Word: atman
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Dates: during 1894-1894
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...fundamental doctrine of the Bramanical Theosophy, he said, was that of the "Atman," or self. The importance of self was universally recognized throughout India, and its position in a future life was a subject of constant discussion among Brahman teachers. The self was the inner consciousness of a man, - it was the heart without passion or vice. It was not this inner consciousness alone, however, which made the ideal of self, though this perhaps was the most important element. It was the whole being of a man, body, thought, sensations, - a combination of all the elements which made the individual...