The Philosophy of the Panchadasi: 2.4 - Swami Krishnananda.

======================================================================================= Thursday 10, July 2025, 06:00. Books Upanishads The Philosophy of the Panchadasi: 2.4. Chapter 2: Discrimination of the Elements-4. 4.On the Unsubstantiality of the Elements Swami Krishnananda. ====================================================================================== Chapter 2: Discrimination of the Elements: 4.On the Unsubstantiality of the Elements The first of these changes is the manifestation of Akasa or ether. Akasa has the property of spatiality in addition to existence. We feel that space is, and it has also the quality of distinguishing things by a peculiar feature in it, which we call emptiness. Minus the quality of spatiality and reverberation of sound, space is nothing but existence, which is the same as Brahman. The Sakti which makes the manifestation of Akasa possible brings about also perversion in one's understanding of the relation between existence and Akasa. Inste...