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The Upanishads, Part 1, no. 140, Part III summary

Part 1, no. 140, Part III of 170 · 1 min to read the part

In III, the teaching places the divine beyond sight, speech, and finite thought, distinguishing knowledge of God from ordinary knowledge of names and forms. The commentary clarifies that this limit does not make God wholly unknowable: man's God-like nature can know what his finite nature cannot.

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  1. The teaching states that sight, speech, and mind cannot reach That.
  2. It places That apart from both the known and the unknown, citing ancient teachers.
  3. The commentary explains that finite faculties cannot grasp the infinite through names and forms.
  4. It distinguishes the limits of man's finite nature from the knowledge available through his God-like nature.

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