The Imperishable

The Imperishable is a vedic term syncretic with The Fabric of Consciousness, probably (see below) during its Undifferentiated stage.

List of Terms

Hinduism > Achara, Ashramas, Brahman, Brahmarishi, Dharma, GodHead, Gunas, Illusory Self, Moksha, Neo-Hinduism, Paramatman, Purushaarthas, Rishis, Salvation, Samadhi, Sanskrit Literature, Saptarishis, Satya Yuga, Srutis, The Imperishable, Varnas, Vichara

States of Consciousness

State of Consciousness > Differentiated Consciousness, Egoic Consciousness, Emanating Consciousness, Undifferentiated Consciousness

Syncretic Terms

Undifferentiated Consciousness > Absolute Essence, Ain, Dhat, E, Govinda, Light of the Void, Nondual God, Para Brahman, Supreme Essence, Tao, The Four Unthinkables, The Imperishable, The Unity, Undifferentiated Godhead, Unmanifest, Wuji

Notes

Excerpt from the Mundaka Upanishad 1.1.6-8

6. That which is invisible, ungraspable, without family, without caste (a-varna)

Without sight or hearing is It, without hand or foot,

Eternal, all-pervading, omnipresent, exceedingly subtle;

That is the Imperishable, which the wise perceive as the source of beings.

7.As a spider emits and draws in [its thread],

As herbs arise on the earth,

As the hairs of the head and body from a living person,

So from the Imperishable arises everything here.

8. By austerity (tapas) Brahma becomes built up.

From that, food is produced;

From food life-breath, mind, truth

The worlds', immortality tooin works

Mundaka Upanishad 1.1.7

Note in the above, Brahma is "built up" from the Imperishable.

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