Atman is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Atman meaning
The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.
Using Atman
- The main meaning on this page is: The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.
- In the example corpus, atman often appears in combinations such as: the atman, atman has, atman is.
Context around Atman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Atman
- In this selection, "atman" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, marcell, pure, absolute, ribs, colored and upon stand out and add context to how "atman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a soul atman self while and and immutable atman this doctrine. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "atman" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with atman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Atman has lived between Essaouira and Marrakech for 50 years. (10 words)
And because the atman has no birth, he therefore has no past, present or future. (15 words)
He also admits that his field of psychology is not competent in understanding the eastern insight of the Atman ‘the self’. (21 words)
In these scriptures of Hinduism, the Sanskrit word du ḥ kha (दुःख) appears in the sense of "suffering, sorrow, distress", and in the context of a spiritual pursuit and liberation through the knowledge of Atman (soul, self). (38 words)
Elsewhere on the injury report, center Rodney Hudson (ankle), running back Josh Jacobs (shoulder), slot corner Lamarcus Joyner (hamstring), wide receiver Marcell Atman (ribs) and safety Erik Harris (hamstring) were all listed as limited. (34 words)
Giving up is the key to moping, but one cannot give up on giving up; one must actively will one’s own undoing, to submerge themselves in the pure Atman of being. (32 words)
Example sentences (12)
Atman has lived between Essaouira and Marrakech for 50 years.
Elsewhere on the injury report, center Rodney Hudson (ankle), running back Josh Jacobs (shoulder), slot corner Lamarcus Joyner (hamstring), wide receiver Marcell Atman (ribs) and safety Erik Harris (hamstring) were all listed as limited.
Giving up is the key to moping, but one cannot give up on giving up; one must actively will one’s own undoing, to submerge themselves in the pure Atman of being.
Abhinavagupta offers for the first time a technical definition of rasa which is the universal bliss of the Self or Atman colored by the emotional tone of a drama.
And because the atman has no birth, he therefore has no past, present or future.
Dvaita rejects this concept of identity and instead identifies the self (jiva) as a separate but similar part of Self, that only becomes one with the Absolute Atman upon Self Realisation (Moksha).
He also admits that his field of psychology is not competent in understanding the eastern insight of the Atman ‘the self’.
Hinduism, for example, developed its ideas with the premise that every human being has a soul (atman, self), while Buddhism developed with the premise that there is no soul or self.
In these scriptures of Hinduism, the Sanskrit word du ḥ kha (दुःख) appears in the sense of "suffering, sorrow, distress", and in the context of a spiritual pursuit and liberation through the knowledge of Atman (soul, self).
The Atman is the knower and also the known. citation Metaphysicians regard the Self either to be distinct from the Absolute or entirely identical with the Absolute.
The Atman is unknowable in its essential nature; it is unknowable in its essential nature because it is the eternal subject who knows about everything including itself.
While seemingly monistic in nature, describing the tathagatagarbha as eternal (nitya) and immutable ('atman'), this doctrine is ultimately based on emptiness.
Common combinations with atman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the atman 4×
- atman has 2×
- atman is 2×