tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Upanişads
the most subtle form. S'vétaketu receives a reply from his father in regard to the subtlety of the Atman. It is said "Now that which is that subtile essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the true. It is the Self, and thou, O S'vetaketu art it.” 1 Thus the self is present in every thing of the world, in the human and non-human world in the subtle form; therefore, it is not perceptible in any ordinary form of perception. The S'vétās'vatara Upanişad in one passage describes how in a subtle form the Self exists in every thing of the world. The passage runs as follows -
“As oil in sesame seeds, as butter in cream, As water in river-beds, and as fire in the frictionsticks, So is the Soul (Atman) apprehended in one's ou Soul, If one looks for him with true austerity (tapas). The Soul (Atman) which pervades all things, As butter is contained in cream, Which is rooted in the Self-knowledge and austerity." 2
Similarly, another passage from the Kausītaki Upanişad says "Just as a razor is laid in a razor case or a bird is pent up in its nest, even so is this conscious Being placed in the body up to the very nails, up to the very nails of the body.” Thus the Self is immanent not only in the human body but in every thing in the world. It is not apparently visible but has to be extracted out of the upper coverings by special labour in the form of severe
1 Ibid. 6.10.3. Tr. Müller, p. 102. a s'vét. Up. 1.15.16. Tr. Hume R. E., p. 397
तिलेषु तैलं दधिनीव सर्पिरापः स्रोतःस्वरणीषु चाग्निः। एवमात्मात्मनि गृह्यतेऽसौ सत्येनैनं तपसा योऽनुपश्यति ॥
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