The direct yet contradictory relationship between the Holy Bible of Christianity and the Vedas of Hinduism,’ part fifty-eight.
“In our last session we considered evidence that the ‘one god’ of which all the other gods of Hinduism are but various characteristics of is ‘that person’ ‘the principle of every self’,” Dr. D. James, President and teacher of The Lay School in Clinton, Tennessee, as he continued his presentation before The Lay School faculty on the direct yet contradictory relationship between the Holy Bible of Christianity and the Vedas of Hinduism, explained. “That terminology continues through the next three sections of the Taittirîyaka-Upanishad, Third Adhyâya, Ninth Brâhmana, (p791), and reads as follows:
14 Sâkalya said: ‘Whosoever knows that person whose dwelling is darkness, whose sight is the heart, whose mind is light, — the principle of every self, he indeed is a teacher, O Yâgñavalkya.’
Yâgñavalkya replied: ‘I know that person, the principle of every self, of whom thou speakest. The shadowy 2person, “he is he.” But tell me, Sâkalya, who is his devatâ?’
Sâkalya replied: ‘Death.’
15 Sâkalya said: ‘Whosoever knows that person whose dwelling are ( bright ) colours, whose sight is the eye, whose mind is light, — the principle of every self, he indeed is a teacher, O Yâgñavalkya.’
Yâgñavalkya replied: ‘I know that person, the principle of every self, of whom thou speakest. The person in the looking-glass, “he is he.” But tell me, Sâkalya, who is his devatâ?’
Sâkalya replied: ‘Vital breath’ ( asu ).
16 Sâkalya said: ‘Whosoever knows that person whose dwelling is water, whose sight is the heart, whose mind is light, — the principle of every self, he indeed is a teacher, O Yâgñavalkya.’
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Yâgñavalkya replied: ‘I know that person, the principle of every self, of whom thou speakest. The person in the water, “he is he.” But tell me, Sâkalya, who is his devatâ?’
Sâkalya replied: ‘Varuna.’
Notice how the teacher allegedly answers the pupil’s question about the number of gods (which this entire Ninth Brâhmana is the subject of), yet in reality, he does not truly and simply answer the question, but further clouds the issue, using many of the same names that are identified in the Vedas and Upanishads as gods.”
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