In English
Progress through four types of
The reveals another special feature of the truth of the Universe. The visible Universe has an invisible base! It has a material cause and an efficient cause, a and an . But man pays attention only to the efficient cause and not the material. This cup has silver as the material cause; the cup is the efficient cause. The cup is seen, but the silver is not cognised. The Cosmos is seen but God is not cognised. God is the material cause; He is in and through the entire Cosmos as the silver is in and through this entire cup. The is the most important of all . It is the essence of Vedanthic scriptures. It contained them all in a nut-shell. There is no text as sacred and as valuable as this one. It demonstrates the Cosmos as Divine and the as immanent in all. It teaches that the is unaffected, supreme over all else. "Inside and outside all, everywhere pervades." The five elements abide in , God. There can be no seed without a shell or husk. The husk is the Cosmos; the seed is God. They are both interrelated, and abide together. One must try to understand this fact through steadfast inquiry, . The ignorant ascribe validity to the husk; the wise probe into the basic . The ignorant person believes that the Universe is all that is, and reduces himself to a status worse than an animal, Animals harm only other animals; but the ignorant person causes injury to his own self! The directs man to progress through four types of : (1)some that have to be necessarily performed, (2) some that have to be experimentally performed; (3) some that have to be performed while observing vows; and (4) some that have to be performed for the sake of the experience they confer. These are all conveyed through , These are not to be confused with mono-syllable, five-syllable or multi-syllable formulae. Manthra means a formula to invoke the All-pervading, Almighty Presence.