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CHHANDOGYOPANISHAD

"If the Sat is the all-pervading cause of all, why is it not perceived clearly?" is the next question.

As a lump of salt is dissolved in water and disappears, so is the Sat lost from view in the world but is still immanent in everything in the universe, as the salt is present in every part of the water. The following is a vivid account of the instruction in this regard, which reminds one of a modern laboratory lecture:

"How are we to gain knowledge of the Sat, which is imperceptible?" is the next question.  Like unto that of a man blindfolded and carried away by robbers from his own country is man’s condition.

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