Passage 11

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In plain words

All the Vedas have taught the principle of the ‘I’. The Upaniṣad has taught the end of this ‘I’ as Vedānta. The end of the ‘I, I’ is itself Vedānta. The ‘I’ must come to an end. So long as this ‘I’ remains, it is of Prakṛti alone. It is not in the least near parā vidyā. It belongs with aparā vidyā. We must recognise the difference between the Upaniṣads and the Vedas. Only when we take the essence of all the Vedas into the principle of Vedānta and practise the teachings that take the form of action will we understand this, this principle of Advaita.

Embodiments of the divine Ātma! Today we have discussed only the form of the Veda. How are we to bring about the fruit of the Veda, its greatness, its spread? How are we to experience it in daily life? This we shall learn in the days ahead. From the day man is born until the day he dies, we are living in the Veda itself. He does not know it. It is the Veda that has been ruling our life. In what way does the Veda lie within our daily life? We shall learn that tomorrow. Within all things lies the remembrance of God's Name itself. That is the remembrance of God. That is the form of God. That is the contemplation of God. Only when we chant the Śruti, which is the form of the deities, with Ānanda, will that divinity come forth in us.