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| But while they are realized in God better than in things, they do not enclose or delimit the Divine Reality; they leave it uncontained and uncircumscribed."18 Sat, cit' and ananda, are neither parts of Brahman, nor Properties thereof; they constitute the essential nature of
Brahman; and these three are not three, they are one and the same.19
Some of the names in the Sahasranama which refer to this undivided, non-dual Beatitude that is Brahman are the following: sat (478), the Supreme Reality which is the absolute truth: satta (701), the unconditioned and distinctionless Being; satyah (106), the true existence; jnanam-uttamam (454), the supreme know, the witness- consciousness; anandah (526), unexcellable bliss; nandanah (527), the source of happiness; nandih (618), of the nature of supreme bliss. It is Godhead that shows the way, and is the final goal of life. Visnu is the Preceptor (guruh 209), the Teacher of all, including Brahma and others (gurutamah, 210), the Promulgator of the science of Brahman (tirthakarah, 691), the Knower of Truth (tattvavit, 964), Brahman is the object of inquiry (kim, 729), the supreme happiness (kah, 728), auspiciousness (svasti, 906), quiescence (santih, 584). Visnu is what is referred to as the 'That' (tat, 731); He is the Truth (tattvam, 963), to be realized through knowledge (jnanagamyah, 497), the final end characterised by the complete absence of sorrow (nirvanam, 577); the supreme goal of the liberated (muktanam parama gatih, 12); the Plenitude of being and value (Purnah, 685). 18. The Degree of Knowledge (Geoffrey Bles, London, 1959), P - 226. |
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