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elements in due succession." Where the
difficulty lies in reconciling these two accounts
surpasses our comprehension. The self in the
shape of a person has a body, and such a body
can only come into existence after the elements
are created out of which the body of that person
can be fashioned, the body which he is to use
for the subsequent production of various
animals, male and female. So the account in
the Chhandogya-Upanishad gives the earlier
creation which is implied in the coming
into existence of the later functionary (spoken
of in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad as
atman-purushavidhah) who has the duty of
bringing into manifestation the variety of beings
in the world. Dr. Thibaut says of the account
in the Chhandogya passage that "it is fairly
developed Vedanta, although not Vedanta im-
plying the Maya doctrine." Here we have to
state, first, that the five bhutas or material
elements are not omitted in the Brihadaranyaka,
for a reference is made to them as the bodies or
manifestations of Brahman (in III. 1) which are
classified as murta (with form) and amurta (with-
out form.) Each Upanishad has its own method
elements in due succession." Where the
difficulty lies in reconciling these two accounts
surpasses our comprehension. The self in the
shape of a person has a body, and such a body
can only come into existence after the elements
are created out of which the body of that person
can be fashioned, the body which he is to use
for the subsequent production of various
animals, male and female. So the account in
the Chhandogya-Upanishad gives the earlier
creation which is implied in the coming
into existence of the later functionary (spoken
of in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad as
atman-purushavidhah) who has the duty of
bringing into manifestation the variety of beings
in the world. Dr. Thibaut says of the account
in the Chhandogya passage that "it is fairly
developed Vedanta, although not Vedanta im-
plying the Maya doctrine." Here we have to
state, first, that the five bhutas or material
elements are not omitted in the Brihadaranyaka,
for a reference is made to them as the bodies or
manifestations of Brahman (in III. 1) which are
classified as murta (with form) and amurta (with-
out form.) Each Upanishad has its own method