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:" His divine majesty spreads that far; the whole universe of all these beings is but a quadrant of His. But Purusa (the infinite Being) is greater than that, His three immortal quadrants being established in His own effulgence."
 
:" His divine majesty spreads that far; the whole universe of all these beings is but a quadrant of His. But Purusa (the infinite Being) is greater than that, His three immortal quadrants being established in His own effulgence."
   
He states that Brahman is the supreme Light beyond all changing things with which there is equality of experience alone. Having reached that state there is no return for the released soul. In this context [[Adi Sankara|Sankara]] states that Badarayana reiterates - तेषां न पुनरावृत्तिः ("They no more return to this world") ([[Brihadaranyaka Upanishad]] VI.ii.15) or न च पुनरावर्तते ("He does not return again") ([[Chandogya Upanishad]] VIII.xv.1), and adds that non-return stands as an accomplished fact for those from whom the darkness of ignorance has been completely removed as a result of their full illumination and who therefore cling to that liberation as their highest goal which exists ever as an already established fact; the non-return of those who take refuge in the qualified Brahman becomes a fact only because they too have that unconditioned Brahman as their ultimate resort.<ref>{{cite book|title=Brahma Sutra Bhasya of Sankaracarya|publisher=Advaita Ashrama|pages=904–912|url= https://advaitaashrama.org/Book/Detail/8121}}</ref>
 
He states that Brahman is the supreme Light beyond all changing things with which there is equality of experience alone. Having reached that state there is no return for the released soul. In this context [[Adi Sankara|Sankara]] states that Badarayana reiterates - तेषां न पुनरावृत्तिः ("They no more return to this world") ([[Brihadaranyaka Upanishad]] VI.ii.15) or न च पुनरावर्तते ("He does not return again") ([[Chandogya Upanishad]] VIII.xv.1), and adds that non-return stands as an accomplished fact for those from whom the darkness of ignorance has been completely removed as a result of their full illumination and who therefore cling to that liberation as their highest goal which exists ever as an already established fact; the non-return of those who take refuge in the qualified Brahman becomes a fact only because they too have that unconditioned Brahman as their ultimate resort.<ref>{{cite book|title=Brahma Sutra Bhasya of Sankaracarya|publisher=Advaita Ashrama|pages=904–912|url= https://advaitaashrama.org/Book/Detail/8121}}</ref>
 
   
 
   

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