Mandukya Upanishad

With an Advaita Commentary from our Understanding

by Kenneth Jaques | 31,733 words

The Mandukya Upanishad is a short, just twelve verses, description of the material manifestation and the eventual return to unmanifest form of the Universe....

Verse 12

12. If it is argued by you that there is non difference of the effect from the cause, and therefore if the effect is regarded as unoriginated, how can your cause indeed which is non different from the effect being originated be spoken of by you as unchanging ?

There appears to be a school of thought that the effect is within the cause (of the Primal eternal Absolute) meaning the Primal Absolute could have been caused because it Also contains the effect, the effect and cause being a unity. One assumes that this was supposed to allow the Absolute, although being caused to be immortal. But it is this very unity itself that brought about change so the question is asked how can that that changes be described as unchanging? Clearly it cannot.

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