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instance, he takes what he calls "the most im-
portant of those accounts,-viz., the one given
in Chhandogya Upanishad VI. 2, 1. We have
already dealt fully with this passage and shown
that it fully and unmistakeably establishes the
doctrine of the unreality of the world, and we
content ourselves with referring the reader to
our previous remarks.
Dr. Thibaut next takes up passages in the
Katha and Mundaka Upanishads which set forth
the successive emanations of the world from
Avyakta or Avyakrita (the Undeveloped princi-
ple of Matter) and declares his opinion that neither
this Undeveloped material prriniple nor the suc-
cessive stages of the development of the materi-
al world out of it are regarded in the Upanisha-
ds as "unsubstantial" or " as a baseless Illusion
to be destroyed by Knowledge. It is difficult
to reconcile this view with what he has admitted
regarding the Brihadaranyaka, or with what we
have already proved regarding the Chhandogya
Upanishad. But let as take up the reference
here made by Dr. Thibaut to Katha - Upanishad
I. 3, 10. Dr. Thibaut must not forget the fact
""
instance, he takes what he calls "the most im-
portant of those accounts,-viz., the one given
in Chhandogya Upanishad VI. 2, 1. We have
already dealt fully with this passage and shown
that it fully and unmistakeably establishes the
doctrine of the unreality of the world, and we
content ourselves with referring the reader to
our previous remarks.
Dr. Thibaut next takes up passages in the
Katha and Mundaka Upanishads which set forth
the successive emanations of the world from
Avyakta or Avyakrita (the Undeveloped princi-
ple of Matter) and declares his opinion that neither
this Undeveloped material prriniple nor the suc-
cessive stages of the development of the materi-
al world out of it are regarded in the Upanisha-
ds as "unsubstantial" or " as a baseless Illusion
to be destroyed by Knowledge. It is difficult
to reconcile this view with what he has admitted
regarding the Brihadaranyaka, or with what we
have already proved regarding the Chhandogya
Upanishad. But let as take up the reference
here made by Dr. Thibaut to Katha - Upanishad
I. 3, 10. Dr. Thibaut must not forget the fact
""