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The Upanishads, Part 1, no. 120, Part I summary

Part 1, no. 120, Part I of 170 · 1 min to read the part

In I, the Aswattha tree represents creation, with its roots above in Brahman and its branches extending downward into the changing world. The commentary explains that every created thing depends on this pure, deathless source, while pleasure, pain, birth, and death belong to the mortal realm.

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  1. The verse presents an ancient Aswattha tree whose roots stand above its branches.
  2. It identifies the tree's source as pure, immortal Brahman, on which every world depends.
  3. The commentary explains the downward branches as the changing conditions of mortal existence.
  4. It states that all created things originate in Brahman and that nothing lies beyond Him.

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