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MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
Ishvara is considered to have a 2-fold characteristic: he is the indweller of all beings and<br />
all beings dwell in Ishvara.<br />
Antarvyapi (He who fill all of the inside)<br />
When Ishvara is thought of as the indweller of all beings, he is referred to as the<br />
Paramatman, or the innermost self of all beings.<br />
He who inhabits water, yet is within water, whom water does not know,<br />
whose body water is and who controls water from within —<br />
He is your Self, the Inner Controller, the Immortal.<br />
He who inhabits the sun, yet is within the sun, whom the sun does not know,<br />
whose body the sun is and who controls the sun from within — |He is your Self, the<br />
Inner Controller, the Immortal<br />
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.7.4-14<br />
Bahuvyapi (He who fills all)<br />
When Ishvara is thought of as the all encomposing and the residence of all beings that<br />
is, all beings reside in Ishvara, he is referred to as the paramapurusha. The sentient<br />
beings and the insentient universe which form part of the pan-organistic body of Ishvara<br />
are encapsulated by Ishvara.<br />
Sarvam khalvidam Brahma (Chandogya Upanishad)<br />
Isavasyam idam sarvam (Isa Upanishad)<br />
Chit<br />
Chit is the world of sentient beings, or of entities possessing consciousness. It is similar<br />
to the Purusha of Samkhya system. The sentient beings are called Jīvās and they are<br />
possessors of individual consciousness as denoted by "I". The scope of Chit refers to all<br />
beings with an "I" consciousness, or more specifically self-awareness. Therefore all<br />
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