or the Absolute Existence, or the Absolute Reality. Sri Adi Shankaracharya bluntly proclaims,  " brahma satyam jaganmithyA jIvo brahmaiva nAparahanena vedyam sacchAstram iti vedAntaDiNDimah" ( Brahma Jnanavali Mala , 20). It signifies Brahmān is the true reality;  it is impossible to categorise the world of appearances as real or unreal; and the Jiva (individual self) and Brahmān (Cosmic Self) are non-different. The crucible of all our searches, reasoning, endeavours, and destinations is to realise the Self through Self knowledge. Self is self-same, self-luminous, self-existent, eternal, complete, full, and imperishable. The essence is to remain free forever from illusions, attachments, desires, lust, greed, ego, bondages, and all other limited adjuncts. Every being is born free and cherishes his freedom because it is his birthright. Reasoning is right when it emanat...