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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
‘Without qualities’: Brahman understood as beyond form and limiting descriptions.
Used by Eduqas
Paper 3
Revise: Nature of BrahmanNirguna means ‘without qualities’. Nirguna Brahman is beyond form and the descriptions people normally use. The point is not that Brahman lacks value or power, but that ordinary descriptions cannot fully capture infinite reality.
Nirguna and saguna mean ‘without qualities’ and ‘with qualities’, not ‘without God’ and ‘with God’.
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