jiva

Examples

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• Good and evil apply to the jiva, the individual soul, as do righteousness and unrighteousness; but Brahman is not at all affected by them.

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• It's normal in all institutions and in all baddha jivas.

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• And one more thing, he doesn't need any material badha-jiva help.

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• Buddha jivas cannot decide whether it is right to wear white or red cloth or to walk around with a danda.

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• Yes, baddha jivas cannot know who is who; they will be cheated by G.M.

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• The Supreme Lord is the only one who possesses transcendental qualities to an infinite degree. The jiva can only possess these qualities to a finite degree.

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• There is not a tinge of the exploiting tendency left, and everything is done for the service of God, Guru, and for the ultimate benefit of all jivas.

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• For example, nondualistic Vedanta holds that the individual self (jiva) is illusory and that our true self (atman) is identical with reality (Brahman).

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• In Hindu philosophy, the jiva represents the eternal essence of a living being, separate from the physical form.

• According to Hindu beliefs, the cycle of birth and reincarnation affects the jiva, which undergoes various life experiences.

Synonyms

S

soul

vsjiva

∞ 3.7

A part of a person that is not the body and that many believe lives after death

is a Hindu term for the living being considered separate from the body

A

atma

vsjiva

• Specialized

9.9

The soul of a person that is separate from the body and mind in Hindu belief

is the individual soul concept that focuses on separation only from the body

A

atman

vsjiva

• Specialized

9.9

A true inner self that never ends and is not the physical body

is about the individual living being distinct from the body rather than eternity

Surface Forms

Etymology