The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c11.74

Language: English

c11.74

The Upanishads answer for practical purposes : The Supreme Spirit that is alike in the universe and in man—that is the essence of all. It is Being, without a second, without beginning and without end, without limitations of any kind. Whatever there is, or seems to be, mind and matter, nature and man, is one substance only, namely, Brahma. The same Yājnavalkya, whose desperately rationalistic answer to his wife Maitreyī we have just heard, takes also a more human view of the Ātman. This is told in the frame of a quaint little story, as follows¹ :

Previous: c11.73
Next: c11.75
Up: c11