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Isvara though meditated upon by the limited as
of a limited form discovers Himself to the Devotee
in His Infinite grandeur and glory. Various
passages in the Sruti are cited to demonstrate this
truth. The Taittiriya Sruti which first speaks of
meditation on the God-head as centred in a thin
line of light brilliant beyond compare immediately
describes Narayana, the object of meditation as
pervading the whole Universe both within and
beyond. Although the object of meditation may
not be infinite owing to the obvious limitations of
the meditating mind, the Deity will spontaneously
lay itself bare to the devotee in its true nature of
Infinity. The Daharavidya of the Chhandogya
which inculcates the meditation of the most minute
Brahman within the infinitesmal ether (Dahara-
kasa) inside the subtle lotus-like mind, says in the
next breath that the space within the little mind is
as limitless as the space outside. The Sandilya
Vidya which speaks of the Brahman within the
soul as smaller than the smallest says at once that
it is greater than the Heavens, the skies, the earth
and the entire Universe put together. The
Mundaka says the Purusha in the centre of
the mind who is Angushtha Pramana is the warp
and woof of the Heavens, the earth and the skies.
The limited character of the form meditated upon
Isvara though meditated upon by the limited as
of a limited form discovers Himself to the Devotee
in His Infinite grandeur and glory. Various
passages in the Sruti are cited to demonstrate this
truth. The Taittiriya Sruti which first speaks of
meditation on the God-head as centred in a thin
line of light brilliant beyond compare immediately
describes Narayana, the object of meditation as
pervading the whole Universe both within and
beyond. Although the object of meditation may
not be infinite owing to the obvious limitations of
the meditating mind, the Deity will spontaneously
lay itself bare to the devotee in its true nature of
Infinity. The Daharavidya of the Chhandogya
which inculcates the meditation of the most minute
Brahman within the infinitesmal ether (Dahara-
kasa) inside the subtle lotus-like mind, says in the
next breath that the space within the little mind is
as limitless as the space outside. The Sandilya
Vidya which speaks of the Brahman within the
soul as smaller than the smallest says at once that
it is greater than the Heavens, the skies, the earth
and the entire Universe put together. The
Mundaka says the Purusha in the centre of
the mind who is Angushtha Pramana is the warp
and woof of the Heavens, the earth and the skies.
The limited character of the form meditated upon