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An 8 page research paper that investigates what the Upanishads (Hindu religious texts) say about the Atman, which is roughly equivalent to the Judeo/Christian concept of the soul. The writer begins by discussing what the Upanishads are, and then discusses what several of these texts say about Atman. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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other two parts of this trilogy are Brahma Sutra and Bhagavad Gita. An Upanishad is the final part of a Veda (a sacred Hindu scripture). While the first part of
Vedas gives strict injunctions concerning such topics as rituals and ethics as forms of meditation, it is devoted to philosophical discussion as to how to obtain real wisdom or the
enlightenment necessary for reaching Nirvana (Upanishads). There are over a hundred important Upanishads and Shankaracharya (Upanishads). The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad expounds exclusively on the identity of the real self
or "Atman," and the "Universal, transcendental Self (Brahman), and claims that only real, experimental knowledge of this identity can leads us o the domain of Samadi or Nirvana" (Upanishads). According
to this Upanishad, it is not our sensory organs that perceive information about the environment, but rather it is what exists behind these senses and uses them that is
our real self. This "real self" is both "transcendental and immanent," it is not born, nor can it die (Upanishads). The "something" behind our senses is Brahman, in the Vedantic
terminology and has been universally indicated by a wide variety of mystics. For example, Lao Tze suggested something beyond duality in his Tao Te-Ching, but the Buddha, likewise, implies the
same in his "Heart Sura" (Upanishads). The term "Atman" refers to the immortal aspect of mortal existence (Atman-the Soul Eternal). It is the "microcosm, representing the macrocosm in each
of us, imparting to us divine qualities and possibilities and providing us with the reason to exist and experience the pains and pleasures" of existence (Atman-the Soul Eternal). The Atman
is the "Brahman" self, the very Self that descends down into the elements of nature through "self-projection" (Atman-the Soul Eternal), The Upanishads teach this truth, but because human perception is
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