Jiva Brahma Aikyam [NEW]

If Jiva is Brahman, why meditate? Why be moral? The answer is paradoxical: You do not become what you already are. But the knot of ignorance must be loosened. Practice is not a ladder to a distant goal; it is the removal of a splinter that was never really embedded.

The term Jiva refers to the embodied being. It is the "psycho-physical" complex comprising the physical body, the vital energies ( prana ), the mind ( manas ), the intellect ( buddhi ), and the sense of individuality ( ahamkara ). The Jiva is the entity that experiences the world through the five senses, feels joy and sorrow, and is subject to the cycle of birth and death ( Samsara ). jiva brahma aikyam