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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antary膩mi, pervading subjective and objective world. All the perfections, metaphysical and moral, are ascribed to him. He is the crown of moral perfection. The conception of I艣vara is not irrelevant intruism, tertium quid, an unnecessary intervening between the highest Reality and jiva. On the other hand, the 110 conception serves many practical purposes. He is the connecting
link, the immediate step in the realisation of the pure spirit. The
diversity of the world must be dissolved in to identity before it
finally submerges into pure unity i.e. Brahman. Though sagu峁嘺
Brahman is not the highest possible experience, it is extremely
valuable experience. Devotion of I艣vara makes our road to
Brahman clear and swift. At an early stage mind refuses to grasp
the notion of immutable, indescribable absolute. At this stage the
idea of merging their personal identity and losing their inviduality
is unpalatable to them. The worship of I艣vara prepares our mind to
feel this unity to realise the identity, to visualise it is all
111 Brahman. The affirmation of saguna Brahman, how ever,
is not
merely an acknowledgement of human limitations, it is also the
name for that spiritual experience that harmonizes rather than
obliterates distinctions. 112
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