Chapter 11 provides a clear analogy to explain the relationship between the manifest (Saguna/Sakara) and the unmanifest (Nirguna/Nirakara) forms of the divine. The text asserts that the formed and the formless are not different from each other; they are fundamentally one. To illustrate this point, as described in Chapter 11, the author uses the example of ghee: when it is frozen, it is called ghee, and when it melts, it is still called ghee. In the same way, the chapter teaches that Saguna and Nirguna are simply two states of the same single reality that pervades the entire universe, emphasizing their ultimate unity.
How does Chapter 11 explain the concept that the 'manifest' and 'unmanifest' are the same?
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