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Vedantins believe that in the end, the ultimate, formless, inconceivable Brahman is the same as our soul, Atman. The key phrase of the Upanishads, to Advaita Vedanta, is "Tat Tvam Asi" (That thou art). Such, indeed, is the Upanishad, the secret knowledge of Brahman." Whoever knows this (bliss) regards both of these as Atman (self, soul), indeed he cherishes both as Atman.
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does not distress himself with the thought "why did I not do what is good? why did I do what is evil?". "He who knows the Bliss of Brahman (divine consciousness). The ninth chapter of the Taittiriya Upanishad says: The spiritual aspirant, in the quest for Self- and God-realisation, passes under the guidance of the Master through each of these selves in turn, finally attaining to the Absolute or Brahman, which is synonymous with the highest or Bliss Self It speaks of the individual as divided into five selves (atma, initially - as with all such terms - "breath", and then "self" or "soul" the term elsewhere, and especially later, came to characterise that aspect of the self which is synonymous with the Absolute)įive levels of self are referred to: the anna-maya-atma or the "Self (atma) made of Food" the prana-maya-atma or "the Self made of Vital Breath (prana)" the mana-maya-atma "the Self made of Mind (manas)" the vijnana-maya-atma or "the Self made of Consciousness or intellect (vijnana)", and finally the ananda-maya-atma or "the Self made of Bliss (ananda)", where one attains to Brahman. New sayings from across the ages include 'It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish' (the classical writer Heraclitus), 'Fight on, and God will give the Victory' (the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison), and 'The future is already here-it's just not evenly distributed' (the writer William Gibson).From M.Alan Kazlev's weblog 30 June 1999: "The Taittiriya Upanishad is exceptional in that it is one of the first writings to present a systemmatic metaphysic or theory of first principles. Drawing on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary research programme and unique language monitoring, over 700 new quotations have been added to this eighth edition from authors ranging from St Joan of Arc and Coco Chanel to Albrecht Dürer and Thomas Jefferson. Lord Byron may have taken the view: 'I think it great affectation not to quote oneself', but for the less self-centred the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations provides a quote for every occasion from the greatest minds of history and from undistinguished characters known only for one happy line. The eighth edition is a vast treasury of wit and wisdom spanning the centuries and providing the ultimate answer to the question, 'Who said that?' Find that half-remembered line in a browser's paradise of over 20,000 quotations, comprehensively indexed for ready reference. The first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations was published in 1941 and for over 70 years this bestselling book has remained unrivalled in its coverage of quotations past and present.