ब्रह्मन्
Brahman
The ultimate reality
📜Understanding Brahman
Brahman is the ultimate reality that underlies and pervades all existence. It is the infinite, eternal, unchanging ground of being from which all things arise and into which all things dissolve. Brahman is not a god among gods but the very essence of existence itself, pure consciousness and bliss. Every atom, every being, every moment is a manifestation of this one reality appearing in countless forms.
🕉️Related Shlokas(15)
Gita 3.15
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 3
The deepest truth: action springs from sacred knowledge, knowledge from the Imperishable Absolute—therefore the infinite Brahman itself is eternally present in every act of sacrifice.
Gita 4.24
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 4
The offering is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman, offered by Brahman into the fire of Brahman—one who sees Brahman in all action attains Brahman alone.
Gita 5.16
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 5
When knowledge destroys ignorance, what remains illumines the Supreme like the sun revealing a world that was always there.
📖Related Stories(15)
Rantideva's Compassion
→Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 9, Chapter 21
King Rantideva fasted 48 days. When food arrived, successive guests came - a brahmana, laborer, man with dogs, and outcaste. Seeing Krishna in all beings, he gave away everything including his last drop of water. The guests revealed themselves as Brahma, Shiva, and other demigods.
Uddalaka Aruni - The Devoted Disciple
→Mahabharata (Adi Parva) and Chandogya Upanishad
Aruni was asked by his guru to repair a breach in a watercourse. Unable to fix it otherwise, he lay down in the breach using his body as an embankment all night. His supreme dedication earned him the title 'Uddalaka' and he became one of the greatest Upanishadic teachers.
💬Related Dialogues(15)
The World is Brahman
→Ribhu & Nidagha
The world is not separate from Brahman but is Brahman appearing in manifold forms. Like waves in an ocean or ornaments made of gold, the apparent multiplicity never divides the underlying unity. Recognition of this truth transforms our relationship with the world from one of separation to one of identity.
Bhusunda the Crow - Immortality
→Rama & Vasishtha
True immortality is not endless continuation of the body but recognition of oneself as the deathless awareness in which all cosmic cycles arise and dissolve. This recognition brings contentment beyond boredom, for every moment becomes fresh when there is no grasping ego.