Dakshinamurti Stotra
CHAPTER IV — A'tman the one Existence and Light

CHAPTER IV

A'tman the one Existence and Light

Fourth Stanza of the Hymn--Objection to the Vedic doctrine of the one Existence and Light--External objects have no existence and light of their own--I'svara cognises and acts through Upadhi--The organ of cognition--Nadis, the vehicles of the sense-organs--Jagrat state--Svapna--Sushupti--A'tman is ever Sat-Chit-A'nanda--I'svara, the one Light and Existence--I'svara as the Ego. pp. <page 74>-95