Chapter 11 provides a philosophical explanation of the relationship between the manifest (Saguna/Sakara) and the unmanifest (Nirguna/Nirakara). The text asserts that they are not different from each other; the formed and the formless are fundamentally one. To illustrate this point, it uses the analogy of ghee: when it is frozen, it is called ghee, and when it melts into a liquid, it is still called ghee. In the same way, as explained in Chapter 11, Saguna and Nirguna are simply two states of the same single reality that pervades the entire universe.
How does the text explain the relationship between the manifest (Saguna) and unmanifest (Nirguna) aspects of divinity?
📖 Chapter 11