SAKSHATKARA, WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!!!!

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SAKSHATKARA, WHAT IT IS

Sakshatkara means literally seeing with ones eyes,—direct perception through the senses.

Sakshatkara of God is thus " seeing God."

To persons having no actual experience of such states and unfamiliar with or having poor belief in the

literature on the subject, the question occurs immediately, "Is it possible?"

But to many others, the question will be "Can -any one doubt it?"

Doubt arises in this matter mainly by reason of the defini­tion given of "God."

This widely used term is used in a number of senses.

To abstract philosophy, the term Brahman found in the Indian Scriptures and: often translated by the

English word God is an abstract impersonal principle called sometimes the Impersonal Absolute.

Of course, Sakshatkar of the above sort is Impossible of an abstract or Impersonal Absolute.

But the same term Brahman found in the Vedas and other holy works is treated by Dwaities,

Visihtadwaitis, etc., as referring to a personal being, viz., God.

And they all claim that Sakshatkara is obtained of such Brahman or God.

Many maintain that Brahman or God reconciles within itself apparently conflicting characteristics and

declare that God (Brahman) is both personal and impersonal, either at different times or at the same time.

To these also, Sakshatkara of God is possible.

Jaisairam.