जीवात्मा
Jivatma
The individual soul embodied in matter
📜Understanding Jivatma
Jivatma means "individual soul" or "living self" - the eternal conscious being that takes on various bodies across lifetimes. The Bhagavad Gita's second chapter is devoted to establishing the jivatma's true nature.
🕉️Related Shlokas(15)
Gita 7.5
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 7
Matter is My body, but consciousness is My soul—and it is consciousness that makes the entire universe come alive.
Gita 15.16
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 15
Two Purushas exist in this world—the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are the perishable; the unchanging is called the imperishable.
Gita 13.22
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 13
Within this body dwells the Supreme—the witness, permitter, sustainer, experiencer, great Lord, the Paramatman.
📖Related Stories(15)
Agastya Subdues Vindhyachal
→Skanda Purana, Kashi Khanda
When prideful Vindhyachal mountain grew so tall it blocked the sun's path, Sage Agastya commanded it to bow. Sacrificing his beloved residence in Kashi, Agastya restored cosmic balance - and Vindhyachal remains bowed to this day.
The Six Goswamis Mission to Vrindavan
→Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya Lila, Chapters 19-25
Rupa and Sanatana Goswami, former ministers to the Muslim sultan, met Chaitanya and received His mercy. The Lord instructed them to go to Vrindavan with a fourfold mission: uncover lost holy sites, install Deities, write books on devotional science, and teach devotional practices.
💬Related Dialogues(2)
You Are That
→Ribhu & Nidagha
Tat Tvam Asi (You Are That) reveals that the individual self and the universal Self are identical. The apparent limitation is due to identification with body and mind, but the pure awareness that witnesses both is unlimited Brahman itself. This is not a goal to achieve but a fact to recognize.
The Non-Dual Reality
→Nidagha & Ribhu
The trinity of individual soul, world, and God is not three realities in relationship but one Brahman appearing as the drama of three.