The ethical consequence the Upanishad draws from its metaphysics: seeing the same self everywhere makes cruelty impossible. Muller's footnote marker is removed.
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Passage
TextAnd he who beholds all beings in the Self, and the Self in all beings, he never turns away from it. 1 Reference SchemeCollection, Book, Section 1 Translation
TranslationThe Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15) 1 Meaning
Themethe self and the absolute 1 Connections
Concerns
Read as the metaphysical ground of ahimsa.
Passage Of
Source The Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15)F. Max Muller
Sources
1. The Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15)
F. Max Muller, Clarendon Press / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1879Isa Upanishad 6View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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