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"""""-"Yasmin"""""DEVELOPMENT OF ITS CONCEPTION 73A mantra from the Purusa-sukta of the R.V.isquoted as ii. 15Purusa evedam sarvam,"etc.visvasya ekam parivest,itaram. . . eti."iv. 14 (Cf. iv. 16 and v. 13.)eko devah sarvabhutesu . .gudhah atma.vi ii.Isavasyam idam sarvam . . .jagat."Isa. i.Yas tu sarvani . . .vijugupsate.".. .anupasyatah."Isa. 6.Yasmin dyauh.Isa. 7.. . setuh."Brahmaivedam . . . varistham."Mund. ii. 2. 5.Mund. ii. 2. ii.Sarvam . . .catuspat."Hand. 2.It is not our object, however, to collect all suchpassages here. To multiply such instances is inno way difficult. One has only to turn over thepages of the Upanisads ancl passages tinged withthis idea are sure to be found. For want of a betterword we have named this conception Pantheism." The reason why the largest portion of theUpanisads is pantheistic in this sense is twofold.In the first place, it is not too abstruse to escape theunderstanding of those who take some pains toinquire into the knowledge of the Atman. By notdenying the existence of the world it does notarouse the hostility or opposition of the generalthinker. Secondly,it is not far from the real truth