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 24

24. Cognition is or, has the state of being with that is, due to some cause; otherwise there would be no prajnpti and no cognition of the dravya; so on account of the destruction of the dual and on account of the experience of afflictions, the existence of external objects in the philosophy of others is indicated as favoured by some.

The belief or acceptance that duality exists due to the fact of experiencing or cognising external phenomena is being explained.
There is a need for explanation because after proving duality to be merely part of the delusion of Maya the apparently real perception of "other" and knowledge of cause and effect by an "other" remains.

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