The Chandogya Upanishad : CH-2, SEC-4. THE PRIMACY OF BEING-4.5., POST-5. Swami Krishnananda.
--------------------------------------- Tuesday, December 15, 2020. 10:20.AM. Chapter Two : Uddalaka's Teaching Concerning the Oneness of the Self -4.4 Section-4. Threefold Development - 5. Mantram-5. Post-5 -------------------- Yad u rohitam ivabhud iti tejasas tad rupam iti tad vidam cakruh, yad u suklam ivabhud ity apam rupam iti taa vidam cakruh yad u krsnam ivabhud ity annasya rupam iti tad vidam cakruh. So, they concluded that whenever there is a perception of anything that is red, we should not think that we are seeing any red object, but that we are seeing only the fire principle there; whenever we see anything white, we should not think that we are seeing any independent object, but that we are seeing the water element there; and whenever we see anything dark we should know that we see the earth element predominant in that. So there are no things in this world. There are only these three elements. ---------------------------------- Yad avijnatam ivabhud ity etasam eva de