* 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 ।