Philosophy of Super-soul from Paramatma Sandarbha

Bhakti Vijnana Muni, Ph. D. (Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Institute Of Spiritual Culture And Science)

Paramatma means supersoul and sandarbha means a scripture which reveals a deep conception of related transcendental reality. Paramatma is indwelling within the heart, is the transcendental master of maya shakti, is ontologically a plenary expansion of Chit-shakti and guides the movement of all jivas. He is pure and transcendental and yet He sees properly the activities of Maya and also the antahkarana and is Immanent in all Existence (आविष्ट). Paramatma relates to Nature and living entities. Jiva shakti is marginal potency (tatastha) of Sri Bhagavan, and the paramatma is their shelter. Paramatma is the witness and giver of the results of actions of the jivas. As indweller, paramatma is primary knower of the sum-total of the entire field of jiva-shakti (samasti khestrajna) unlike the individual jiva, who is a knower of only his field of activity (vyasti khestrajna). Paramatma is one of the purusha incarnations (svamsa). Paramatma is akuntha (unlimited), He is bhu (fully capable) and yet as He is a limb of Bhagavan and jagat-gata. Jiva can distinguish between itself and others by its ability called Prakash. Maya is trigunamayi, is multifarious and has threefold forms: adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhi-daivika. Jiva is not a pratibimba (or reflection of brahma).