BRAHMAN OF VEDANTA
Brahman
cannot be approached by argument. He is unknowable. He is without any limiting
adjunct. He is the source of the world, Vedas, body, mind and prana (vital
energy, life).
Brahman
is the only abode of eternal peace and purity. He is the instrumental and
material cause for the universe, though He Himself is causeless because He is
beginningless and endless. He is one without a second. He is attributeless. He
is free from birth and death.
Brahman
is absolute, infinite. He is the Supreme Being. He is the highest Self. He has
no attachment; He has no connection with anything He has no connection with
bodies, minds, etc. This is his supreme yoga which ordinary mortals can hardly
understand.
Brahman
dwells in every heart. He is boundless, unfathomable and immeasurable. There is
neither subtle desire nor craving nor sense hankering in Brahman. He is an
embodiment of purity. His name or symbol is Om. He is the silent witness of the
activities of the world and the activities of all minds. He is imperishable.
Brahman
is absolute consciousness, the indwelling atman. He is the one great
indivisible bliss Sat-chit-ananda (Existence-Consciousness-Bliss). He is awake
when people sleep at night. He is the passive spectator of this world show or
cosmic bioscope. The aspirant finds full and eternal satisfaction in Brahman.
All his desires melt away like mist or snow before the rising sun.
There
is something behind life, matter, energy, mind that is the ultimate reality it
is eternal and unchanging. The finite mind cannot solve certain problems of
life and the riddle of the universe. On account of egoism we persist in our
vain researches and experiments. But our boasted intellect has failed to
satisfy our yearnings and equip us with real knowledge that will dispel our
ignorance and give us real peace of mind.
We bow
our heads before the inner ruler who dwells in the chambers of our hearts, who
is the source of matter, life, energy and mind, who is immortal, eternal, bliss
absolute, knowledge absolute and existence absolute. May He now give us real enlightenment.
May He grant us that highest knowledge of Self through which alone we can get
full knowledge of all secular sciences. Our silent salutations to that highest
Self, the Brahman of the vedanta.
Peace, Love, Harmony