Swami Sivananda Vani

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BRAHMAN OF VEDANTA

 

Brahman cannot be approached by argument. He is unknowable. He is

without any limiting adjunct. He is the source of the world, vedas,

body, mind and prana (life).

 

Brahman is the only abode of eternal peace and purity. He is the

instrumental and material cause for the universe, though He Himself

is causeless because He is beginningless and endless. He is one

without a second. He is attributeless. He is free from birth and

death.

 

Brahman is absolute, infinite. He is the supreme being. He is the

highest self. He has no attachment; He has no connection with

anything He has no connection with bodies, minds, etc. This is his

supreme yoga which ordinary mortals can hardly understand.

 

Brahman dwells in every heart. He is boundless, unfathomable and

immeasurable. There is neither subtle desire nor craving nor sense

hankering in Brahman. He is an embodiment of purity. His name or

symbol is Om. He is the silent witness of the activities of the world

and the activities of all minds. He is imperishable.

 

Brahman is absolute consciousness, the indwelling atman. He is the

one great indivisible bliss satcidananda. He is awake when people

sleep at night. He is the passive spectator of this world show or

cosmic bioscope. The aspirant finds full and eternal satisfaction in

Brahman. All his desires melt away like mist or snow before the

rising sun.

 

There is something behind life, matter, energy, mind that is the

ultimate reality it is eternal and unchanging. The finite mind cannot

solve certain problems of life and the riddle of the universe. On

account of egoism we persist in our vain researches and experiments.

But our boasted intellect has failed to satisfy our yearnings and

equip us with real knowledge that will dispel our ignorance and give

us real peace of mind.

 

We bow our heads before the inner ruler who dwells in the chambers of

our hearts, who is the source of matter, life, energy and mind, who

is immortal, eternal, bliss absolute, knowledge absolute and

existence absolute. May He now give Us real enlightenment. May He

grant us that highest knowledge of self through which alone we can

get full knowledge of all secular sciences. Our silent salutations to

that highest self, the Brahman of the vedanta.