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I*cture XVEDANTIC CULTURETue Being who is described in the Upanishads is Brahmanor Atman or the Self or Absolute. He is the fountain-head ofall scriptural knowledge. He is the source or womb foreverything. He is existence absolute, knowledge absolute andbliss absolute. He is indivisible, all-pervading, self-contained,eternal and immortal. He is beyond time, space and causation.He is beginningless and endless. He is the indweller in allbeings. He is the witness of the activities of all minds.The Atman or the Self is all-pervading. He is beyond birthand death. He is undecaying, selfluminous, eternal, pure andself-existent. He is all-full, imperishable and infinite. He is thesilent witness of the three states, vi3., waking, dreaming anddeep sleep. He is beyond caste, creed or colour. Sin cannottouch Him because He is ever pure. Pain, sorrow and delusioncannot affect Him, because He is all-joy. Hunger, worries andtribulations cannot torment Him, because He is all-bliss. Lustcannot reach Him, because He is sexless. Wrath cannotapproach Him, because He is mindless. Restlessness cannotagitate Him, because He is all-peace. Time cannot devourHim, because He is eternity.What on earth can cause fear in you when you have realisedyour identity with such an Atman? What on earth can generatehatred, delusion, difference and sorrow in you when youbehold the one in all and all in one? What on earth can causeagitation in you when you have transcended the mind andwhen you rest peacefully in your own Sat-Chit-AnandaSvarupa-that magnanimous ocean of bliss and stupendoussilence?The question: "Who am I? What is this Samsara? Whence126 LECTURES ON YOGA AND VEDANTA