VEDANTA AND GOD

According to Vedanta, God is infinite existence, infinite consciousness, and infinite bliss (Sanskrit: sat-chit-ananda). This impersonal, transcendent reality is called Brahman, the divine ground of being. Yet Vedanta also maintains that God can be personal as well, assuming human form in every age.

Most significantly, God dwells within our own hearts as the divine Self or Atman. The Atman is never born nor will it ever die. Neither tainted by our failings nor affected by the fluctuations of the body or mind, the Atman is not subject to our grief or despair or disease or ignorance. Pure, perfect, free from limitations, the Atman, Vedanta states, is one with Brahman.

Vedanta further asserts that the goal of human life is to realize our divinity.  Our goal is to know that the Atman is Brahman. Not only is this possible, it is inevitable. God-realization is our birthright. Sooner or later, we will all realize our divinity, either in this or in future lives. The greatest truth of our existence is our own divine nature, Atman/Brahman.