Chapter 14 navigates this advanced concept by distinguishing between perception and ultimate reality. It states that from Brahma down to a blade of grass, everything with attributes is indeed pervaded by Brahman. To the undiscerning, this world of forms and qualities seems separate from Brahman, but this is an error caused by ignorance and delusion. The text explains that the true nature of Brahman is a mass of pure consciousness, where worldly attributes, names, and forms are erased. The mind, stuck in error, perceives duality. The resolution offered in Chapter 14 is to use the knowledge of oneness to see past the apparent differences and recognize the single, attribute-less Brahman pervading all attributed things.
Chapter 14 describes Brahman as pervading all things with attributes, yet also as being without attributes. How can both of these be true?
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