Kaivalya Upanishad

With Advaita Commentary

9,902 words

The Kaivalya Upanishad is an advanced philosophy and is in reply to the plea of Ashvalayana, already advanced in both years and practice. Ashvalayana askes for the full understanding and realisation of the truth of his non-dual identity with the Absolute Brahman or God....

21. Without arms and legs am I,  of unthinkable power; I see without eyes,  and I hear without ears.  I know all,  and am different from all.  None can know me.  I am always the Intelligence.

"Without arms and legs am I,  of unthinkable power; I see without eyes,  and I hear without ears".

The Absolute is without form.  Being the thinking principle itself the Absolute is beyond thought.  being the sense principle itself the Absolute is beyond the senses.

"I know all,  and am different from all"

The meaning of the statement "I know all" is that the Absolute is the very Knowledge from which all is projected.
It follows that as the Absolute is literally all things then the Absolute is different from all things.

"None can know me.  I am always the Intelligence"

Being the intelligence principle itself the Absolute is always beyond being knowable. 

This is the description of the Absolute Self.  The Absolute is "All This".  The wise and Realised Sages,  understanding that the Self is unknowable and unthinkable,  they surrender their limited idea of an individual self.

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