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
57 (of 90)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
Download the PDF file of the original publication
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
consciousness. Brahman expresses itself cosmically through a universal personality on the phenomenal level, as the over soul of the whole universe, with the attributes of omnipresence, omniscience, and omnipotence. Then Brahman, being associated with the universe as its ruler and controller, is known as I艣vara. Since I艣vara is universal and omnipresent, He has no definite form. He can assume any form as in the case of light and water, and can be approached under different limitted names and forms for purpose of worship and infinite and not limited to the conceived name and form, male or female. I艣vara is described as both immanent and transcendent and as the material and efficient cause of the world. The concept of I艣vara's immanence and transcendence, i.e. his, being in the world as well as outside it implies that he is made up of parts and there fore divisible. I艣vara according to 艢ankara, is endowed with all auspicious qualities. He is the cause world. He is the object of 109 worship. He sees without eyes, listen without ear. As luminosity
is the nature of sun, His nature is of the eternal knowledge. He is
cause of all effects. He is Satyasankalpa, sarvaj帽a,
sarva艣aktisamanvita, the Supreme Spirit. He is above all evil. He is
the
84
