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 48
48 ) As the firebrand not shaking, presenting no appearance is unoriginated, so is the vijnana (consciousness) not shaking, presenting no appearance, unoriginated.
When the firebrand is still there is no circle of fire, this absence of a circle of fire is without cause, unoriginated.
When consciousness is not presenting an appearance (object of perception, existence of other, etc.) this non presentation is without cause, unoriginated.