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Viswanatha Thalakola
Viswanatha Thalakola summarizes that according to the principal Upanishads, Brahman is the foundation of all things in the universe. There is nothing beyond Brahman. There is nothing that can exist independently of Him. Brahman is described in many ways.He is:
- That is self-existent. That is without beginning and end.
- That has no parent or master. That has no origin.
- That is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent.
- That is beyond name and form and beyond the five senses.
- That is beyond the reach of words and thoughts.
- That is beyond time, space, and causality.
- That is inexhaustible, eternal, and immutable.
- That is pure and bright.
- That is Truth.
- That is pure consciousness.
- That is boundless joy.
- That is both immanent and transcendent at the same time.
- That is both having form and formless.
- That is both personal and impersonal.
- That is both the manifested and the unmanifested.
- That is stationary and moving.
- That is far and also very near.
- That is an eternal reality.
- That is the creator of time and master of Nature.
- That is diversely manifesting.
- That shines and everything shines after Him (sun, stars, etc).
- That cannot be seen or seized.
- That dwells in the hearts of all creatures as Atman.
- That is the eternal witness who watches our work from within.
- That is the bridge to immortality.
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73-76. That is this :-- Let a man remain, wherever he may, whenever he comes to learn that his end is approaching, even if he had not practised before any good practices or meritorious deeds, and even if he becomes senseless in the trial time of death, when dispassion comes to an individual whose mind gets, for the time being, clear and free from any worldly thoughts, then he should think thus :-- “This my body, composed of five elements, will soon be destroyed; there is no cause whatsoever in having any remorse for it; let whatever come, that it may; I am free, void of qualities; and I am the Eternal Purusa; death is not capable to do any harm to me. All the elements are liable to decay and destruction; what remorse can overtake me? I am not a man of the world, I am always free, Eternal Brahmâ; I have got no connection with this body that is merely the outcome of actions.
77. Before I did meritorious or unmeritorious acts, leading to happiness and pain; therefore I have got this mortal coil and am enjoying the fruits of my past auspicious or inauspicious Karma.”
78. Whoever thinks thus and dies, even if he does not take proper purificatory bath or make any charity, he gets himself freed from the awful Samsâra and never comes to see himself again born in this world.
