HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
Question
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Life is Suffering
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One must live in absolute poverty to reach nirvana
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Everyone shares a part of a universal spirit known as Brahman
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Anyone can reach Nirvana
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Detailed explanation-1: -Brahman is a supreme, universal spirit that is eternal and unchanging. Hindu holy books refer to Brahman as being present throughout the entire universe and Hindus believe that all living beings carry a part of Brahman within them. This divine spark is known as the atman, or soul, and it is immortal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Brahman is a metaphysical concept of Hinduism referring to the ultimate unchanging reality, that is uncreated, eternal, infinite, transcendent, the cause, the foundation, the source and the goal of all existence.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the same time, however, Hindus believe that each god is part of a single universal spirit called Brahman. They believe that Brahman created the world and preserves it. Gods like Brahma, Vishnu and Siva represent different aspects of Brahman. In fact, Hindus believe that everything in the world is part of Brahman.
Detailed explanation-4: -What are Atman and Brahman in Hinduism? While Atman is the individual Self, Brahman is the Ultimate Reality, the Supreme Being of God. Brahman is the divine essence of the universe, while Atman is the essence that lives in all matter such as humans, animals, and nature.
Detailed explanation-5: -atman, (Sanskrit: “self, ‘’ “breath”) one of the most basic concepts in Hinduism, the universal self, identical with the eternal core of the personality that after death either transmigrates to a new life or attains release (moksha) from the bonds of existence.