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'''Paramatma''' (devanāgarī: परमात्म, ''paramātma'') is formed from two [[Sanskrit]] words, ''parama'', meaning "supreme" or "highest", and ''ātma'', meaning spirit or self. In Hinduism it is normally understood as the absolute spirit or self. | '''Paramatma''' (devanāgarī: परमात्म, ''paramātma'') is formed from two [[Sanskrit]] words, ''parama'', meaning "supreme" or "highest", and ''ātma'', meaning spirit or self. In Hinduism it is normally understood as the absolute spirit or self. | ||
[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] defined Paramatma as the one Universal Spirit.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 265.</ref> While [[ātman]] is essentially one with the universal spirit, once it | [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] defined Paramatma as the one Universal Spirit.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 265.</ref> While [[ātman]] is essentially one with the universal spirit, once it expresses itself as a [[Monad]] in the manifested universe, it appears as different: | ||
<blockquote>The Spirit (Atman) is one, of course, with Paramâtma (the one Universal Spirit), but the vehicle (Vahan) it is enshrined in, the Buddhi, is part and parcel of that Dhyan-Chohanic Essence.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 265.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>The Spirit (Atman) is one, of course, with Paramâtma (the one Universal Spirit), but the vehicle (Vahan) it is enshrined in, the Buddhi, is part and parcel of that Dhyan-Chohanic Essence.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 265.</ref></blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 23:53, 20 July 2017
Paramatma (devanāgarī: परमात्म, paramātma) is formed from two Sanskrit words, parama, meaning "supreme" or "highest", and ātma, meaning spirit or self. In Hinduism it is normally understood as the absolute spirit or self.
H. P. Blavatsky defined Paramatma as the one Universal Spirit.[1] While ātman is essentially one with the universal spirit, once it expresses itself as a Monad in the manifested universe, it appears as different:
The Spirit (Atman) is one, of course, with Paramâtma (the one Universal Spirit), but the vehicle (Vahan) it is enshrined in, the Buddhi, is part and parcel of that Dhyan-Chohanic Essence.[2]
Thus the Monad (also known as Jivatman) differs from Paramatma, "as the Infinite differs from the Finite and the Unconditioned from the Conditioned."[3]
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 265.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 265.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 326.