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Dr KK Aggarwal 05 December 2019
The main figure in the Upanishads is sage Yajnavalkya, known as one of the greatest philosophers. Most of the great teachings of later Hindu or Buddhist philosophy are derived from him. He taught the great doctrine of neti–neti, the view that truth can be found only through the negation of all thoughts about it.
Brhadaranyaka Upanishad is the oldest and the most important of all the Upanishads. Its name actually means the great forest book.
Sage Yajnavalkya’s dialogues with his wife, Maitreyi are featured in the Muni Kanda or Yajnavalkya Kanda. The doctrine of neti–neti suggests the indescribability of the Brahman, the Absolute. Yajnavalkya attempts to define Brahman.
Atman is described "neither this, nor this" neti–neti. The Self cannot be described in any way. Na–iti – that is Neti. Through this process of neti–neti you give up everything - the cosmos, the body, the mind and everything – to realize the Self.
Once the Atman is defined in this manner and you become familiar with it, a transformation takes place as realization dawns that the phenomenal world and all its creatures are made up of the same essence of bliss.
Brahman is infinite, amorphous, colorless, characterless and formless Universal Spirit, which is omnipresent and omnipotent, and like cosmic energy, is pervasive, unseen and indescribable.
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