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What is Brahman?

JRMcC

JRMcC

Active Member
I don't think it's anywhere close to describable. If I had to take a wild crack at it I would say it's divinity that saturates all things physical and metaphysical. But language is very limited and that's a very vague description. Can't think of anything better at the moment though.
 
Gambit

Gambit

Well-Known Member
JRMcC said:
I don't think it's anywhere close to describable. If I had to take a wild crack at it I would say it's divinity that saturates all things physical and metaphysical. But language is very limited and that's a very vague description. Can't think of anything better at the moment though.
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So, you believe Brahman is divine?
 
Willamena

Willamena

Just me
Premium Member
Gambit said:
What more do you have to offer?
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The Great Wiki.
 
JRMcC

JRMcC

Active Member
Gambit said:
Why is that funny?
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Sorry for the lol's guys I'll stop. No it's just an amusingly simple answer I gave. I imagine you'd like to know what I mean by divine, and that is also difficult to describe; all these things are. That which is divine is utterly supreme and blissful; can't be fully understood by the intellect. That's my basic description of divinity.
 
George-ananda

George-ananda

Advaita Vedanta, Theosophy, Spiritualism
Premium Member
Brahman is pure consciousness; best described as sat-chit-ananda (being-awareness-bliss) and is the basis of all.
 
Gambit

Gambit

Well-Known Member
JRMcC said:
Sorry for the lol's guys I'll stop. No it's just an amusingly simple answer I gave. I imagine you'd like to know what I mean by divine, and that is also difficult to describe; all these things are. That which is divine is utterly supreme and blissful; can't be fully understood by the intellect. That's my basic description of divinity.
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I believe they call this "sat-cit-ananda" (being-consciousness-bliss). That doesn't sound that difficult to grasp. It's being in a state of conscious bliss.
 
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