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VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
 
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the Sruti (Br. Up., IV-4-13) says: "For, when there is as it
were duality, then one sees the other,... but when the
Self only is all this, how should he see another, how
should he smell another?" (Isa. Up., 7) says: "When a
man knows that all beings are even the Soul, when he
beholds the unity (of the Soul), then there is no delusion,
no grief.' (Chcha. Up., 24-1) says: "Where one sees
nothing else, hears nothing else." Another text says:
"This difference is due to the influence of ignorance."
(Br. Up., 6-4-19) says: "There is in it no diversity. He
who perceives therein any diversity, goes from death to
death." (S've. Up. 3-3) says: "He having eyes on all
sides... "The only one who presides over all
such sources as the prakriti, the ether, and all other forms,"
(4-5) "The one unborn nature red, white and black, ...
The one unborn being, who loves her and lies by her,"
(1-3) "The sages... beheld the Energy of the divine
Soul." (Br. Up., 6-3-23) says: "But there is then no
second, nothing else different from him that he could see."
(Sve. Up., 3-2) "For there is one Rudra only, they do not
allow a second." Gaudapadakarika (3-31) says: "All
here, moving and otherwise, is only a phenomenon of the
mind (3-32) when it ceases from imagining and remains
at rest for want of things to cognise, it becomes naught."
"Whatever duality is seen in the Universe, can be removed
by the mind. Duality is due to the phenomenon of the
mind and unity is the Reality." (3-29) "As during dreams,
one's mind appears as two through Maya, so, also during
waking consciousness, mind appears as two." Even by
argument (the duality) of the Universe can be accounted
for by the phenomenon of the mind; for all things are
only objects of perception as objects seen in dreams." (Br.
Up., 3-4-2) says: "Fear arises only from duality."
"When the Self is known, we do not perceive any cause
or effect in connection with the Atman." (Sve. Up., 6-11)
says: "There is God hidden in all beings." (Br. Up.,
 
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