The United States wanted to be the first country to have an astronaut in outer space and lost to the Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, was the first person to orbit the Earth.

In the first sentence, which words would provide a more appropriate transition than and? Select two options.

but
nor
so
thus
yet

but

Explanation:

'but' would be more appropriate than 'and' given the context.

boundary is what it refers to hope this

explanation:

atman means 'eternal self'. the atman refers to the real self beyond ego or false self. it is often referred to as 'spirit' or 'soul' and indicates our true self or essence which underlies our existence.

there are many interesting perspectives on the self in hinduism ranging from the self as eternal servant of god to the self as being identified with god. the understanding of the self as eternal supports the idea of reincarnation in that the same eternal being can inhabit temporary bodies.

the idea of atman entails the idea of the self as a spiritual rather than material being and thus there is a strong dimension of hinduism which emphasises detachment from the material world and promotes practices such as asceticism. thus it could be said that in this world, a spiritual being, the atman, has a human experience rather than a human being having a spiritual experience.

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