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，也存在于宇宙之前，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。

It resembled his father's face, the Brahman.

它很像他父亲的脸，婆罗门。

Brahman is the supreme universal spirit in Hinduism.

婆罗门是印度教中最高的普遍精神。

The traditional caste system contains four large divisions, called varnas: Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Sudra.

传统的种姓制度包含四个大的等级，称为 varnas：Brahman、Kshatriya、Vaishya 和 Sudra。

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。

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。

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

现在，悉达多也明白了为什么他作为一个婆罗门，一个忏悔者，徒劳地与这个自我作斗争。

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

悉达多在街上把他的衣服给了一个贫穷的婆罗门。

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

尽管如此，即使在最深的沉思中，他也曾是他父亲的儿子，曾是位高种姓的婆罗门，曾是一名牧师。

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，我只从事苦行，思考和冥想，寻找婆罗门，崇拜阿特曼中的永恒。

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间。婆罗门看到悉达多的膝盖在轻轻颤抖。

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

但她命令女仆给虔诚的婆罗门穿白色上衣。

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

但比其他所有人都更爱他的是他的朋友、婆罗门之子戈文达。

Did any Samana or Brahman ever fear, someone might come and grab him and steal his learning, and his religious devotion, and his depth of thought?

沙门或婆罗门有没有害怕，有人会来抓住他，窃取他的学识、他的宗教信仰和他的思想深度？

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

一个时辰后，婆罗门因眼里没有睡意，站起身来，来回踱步，离开了屋子。

It is true that he had already known for a long time that his self was Atman, in its essence bearing the same eternal characteristics as Brahman.

诚然，他早就知道自己是阿特曼，其本质与婆罗门具有相同的永恒特征。

You have seen Siddhartha, the son of a Brahman, who has left his home to become a Samana, and who has been a Samana for three years.

你见过悉达多，他是婆罗门的儿子，他出家出家，出家三年。

But that servant who walked at the very end of her train he motioned to him and asked him to inform his mistress that a young Brahman would wish to talk to her.

但是那个走在她火车尾端的仆人向他示意，请他通知他的女主人，一位年轻的婆罗门想和她说话。

Often he spoke to himself from a Chandogya-Upanishad the words: " Truly, the name of the Brahman is satyam—verily, he who knows such a thing, will enter the heavenly world every day" .

他经常从 Chandogya-Upanishad 中对自己说：“真的，婆罗门的名字是 satyam——真的，知道这种事的人，每天都会进入天堂”。