I’m not talking about reincarnation here, but to get a clear view how atman became separated from Brahman in the first place.
The atman became separated from Brahman because it fell out of favour with Brahman, or became attracted to the illusory material world.http://astrovision.ca/pages/articles...-suffering.phpIn this state of the human being, the atman residing inside the human form, has its mode of goodness transformed to modes of passion and ignorance.
I took some time reading some Hindu source but still don’t get it. It is said that due to ignorance that atman became separated from Brahman and samsara is manifest as a mean for the ignorant soul to cultivate wisdom thus re-unite with Brahman once again.
First, how can atman be ignorant since atman is distinguish from body and mind?
Second, how did atman became attracted to material world since the human body and its sense organs are form later?
There are also different interpretation of atman from different commentators, anyone please point out the most reliable source to this topic or help explain it.
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