Now, that light, which shines
beyond the whole creation,
beyond everything,
in the highest worlds which are unsurpasingly good,
it is certainly this which is the light
within a person.
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Chandogya Upanishad 3.13.7
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A very important Sutra from the Chandogya Upanishad, in which it is said that the root of the whole world is the same as the root of a person. Thus the Universe has Brahman as its root, and the individual person also has Brahman as its root. This is the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta.
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