Sat-Chit-Anand and Pleroma: A Comparative Study in Cross-Cultural Metaphysics and Human Flourishing
Kalagatos May 8, 2026 Anamika Makhija, Dr.kum Kum Ray, Kajal Srivastava
Different metaphysical traditions describe the relationship between ultimate reality, consciousness, and human flourishing in parallel ways. Vedantic non-dualism presents ultimate reality as Sat-Chit-Anand (being, consciousness, bliss), while Gnostic thought expresses a similar vision through the idea of Pleroma as divine fullness. A comparative hermeneutic analysis of these traditions suggests that both affirm ontological unity, transformative knowledge or gnosis, and an ethical orientation toward non-egoic wholeness. The life of Lord Ram in Sri Ramacaritamanasa is explored as a narrative embodiment of these metaphysical principles.