Śruti — the revealed foundation
Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad
Where devotion and enquiry meet: a personal God and a non-dual absolute held in the same text.
c. 400–200 BCE
- When
- c. 400–200 BCE
- Where it sits
- Śruti — the revealed foundation
The bridge most readers actually cross, and the reason bhakti and jñāna are not treated as enemies here.
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- Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad, Chinmaya commentary — Swami Chinmayananda Devotion and non-duality in one text, which is why both camps quote it.
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