Sunday, April 22, 2012

Soundarya Lahari - Part 83

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There is also the Upanishad authority for saying that the non-dual Brahman sprouts out the world of duality by sheer internal vibration.

This is in Katopanishad. All this world arises from the life force called prANa and moves thereon. The word for ‘moves’ that is used is ‘Ejati’. EjanaM and KampanaM both mean movement, but not by any external force. We may also interpret it as vibration from the inside. Brahma sUtra also uses the word ‘kampanAt’.  When the Acharya writes the bhAshhya for this he writes: This prANa which causes the vibration is not simple air. It is the very Brahman itself !

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