The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter III
Adavaita Prakarana
(The Chapter on Non-duality)
The jiva, betaking himself to devotional worship, abides
in the manifest Brahman. He thinks that before the
creation all was of the same nature as the birthless
Reality. Therefore he is said to possess a narrow
intellect.
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Therefore I shall now describe Brahman, which is
unborn, the same throughout and free from narrowness.
From this one can understand that Brahman does not in
reality pass into birth even in the slightest degree,
though It appears to be manifest everywhere.
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Atman, which is like akasa (infinite space), is said to be
manifested in the form of jivas, which may be likened
to the akasas enclosed in pots. The bodies, also, are
said to be manifested from Atman, just as a pot and the
like are created out of akasa. As regards the
manifestation of Atman this is the illustration.
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