Essay name: The concept of Creation in the Major Upanisads
Author:
C. Poulose
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Sanskrit Vedanta
This study deals with the Concept of Creation according to the Major Upanishads鈥攁ncient Indian scriptures that form a crucial part of Vedic literature and Indian philosophy. The present research investigates the Upanisadic philosophy in general as well as the school of Advaita Vedanta and other Indian philosophical traditions that incorporate Upanishadic teachings.
Chapter 2 - Major Upanishads
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Man, attached as he is to body and material acquisitions, and influenced by passion, cannot worship or meditate upon the impersonal Brahman. It is difficult for man to concentrate on what appears to as 'nothingness' to him. It is for such one's benefit that Upanisads provide a personal Brahman. The B峁沨.Up. said that 'By 107 the yogins he is realized through worship'. In the Isa.Up. 'He us
the transcendent, and uncreated, He has duly allotted the eternal
world creators their respective duties. 108 There are definite
affirmations regarding the nature of I艣vara in the Vedas and
Upani峁ds. The main trend of the Upanisad thought is in the
direction of a monistic concept. There is only one without a second
'All this is Brahma'. This idea of I艣vara is called the nirgu峁嘺; He is
devoid of all attributes. According to Advaita Ved膩nta there is no
two Brahmans. I艣vara is the conditioned or Saguna Brahman
necessary for the purpose of worship.
The world is merely a reflection of the ultimate reality.
Existence apart from Brahman. The world is the creation of I艣vara.
That is this universe is the field of manifestation of Brahman, it has
a great and important place for I艣vara too on the phenomenal
Plane. No doubt, the supreme Reality is trans-personal pure
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