Brahman is the Ultimate Principle: "He, from whom proceeds the creation, preservation, and reconstruction of the universe". Brahman is the instrument and material cause of all manifest phenomena. It is the Uncaused Cause and eternal.
In its transcendental aspect, which is beyond the comprehension of human mind, it has two states - one in which it is at rest, and one in which it is active.
Its passive condition is called Asat (non-being) or that subtle condition of nature when the infinite varieties of forms are submerged in in the eternal source. This is Pralaya, the condition of universal dissolution. Its active condition is called sat (being) when it has three attributes - sat (being), chit (consciousness), Ananda (bliss).
The immanent aspect of Brahman has two inseparable form:
Nirguna - without qualities existing as pure spirit (Atman)
Sagua - with qualities existing as pure matter (prakriti)
In its transcendental aspect, which is beyond the comprehension of human mind, it has two states - one in which it is at rest, and one in which it is active.
Its passive condition is called Asat (non-being) or that subtle condition of nature when the infinite varieties of forms are submerged in in the eternal source. This is Pralaya, the condition of universal dissolution. Its active condition is called sat (being) when it has three attributes - sat (being), chit (consciousness), Ananda (bliss).
The immanent aspect of Brahman has two inseparable form:
Nirguna - without qualities existing as pure spirit (Atman)
Sagua - with qualities existing as pure matter (prakriti)
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