The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Some say that Atman consists of twenty-five cosmic
principles; some, of twenty-six principles; some, again,
of thirty-one principles; while there are yet others who
describe It as consisting of an infinite number of
principles.
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Those who know how to gratify others call Atman
gratification; those who are conversant with the asramas
call It the asramas. The grammarians call It the
masculine, feminine and neuter genders; and still others,
the Higher Brahman and the Lower Brahman.
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The knowers of creation call It creation; the knowers
of dissolution, dissolution; and the knowers of
preservation, preservation. In truth, all such ideas are
always imagined in Atman.
The disciple grasps only that idea which is presented to
him by his teacher. Atman assumes the form of what is
taught and thus protects the disciple. Absorbed in that
idea, he realizes it as Atman.
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Atman, though non-separate from all these ideas,
appears to be separate. He who truly knows this
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