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Question: Can Paramātman be seen in His true form?
Purāṇic accounts: Devotees see chosen deity-forms; avatāras like Rāma, Kṛṣṇa are assumed for the world’s welfare. These are temporary, māyic forms.
Upaniṣadic teaching (Muṇḍaka 3.1.8):
Paramātman has no form, color, or qualities.
He cannot be grasped by eyes, speech, mind, senses, ritual, or austerity.
Reason: He is not an external object to be acquired; He is ever-present, the innermost Self.
Nature of Paramātman: The universal Self, the consciousness that illumines mind and senses.
Obstacle: The mind is impure, restless, turned outward by likes and dislikes, so it cannot reveal Him.
Method:
Withdraw the mind from externals, purify and steady it.
In deep concentration, the mind reflects Paramātman like a clean mirror or calm water reflects light.
The mind then loses its individuality and merges in Paramātman.
Result:
Paramātman is not objectified but realized directly.
This unique inner experience is true Ātma-darśana (vision of the Self).
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Namaste.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subra...@gmail.com> wrote
// This unique inner experience is true Ātma-darśana (vision of the Self) //.
Seeking a few clarifications from the perspective of Sri SSS.
Does this state correspond to the state of mOksha (no rebirth ) covered by Mundaka 2-2-9
// भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः ।
क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि तस्मिन्दृष्टे परावरे ॥ ९ ॥ //
// bhidyate hRRidayagranthishChidyante sarvasaMshayAH |
kShIyante chAsya karmANi tasmindRRiShTe parAvare || 9 || //.
If yes, what is the role of mahAvAkya in this sAdhana?
If no, what is the benefit ( phala ) obtained through this sAdhana?.
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