Guest guest Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 MillionPaths , John Wagner <baba108> wrote: > > Hari OM > > it has been given many names > > > AIN SOF is a Kabbalistic term meaning " Without End. " In Kabbalah, Hashem (God) the Transcendent, is called AIN. AIN means in Hebrew " No Thing " , for Hashem is beyond existence. AIN is neither below nor above; nor is it in movement or stillness. There is nowhere AIN is. Hashem is Absolute Nothing. AIN SOF is the title of God who is everywhere. AIN SOF is the One to the Zero of AIN. This is the totality of what is and is not. AIN SOF is God the Immanent, the Absolute ALL. AIN SOF has no Attributes, because attributes can only be manifest within finite (limited, bounded) existence realms and AIN SOF is (Infinite, Unbounded, Limitless) and Transcendant. Namaste, Yes I remember Ain Sof..spelling?? from my Kabbalah interest, days. Not the Maddonna kind!!!!!!! However it is all in the perception. The Christians also have the concept of Immanent and Transcendent, but both these Judeo-Christian concepts cannot be easily translated into Vedanta or Hinduism. Being Immanent or Absolute by the way is an attribute. Ain Soph in your above description is more easily identified with the concept of Saguna Brahman as opposed to say NirGuna. Where did you get this description from?.............ONS...Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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