vaj wrote: > TM places an emphasis on the Mandukya Upanishad? > Vaj, you really need to get out more! KNOWLEDGE IS STRUCTURED IN CONSCIOUSNESS.
Excerpt from Mandukya Karika by Gaudapada: "Duality is only an appearance; non-duality is the real truth. The object exists as an object for the knowing subject; but it does not exist outside of consciousness because the distinction of subject and object is within consciousness" (IV 25-27) Sharma). Source: 'A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy' by Chandrahar Sharma, M.A., D. Phil., D. Litt. Rider, 1960 p. 245-246. Seven States of Consciousness: http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/seven_states.htm Translation: "Anyone who knows this is sure to construct this whole world and to become also its destruction" (Olivelle 288-289). 'The Upanishads' Translated by Patrick Olivelle, Ph.D. Oxford World's Classics http://tinyurl.com/558mg Dr. Patrick Olivelle, the translator, is the Chair, Department of Asian Studies, and Director, Center for Asian Studies, at the University of Texas at Austin.
