A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy c11.281

c11.281

Prāṇa, oblation to, as real sacrifice, p. 7; parable proving the supremacy of, p. 19; as the principle of life, as the principle, of consciousness, as ultimate reality, p. 27; as life-force, or cosmic-force, p. 87; controversy of, with the organs of sense, in the Chāndogya, Kaushītaki, and Praśna, pp. 88-91; a bio-psycho-metaphysical conception p. 91; identified with life, with consciousness, and with Ātman, p. 91; compared to a queen-bee, p. 91; a philosophical apotheosis of, p. 92; purification of, as necessary to the realisation of Ātman, p. 337.