The Upanishads, Part III summary
Part III of 170 · 1 min to read the part
In III, those described as killing the Self enter dark worlds after death, and the commentary explains this as obscuring rather than destroying the immortal soul. It identifies hell with lack of knowledge and explains that attachment to the body subjects people to the consequences of their thoughts and deeds and to repeated death.
What happens
- Those who kill the Self leave their bodies and enter the worlds of the Asuras, where ignorance blinds them.
- The commentary contrasts religious rewards and punishments with Vedanta's claim that finite actions produce only temporary results.
- Killing the Self means hiding its immortal nature through ignorance, bodily attachment, and neglect.
- Ignorance makes people subject to Nature and to the results of their thoughts and deeds.
- The Sages explain that treating the perishable body as the true Self brings repeated death.
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