Brahmānanda—the spiritual bliss derived from impersonal Brahman realization.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-B-›Brahmananda-the spiritual Brahmananda-the spiritual bliss derived from impersonal Brahman realization. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/b/brahmananda-the-spiritual-bliss-derived-from-impersonal-brah Previous: Brahmaloka-the highest planet of the universe, that of the demigod Lord Brahma. Next: Brahman-(1) the infinitesimal spiritual individual soul; (2) the impersonal, all-pervasive aspect of the Supreme; (3) the Supreme Personality of Godhead; (4) the mahat-tattva, or total material substance; This Sanskrit term comes from the root brh, which means to grow or to evolve. In the Chandogya Upanisad 3.14, Brahman is described as tajjalan, as that (tat) from which the world arises (ja), into which it returns (la), and by which it is supported and lives (an). Impersonalists equate Brahman with the brahma-jyoti. But in its fullest sense, Brahman is the vastu, the actual substance of the world: 1) Visnu as the Supreme Soul (param brahman), 2) the individual self as the subordinate soul (jiva-brahman), and 3) matter as creative nature (mahad-brahman). Visnu is accepted by all schools of Vaisnava Vedanta as the transcendental, unlimited Purusottama (Supreme Person), while the individual souls and matter are His conscious and unconscious energies (cid-acid-sakti). See Absolute, Brahmajyoti, Four Vaisnava Sampradayas and Siddhantas, Krsna, Life after death, Modes of nature, Supersoul, Vedanta, Visnu.