The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Those who, because of their fear of the truth of absolute
non- creation and also because of their perception of
external objects, deny ajati (non-creation) are not
affected by the evil consequent on the belief in creation.
This evil, if there is any, is insignificant.
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As an elephant conjured up by a magician is taken to be
real because it is perceived to exist and also because it
answers to the behavior of a real elephant, so also
external objects are taken to be real because they are
perceived to exist and because one can deal with them.
45
It is Consciousness, Vijnana, alone that appears to be
born or to move or to take the form of matter. But this
Consciousness is really ever unborn, immovable and
free from the traits of materiality; it is all peace and nondual.
46
Thus the mind is never subject to birth. All beings, too,
are free from birth. Those who know this do not fall into
false knowledge.
As the line made by a moving fire-brand appears to be
straight, crooked, etc., so Consciousness, when set in
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