What is Kāraka? - Kāraka is derived from the words kara meaning (1) the hand which is the body part for enterprise and action or (2) to do indicating the action involved in doing something. Ka refers to prajāpati as the creator and indicates material manifestation. Houses as Kāraka Based on the first meaning,… ...
The Atman - (Delivered in America) Many of you have read Max Muller's celebrated book, Three Lectures on the Vedanta Philosophy, and some of you may, perhaps, have read, in German, Professor Deussen's book on the same philosophy. ...
The Atman: Its bondage and freedom. - (Delivered in America) According to the Advaita philosophy, there is only one thing real in the universe, which it calls Brahman; everything else is unreal, manifested and manufactured out of Brahman by the power of Maya. To reach back to that Brahman is our goal. We are, each one of… ...
The real and apparent man. - (Delivered in New York) Here we stand, and our eyes look forward sometimes miles ahead. Man has been doing that since he began to think. He is always looking forward, looking ahead. He wants to know where he goes even after the dissolution of his body. Various theories have been… ...
Vedic Concept. - Upanishads Ātman is a central idea in all the Upanishads, and "Know your Ātman" their thematic focus. These texts state that the core of every person's self is not the body, nor the mind, nor the ego, but Ātman - "Soul" or "Self". Atman is the spiritual essence in all… ...
