Passage 19

In English

Here is an example that is within the range of experience of all. Every day we take and enjoy ghee, butter, buttermilk, curd, etc. All these are ultimately derived from milk. Milk is adwaitha. Butter is visishtadwaitha. Buttermilk is dwaitha. Both dwaitha and visishtadwaitha are derived from adwaitha. Therefore, it is said that wisdom is adwaitha darshanam. Wisdom reveals to us the Brahma Thathwa. It is described as “Sathyam jnanam anantham Brahma.” Brahma is that which is truth, that which is endless, and that which is all knowing. The word Brahma is derived from the root Bruhi. Bruhi means that which does not change. It is called Brahma Thathwa because it does not change and because it remains eternal. We must adopt the theory of Raso Vai Saha in order to attain this Brahma Thathwa. The entire world or universe is born out of rasa, God Himself, who is Rasa Swarupa. That which is born out of rasa cannot be nirasa or devoid of rasa.