ATMAN IS SAT-CHIT-ANANDA
Sat, Chit and Ananda are one. Atman is partless and homogeneous. The three characteristics Sat, Chit and Ananda are not distinct from one another. They are coeval and coexistent with Atman. Sat-Chit-Ananda signify the one Atman. Sat is Chit. Sat is Ananda. Chit is Sat. Chit is Ananda. Ananda is Sat. Ananda is Chit. You cannot split up Sat-Chit-Ananda into three separate entities, just as you cannot separate light, heat and luminosity from fire.Atman is Sat. That which exists in the past, present and future, which has no beginning, middle and end, which is unchanging, which is not conditioned in time, space and causation, which exists during Jagrat, Svapna and Sushupti, which is of the nature of one homogeneous essence (Sada Ekarasa, Sada Ekarupa) is Sat. This is found in Atman. Srutis emphatically declare: Sat only was prior to the evolution of this universe.
Atman is Chit because he shines
by himself without the help of any other light and illuminates the entire
universe by his own light.
The mind is finite and inert. He
has no independent intelligence. He is not self-luminous. The brilliance of him
is borrowed from the Light of the fountain. He is subject to various
limitations and changes. He is only an inert product of subtle matter. Only the
Atman is the source of Chit. The mind is also perceived by Chit. The mind has a
beginning and an end.
The external universe, however varied and large it may be, is after all only inert matter. It cannot be the object of our perception unless we cast upon it the flow of light from our consciousness; he can never know us. It is enlightened only by us. It can never enlighten us.
Ananda is that bliss that is eternal, uncaused and incomparable. It is the true nature of Atman.
Brahman bliss cannot be adequately expressed in words. It has to be felt and realized through the direct realization of the Self. Although we experience it, it is not an experience like the enjoyment of an object, because you are then an incarnation of bliss itself.
All miseries come to an end when one realizes (realizes) the Atman. Therefore the Atman must be an embodiment of bliss. Sat is Chit. Sat is Ananda too.
He who has realized this Sat-Chit-Ananda Atman is a liberated sage. He has nothing else to learn, he has nothing else to do, he has nothing else to gain. All his wishes are satisfied. He has obtained all the worlds. He is freed from the clutches of death. He achieves immortality.
In Spanish
Atman es Chit
Atman es Chit porque brilla por sí mismo sin la ayuda de ninguna otra luz e ilumina todo el universo por su propia luz.
La mente es finita e inerte. No tiene inteligencia independiente. No es auto-luminosa. Su brillo lo toma prestado de la Luz de la fuente. Está sujeta a diversas limitaciones y cambios. Sólo es un producto inerte de la materia sutil. Sólo el Atman es la fuente de Chit. La mente también es percibida por Chit. La mente tiene un principio y un fin.
El universo externo, por muy variado y grande que sea, después de todo es sólo materia inerte. No puede ser el objeto de nuestra percepción a menos que arrojemos sobre él el flujo de luz de nuestra consciencia; nunca puede conocernos. Es iluminado solamente por nosotros. Nunca nos puede iluminar.
Ananda es
esa dicha que es eterna, incausada e incomparable. Es la verdadera naturaleza
de Atman.
Pero la dicha suprema de Brahman no tiene grados. Es infinita o ilimitada porque no hay nada superior a ella. La dicha del sueño profundo no tiene grados.
La dicha de Brahman no se puede expresar adecuadamente con palabras. Tiene que ser sentida y realizada a través de la directa realización del Ser. Aunque la experimentemos, no es una experiencia como el disfrute de un objeto, porque tú eres entonces una encarnación de la dicha en sí.
Todas las miserias llegan a su fin cuando uno realiza (se da cuenta de) el Atman. Por lo tanto el Atman debe ser una encarnación de la dicha. Sat es Chit. Sat es Ananda también.
Aquel que ha realizado este Sat-Chit-Ananda Atman es un sabio liberado. No tiene nada más que aprender, no tiene nada más que hacer, no tiene nada más que ganar. Todos sus deseos son satisfechos. Ha obtenido todos los mundos. Está liberado de las garras de la muerte. Alcanza la inmortalidad.
