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The heart, or Antaḥkaraṇa , is the internal organ of a being. It is the Self, or soul; the seat of thought and feeling, thinking faculty, mind, and conscience of a being. In Vedānta, the word Antaḥkaraṇa , meaning heart, describes the four parts of our inner mind. These parts are Buddhi , which is our intellect; Manas , which is the part of the mind that wavers; Ahaṃkāra , which is our sense of self or “I-ness”; and Chitta , which holds our thoughts and memories. Antaḥkaraṇa , or the soul in all its senses, external and internal, the inner and outer of a being. It is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms Antara , or within, and Karaṇa , or organ, that causes. It is the internal and spiritual part of a being, the seat of thought and feeling—the mind, the heart, the conscience, and the soul. The Sanskrit dictionary defines it as a conscience. It is a cognitive process that elicits emotion and rational associations based on an individual's moral philosophy or value system. Co...

Transmigration is Ātman's (Self, or inner spirit) migrational journey from its existing abode, upon its death, to another. The migrational journey begins from one form to another after its death, invalidation, or demise. According to the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (3.2.1-3.2.9), death encompasses the Grahas (organs) and Atigrahas (objects), bound by physical and elemental things and attached to ignorance. We must achieve liberation from this relative existence of means and ends; hence, we are elucidating the nature of death, as it is the individual in bondage who requires emancipation. Although we have delineated the characteristics of an emancipated individual, their physical form and possessions remain bound by mortality. A liberated person remains subject to mortality through their physical organs and material possessions. Death manifested through organs and objects represents confinement, along with avenues for liberation from it. Bondage encompasses the entire spectrum of ...

Everything emanates from Self and dissolves into Self. It is because Self  is Brahmān , or the Cosmic Self, or the Absolute Existence, or the Absolute Reality. Sri Adi Shankaracharya bluntly proclaims,  " brahma satyam jaganmithyA jIvo brahmaiva nAparahanena vedyam sacchAstram iti vedAntaDiNDimah" ( Brahma Jnanavali Mala , 20). It signifies Brahmān is the true reality;  it is impossible to categorise the world of appearances as real or unreal; and the Jiva (individual self) and Brahmān (Cosmic Self) are non-different. The crucible of all our searches, reasoning, endeavours, and destinations is to realise the Self through Self knowledge. Self is self-same, self-luminous, self-existent, eternal, complete, full, and imperishable. The essence is to remain free forever from illusions, attachments, desires, lust, greed, ego, bondages, and all other limited adjuncts. Every being is born free and cherishes his freedom because it is his birthright. Reasoning is right when it e...