What is the difference between Atma & Parmatma? आत्मा तथा परमात्मा में एक ही अन्तर है, और वह उतना ही है जितना कि एक घड़े में बाधित जल में है तथा अथाह महासागर के जल में है| एक घड़े मे बाधित है तथा दूसरा असीमित है| यदि घड़े के जल को महासागर में मिला दिया जाये तो फ़िर भेद समाप्त हो जाता है, व्यष्टि समष्टि में मिल जाता है। Translation in English:- There is only one difference between Atma (Being) and Parmatma (Supreme Being), and that is the difference just like the difference of the water of a pot and the other of an ocean. One is not free and the other is unlimited. If the water of the pot will be poured in the ocean, then there is no difference, the water of the pot too becomes endless, unlimited. Similarly the jivatma, or individual soul, and Paramatma the Supreme Soul are quantitatively different, but qualitatively similar: jivatma is spirit, and Paramatma is spirit. But the jivatma is a tiny subatomic particle of spirit, and the Paramatma is the unlimited, infinite Spirit. This philosophy is called acintya-bhedabheda-tattva, or inconceivable, simultaneous oneness and difference. It requires transcendental logic to understand mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati “The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. But due to materially conditioned consciousness, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.” [Bhagavad-gita 15.7]
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:41:47 +0000
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