Jiva

MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA
M.M.NINAN
should be understood as Brahman.
8. Brahman is distinct from the gross, subtle and causal bodies. He is the soul of all. He
is the Inner Ruler of all. He is eternally free. He is without action, and without motion.
9, 10. Brahman cannot be defined. To define Brahman is to deny Brahman. The only
adequate description of Brahman is a series of negatives. That is the reason why the
Upanishads declare "Neti-Neti" "not this, not this."
This is expressed in the formula: ∃x∀y and (y=x) for every element in the universe.
That is the logician's formula for expressing the claim that exactly one entity exists. In
the universe containing the whole cosmos, this entity is Brahman.
If we define ∃x∀y (y=x) and if we find an object y such that ∃x∀y and (y= not x) then
that entity do not really exist. Thus everything that we see as distinct and separate and
other than Brahman is only an illusion and that do not exist in reality. This is Sankara’s
Monism.
The Brahman is unborn and uncreated. It does not create; It does not cause because It
has no purpose or personality. In that sense the Monad is as good as non-existant.
How could such an impersonal Brahman became a personal Brahman who caused the
creation. There is no logical explanantion for it.
ATMA SHATAKAM
by Sankaracharya
Mano Buddhi Ahankara Chitta Ninaham
Nacha Shrotra Jihve Na Cha Ghrana Netre
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