The atman is known by wisdom

“This atman is not attained by instruction or by intelligence or by learning. By him whom he chooses is the atman attained. To him the atman reveals his own being. The one who has not turned away from wickedness, who has no peace, who is not concentrated, whose mind is restless – he cannot realize the atman, who is known by wisdom.”
~ Krishna Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad 1.2.24-25.

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  1. says: nando

    “God dwells within our own hearts as the divine Self or Atman. The Atman is never born nor will it ever die. Neither stained by our failings nor affected by the fluctuations of the body or mind, the Atman is not subject to our grief or despair or disease or ignorance. Pure, perfect, free from limitations, the Atman, Vedanta declares, is one with Brahman. The greatest temple of God lies within the human heart.”
    ~ vedanta.org.

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