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 42

42. By the wise (lit. the awakened) has been preached the doctrine of origination for those who contend that things exist in reality because of the perception of those things and of the prevailing etiquette, and who are ever frightened of the doctrine of non-origination.

What this verse is stating is that the wise teachers, the sages and Sruti would not deny those worthy aspirants who need to believe in birth or origination either due to their present lack of time to contemplate the subject due to their duties or due to their not being able to come to terms with the annihilation of the ego. It can be witnessed in Upanishads such as the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad that through love and wisdom the Sruti shows knowledge and understanding to accord with all levels of ability and belief in order to support all and accompany and guide all to Ultimate Self Realisation.

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