Chapter 11 clarifies that the manifest ('Saguna' or 'Sakara') and the unmanifest ('Nirguna' or 'Nirakara') are not different but are fundamentally one and the same. To explain this concept, the text provides the analogy of ghee. It points out that when ghee is frozen, it has a form, and when it melts, it becomes formless, yet in both states, 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, making the worship of the manifest form a path to understanding the formless.
What analogy does Chapter 11 use to explain the relationship between the 'Saguna' (with form) and 'Nirguna' (formless) aspects of the divine?
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