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Originally Posted by Xan
Atman is not ego but soul... without the attributes of ego self-identity, which has formed out of lost awareness in Atman.
Brahman - pure infinite beingness... is Atman - pure being.
Xan
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Indeed.
I'd like to correct what I wrote above.
That Atman and Brahman are one is the essence of Advaita Vedanta branch of Yoga, not of Hinduism. (See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta ).
Hinduism is both a culture and a religion. As a religion (like all other religions), it's essence is to worship the Gods and follow the commandments, or religious rules of conduct.
Buddhism started as a pure path and later on turned to be both a path and a religion.
The terms used in Yoga and Buddhism are different, yet, both have the same ultimate goal (or, actually, the only one goal).