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Chandogya Upanishad
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010196
Type of Spiritual Experience
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Chandogya Upanishad
‘Bring me a fruit from this Banyan tree’
‘Here it is father’
‘Break it’
‘It is broken, father’
‘What do you see in it?’
‘Very small seeds, Sir’
‘Break one of them, my Son’
‘It is broken, Sir’
‘What do you see in it?’
‘Nothing at all, father’
Then his father spoke to him
‘My son, from the very essence in the seed which you cannot see comes in truth this vast banyan tree
Believe me my son, an invisible and subtle essence is the Spirit of the whole universe.
That is Reality
That is Atman
THOU ART THAT