Physical matter is transformed by the passage of time. But Brahman exists before time and is therefore timeless, eternal.

物质是由过去的时转化而来的。但是无意识宇宙在时就已经存在，因此是无时限制的，永恒的。

And therefore, the atma soul, like Brahman, also pre-dates the universe and is eternal.

因此，灵魂就像“无实质宇宙”一样，也存在于宇宙，是永恒的。

But, then Vedanta makes an extraordinary claim: that thou art – you are Brahman.

你就是无实质宇宙。

Vedanta argues that useful information most likely has a sentient source, and that Brahman, is conscious energy in its “purest” state.

吠檀多辩称，有用的信息最有可能有感知源，“无实质宇宙”是有意识的能量最纯净的形态。

It resembled his father's face, the Brahman.

看起来像他父亲的脸，那个梵。

Brahman is the supreme universal spirit in Hinduism.

婆罗门是印度教最高的普遍精神。

There are many different forms of Hinduism, but most Hindus believe in a spiritual entity called Brahman.

印度教有许多不同的形式，但大多数印度教徒相信一种称为婆罗门的精神实体。

But more than all the others he was loved by Govinda, his friend, the son of a Brahman.

但最喜爱他的却是他的朋友戈文达，一个婆罗门的儿子。

Thus sat he, wrapped up in contemplation, thinking Om, his soul sent after the Brahman as an arrow.

于是他坐了下来，浸在，心默念着“唵”，灵魂如同一支箭，追寻着梵天。

Slowly, the Brahman rose; Siddhartha stood silently, his arms folded.

慢慢地，梵天站了起来；悉达多静静地站着，双手抱胸。

Still, even in the deepest meditation, he had been his father's son, had been a Brahman, of a high caste, a cleric.

即便在最深的冥想，他仍然是他父亲的儿子，仍然是一个高种姓的婆罗门，一位神职人员。

As a youth, I had only to do with asceticism, with thinking and meditation, was searching for Brahman, worshipped the eternal in the Atman.

年轻时，我只专注于苦行、考和冥想，寻找梵天，崇拜自我的永恒。

But to the maid she gave the order to give the pious Brahman white upper garments.

但她吩咐女仆给虔诚的婆罗门送去白色上衣。

Siddhartha gave his garments to a poor Brahman in the street.

悉达多把他的衣服给了街上的一位贫穷的婆罗门。

The first light of day shone into the room. The Brahman saw that Siddhartha was trembling softly in his knees.

清晨的第一缕阳光照进了房。梵天看到悉达多的膝盖在微微颤抖。

The Brahman caste came from his head, the Kshatriya caste from his arms, the Vaishya caste from his stomach, and the Sudra caste from his feet.

婆罗门种姓来自他的头部，刹帝利种姓来自他的手臂，吠舍种姓来自他的胃，首陀罗种姓来自他的脚。

After an hour, since no sleep had come over his eyes, the Brahman stood up, paced to and fro, and left the house.

一个小时后，由于眼睛依然没有感到睡意，梵天站起身来，在屋里来回踱步，然后离开了房子。

Now Siddhartha also got some idea of why he had fought this self in vain as a Brahman, as a penitent.

现在悉达多也明白为什么他作为婆罗门和苦行者时，与自我斗争是徒劳的。

Rama worship strengthened significantly in the late 16th century when Tulsidas, a poet saint and devotee of Rama, wrote the epic poem Ramcharitmanas, which equated Rama with Brahman, the Supreme Being.

16世纪末，诗人圣贤图尔西达斯——同时也是罗摩的虔诚信徒——创作了史诗《罗摩功行湖》，将罗摩等同于至高无上的梵天，这一举动极大地增强了罗摩崇拜的影响力。

The Brahman fell silent, and remained silent for so long that the stars in the small window wandered and changed their relative positions, 'ere the silence was broken.

梵天默了，默了如此久，以至于小窗的星星都移动了位置，改变了们的相对位置，默才被打破。