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Hello ,
I have two rather "hard" questions I think.
1) What exactly is reborn after we die? Atman, Jiva, Subtle body or mind?
2) Since Atman is perfect so why do we need to reborn and spiritually evolve?
for atman to realize he is atman, that which has never born, died or reborn.2) Since Atman is perfect so why do we need to reborn and spiritually evolve?
for atman to realize he is atman
Madhuri thanks for the answer, you said the "soul" is reincarnated/reborn. By the word "soul" you mean Atman, Jiva, mind or subtle body? What exactly is "soul" ?
Since Atman is perfect thus much superior to Maya, why it can`t realize it is Atman?
Madhuri thanks for the answer, you said the "soul" is reincarnated/reborn. By the word "soul" you mean Atman, Jiva, mind or subtle body? What exactly is "soul" ?
Since Atman is perfect thus much superior to Maya, why it can`t realize it is Atman?
Hello ,
I have two rather "hard" questions I think.
1) What exactly is reborn after we die? Atman, Jiva, Subtle body or mind?
2) Since Atman is perfect so why do we need to reborn and spiritually evolve?
This is what I think,
1) Don't know about the term "reborn", but if you mean re-incarnated the its the Atman that is reincarnated
2) The Atman is not perfect, in the sense as it has to adhere to the Law of Karma of past lives and not just the past 2 or 7 or 3 but the past eternity, because Atman in eternal, the only perfect entity is Ishvara.
hope this helps
Probably an answer would be more forthcoming if we attempt to somewhat start from the beginning(!) Before the beginning there was the undifferentiated, called Brahman. The beginning happened because Brahman decided to play (no joke, in Sanskrit the word "Leela", associated so much with Krishna, indicates this) a game of hide-and-seek (called "Maya"). In this play of the absolute was born the world of duality, where Brahman hid Himself as Atman and Atman had to seek Brahman. (Permit me to put the imagery of hide-and-seek in scientific parlance and say that Brahman, in hiding, involved and Atman, in seeking, is evolving. Let me as an aside mention that Darwin spoke of the theory of evolution but failed to discover the theory of involution. Sri Aurobindo talks about involution in his works.) In truth Brahman and Atman are one and the same, but in this game of Maya the Atman or we, are seeking Brahman. Till we discover Him, we keep being born again and again, evolving each time closer to our goal.Hello ,
I have two rather "hard" questions I think.
1) What exactly is reborn after we die? Atman, Jiva, Subtle body or mind?
2) Since Atman is perfect so why do we need to reborn and spiritually evolve?
Hello ,
I have two rather "hard" questions I think.
1) What exactly is reborn after we die? Atman, Jiva, Subtle body or mind?
2) Since Atman is perfect so why do we need to reborn and spiritually evolve?
Mind.Hello ,
I have two rather "hard" questions I think.
1) What exactly is reborn after we die? Atman, Jiva, Subtle body or mind?
There are three layers over "Atman"2) Since Atman is perfect so why do we need to reborn and spiritually evolve?
What you wrote is directly against any Upanishads which explicitly say again and again that Atman is perfect and Atman is Brahman... Advaitins, vishistadvaitins and even Hare Krishnas accept that, I dont know your school of thought maybe Dvaita?
Hello ,
I have two rather "hard" questions I think.
1) What exactly is reborn after we die? Atman, Jiva, Subtle body or mind?
2) Since Atman is perfect so why do we need to reborn and spiritually evolve?