Category:God's Impersonal Brahman
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category clarifies the exact nature and position of the impersonal Brahman. The Absolute Truth is realized in three phases: impersonal Brahman, localized Paramātmā, and ultimately, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavān. Māyāvādī philosophers mistakenly conclude that the Absolute Truth is originally formless and only assumes a body when descending to the material world. However, the Vedic literatures correct this by establishing that God is originally a person, and the impersonal Brahman is simply the glowing effulgence (brahmajyoti) emanating from His transcendental body. It constitutes the outer space of the Vaikuṇṭha planets. Realizing only this impersonal feature means realizing only the sat (eternity) portion of the Lord's complete sac-cid-ānanda nature. Therefore, remaining satisfied with impersonal Brahman realization is a hazardous and incomplete understanding that denies the Lord's supreme opulences. Devotional service (bhakti) cannot be rendered to a formless light, making impersonal meditation a troublesome endeavor. Furthermore, merging into this impersonal existence (sāyujya-mukti) is the automatic destination of demons and atheists killed by the Lord, whereas pure devotees aspire for the much higher perfection of eternal, loving service to the Supreme Person.
- The Rays of the Supreme Lord: The impersonal Brahman is not the ultimate cause or the original form of the Absolute Truth. It is simply the dazzling, undifferentiated light that radiates from the transcendental body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- An Incomplete Realization: The Supreme Lord is the complete whole, possessing eternity, knowledge, and bliss (sac-cid-ānanda). Realizing the impersonal Brahman only grants access to the sat (eternal existence) aspect, making it an incomplete realization of God.
- The Hazard of Impersonalism: Because impersonalists do not understand the source of the Brahman energy, they mistakenly consider the formless effulgence to be the ultimate goal, thereby denying the personal opulences and activities of the Lord.
- The Impossibility of Service: Devotional service requires a master, a servant, and the act of service. These dynamics cannot exist in the impersonal Brahman feature, making impersonal meditation a dry and troublesome path.
- The Destination of Demons: While philosophers and yogīs undergo severe austerities to merge into the Brahman effulgence, this exact same destination is effortlessly achieved by demons and atheists who are killed by the Supreme Lord. Devotees therefore reject this liberation.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Impersonal Brahman Is The Effulgence of the Supreme Lord.
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Pages in category "God's Impersonal Brahman"
The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
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- A liberated man and even a common man may realize impersonal Brahman or localized Paramatma, yet they may not understand God's personality from the verses of Bhagavad-gita, which are being spoken by this person, Krsna. BG 1972 purports
- According to this verse, the impersonal Brahman, which is the glowing effulgence of the body of the Supreme Lord, may be called the immediate cause, but the cause of all causes, or the remote cause, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Although the first realization of the Supreme Absolute Truth is impersonal Brahman, one should not remain satisfied with experiencing the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme Lord
B
- Because of having developed pure devotional service, the Bhattacarya did not like the word mukti-pade, which refers to the impersonal Brahman feature of the Lord
- Beyond the impersonal Brahman is the great Causal Ocean, which lies between the material and spiritual skies. The material nature is a by-product of this Causal Ocean
- By seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead one simultaneously sees and experiences the Paramatma feature as well as the impersonal Brahman feature of the Supreme
I
- Impersonal Brahman and localized Paramatma (Supersoul) are included in the knowledge of the Personality of Godhead
- Impersonal Brahman realization is the realization of His (Krsna's) sat (being) feature. BG 1972 Introduction
- In all ways the confidential part of spiritual knowledge is realization of the Personality of Godhead, and not His impersonal Brahman feature
- In the Eighth Part of the Tattva-sandarbha it is said that the Absolute Truth is sometimes approached as impersonal Brahman, which, although spiritual, is only a partial representation of the Absolute Truth
- In the spiritual world there are five kinds of liberation. Sayujya-mukti is a form of liberation in which one merges into the impersonal existence of the Supreme Lord, called Brahman
- It is the nature of santa-rasa that not even the smallest intimacy exists. Rather, knowledge of impersonal Brahman and localized Paramatma is prominent
M
- Mayavada philosophy says that the Lord is originally impersonal but assumes a human form and many other forms when He descends. Actually, however, He is originally like a human being, and the impersonal Brahman consists of the rays of His body
- Meditation on the impersonal Brahman is a troublesome business for the meditator, as confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (BG 12.5): kleso 'dhikataras tesam avyaktasakta-cetasam
S
- Since impersonalists cannot understand the source of the Brahman energy, they mistakenly choose to think this impersonal Brahman the ultimate or absolute goal
- Spiritual knowledge means fully understanding the Absolute Truth in three features - impersonal Brahman, localized Paramatma and the all-powerful Supreme Personality of Godhead
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- That the impersonal Brahman is dependent on the Supreme Personality is stated in the Hayasirsa-pancaratra and in every other Upanisad or Vedic scripture
- The Absolute Truth is one, advaya-jnana, without any duality, but according to our capacity, we realize the Absolute Truth from three different angles of vision. So one of them is realization of God in His impersonal Brahman feature
- The Absolute Truth is one, but some accept Him as impersonal Brahman, some as the Supersoul existing everywhere, and some as Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The central point is the Absolute Truth
- The devotees of the Lord do not bother about the impersonal Brahman conception of God; their faith and devotion bring them to surrender immediately unto the Supreme Lord. BG 1972 purports
- The highest perfection of transcendental realization is to take pleasure in hearing and describing the transcendental qualities of the Lord and not in merging into His impersonal Brahman existence, for which the impersonalist monist aspires
- The impersonal Brahman and localized Paramatma are expansions of the potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The impersonal glowing effulgence known as impersonal Brahman is the outer space of the Vaikuntha planets in the spiritual sky
- The Lord is so kind, however, that even though they are His enemies, they are still allowed to enter into the spiritual kingdom and remain in the impersonal brahma-jyoti, the undifferentiated light of the absolute
- The Personality of Godhead is the complete form of sac-cid-ananda (full life, knowledge and bliss). By realization of the sat portion of the Complete Whole (unlimited existence), one realizes the impersonal Brahman aspect of the Lord
- The personified Vedas continued, "In other words, both the yogis and the great, wise philosophical speculators ultimately attain the impersonal Brahman effulgence, which is automatically attained by the demons who are regular enemies of the Lord"
- The Supreme Lord is considered to be the impersonal Brahman by great sages, the Supreme Personality of Godhead by the devotees, and an ordinary human being by common men
- The transcendental form of the Lord is greater than both the impersonal Brahman and localized Paramatma. Therefore whenever the word "Brahman" is used in the Vedic literature, it is understood to refer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- This (impersonal Brahman is situated on God) is confirmed both in the Bhagavad-gita and in the Matsya Purana. Gati refers to the ultimate destination, or the last word in liberation
- This same goal (merge into the Supreme Brahman) is attained by atheists who deny the existence of God. If such atheists are killed by an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they also merge into the Brahman existence of the Supreme Lord
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