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The Upanishads, Part 1, no. 142, Part V summary

Part 1, no. 142, Part V of 170 · 1 min to read the part

In V, the teaching identifies Brahman as that which makes the mind able to think, while remaining beyond the mind's own thought. It distinguishes this enabling source from what people worship here, directing attention away from the worshipped thing toward what allows thinking itself.

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  1. The teaching states that the mind cannot think Brahman.
  2. It identifies Brahman as that by which the mind can think.
  3. It distinguishes Brahman from what people worship here.

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