Before proceeding to discuss the nature of Parabrahmam. It is to be
stated that in the opinion of Adwaitees, the Upanishads and the
Brahmasutras fully support their views on the subject. It is distinctly
affirmed in the Upanishads that Parabrahmam, which is but the bare
potentiality of Pragna,* is not an aspect of Pragna or Ego in any shape,
and that it has neither life nor consciousness. The reader will be able
to ascertain that such is really the case on examining the Mundaka and
Mandukya Upanishads. The language used here and there in the Upanishads
is apt to mislead one into the belief that such language points to the
existence of a conscious Iswar. But the necessity for such language
will perhaps be rendered clear from the following considerations.
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* The power or the capacity that gives rise to perception.
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From a close examination of Mill's cosmological theory the difficulty
will be clearly seen referred to above, of satisfactorily accounting for
the generation of conscious states in any human being from the
standpoint of the said theory.
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