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6. That which is invisible, ungraspable, without family, without caste (a-varna) | 6. That which is invisible, ungraspable, without family, without caste (a-varna) | ||
Without sight or hearing is It, without hand or foot, | 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. | 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], | 7.As a spider emits and draws in [its thread], | ||
As herbs arise on the earth, | As herbs arise on the earth, | ||
As the hairs of the head and body from a living person, | As the hairs of the head and body from a living person, | ||
So from the Imperishable arises everything here. | So from the Imperishable arises everything here. | ||
8. By austerity (tapas) Brahma becomes built up. | 8. By austerity (tapas) Brahma becomes built up. | ||
From that, food is produced; | From that, food is produced; | ||
From food life-breath, mind, truth | |||
The worlds', immortality tooin works | |||
Mundaka Upanishad 1.1.7<ref name=":0">Hume, Robert Ernest, trans. The Thirteen Principal Upanishads. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921. https://archive.org/details/thirteenprincipa028442mbp/page/n7</ref><ref name=":0" /></blockquote> | |||
Note in the above, Brahma is "built up" from the Imperishable. | Note in the above, Brahma is "built up" from the Imperishable. | ||
Revision as of 18:13, 14 October 2022
The Imperishable is a vedic term syncretic with The Fabric of Consciousness, probably (see below) during its Undifferentiated stage.
States of Consciousness
State of Consciousness > Differentiated Consciousness, Egoic Consciousness, Emanating Consciousness, Undifferentiated Consciousness
Syncretic Terms
Undifferentiated Consciousness > Absolute Essence, Ain, Dhat, Govinda, Light of the Void, Nondual God, Para Brahman, Supreme Essence, Tao, The Imperishable, The Unity, Undifferentiated Godhead, Unmanifest, Wuji
Notes
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
Note in the above, Brahma is "built up" from the Imperishable.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hume, Robert Ernest, trans. The Thirteen Principal Upanishads. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921. https://archive.org/details/thirteenprincipa028442mbp/page/n7
