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 20

20. That well known illustration called seed and sprout is indeed always in the category of sama (to be proven). Surely no reason in the category of "to be proven" is employed for the establishment of a thing to be proved.

The example of the seed and the sprout is on a par with the case of the chicken and the egg. One may have a view but in reality it will always be in the category of "to be proven". In the case of Non-Origination this is not the case. Here we have Non-Duality. We have existence and nothing else. There is no indication, instance, example or proof of a prior to existence. Indeed it is the opposite, Duality or origination that would need to be proved and that proof would have to deny all logic to the contrary.

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