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=== Concepts ===
 
=== Concepts ===
* Yajnavalkya expounded the famous doctrine of "neti neti" to describe the Brahman or Universal Self.  
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* Yajnavalkya expounded the famous doctrine of "neti neti" to describe the Brahman or Universal Self. In the Brhdaranyaka Upanishad (Adhyaya 3 Brahmana 9) in his conversation with Shakalya, he explains the following about Self.
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<blockquote> स एष नेति नेत्यात्मा । अगृह्यो न हि गृह्यते । अशीर्यो न हि शीर्यते । असङ्गो न सज्यते । असितो न व्यथते ।
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न रिष्यति । (Brhd. Upan. 3.9.1)<ref>Brhadaranyaka Upanishad ([https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D_3p Adhyaya 3 Brahmana 9])</ref></blockquote>
 
* Principles of meditation (sravana, manana, nidhidhyasa)  
 
* Principles of meditation (sravana, manana, nidhidhyasa)  
  

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