ABSTRACT

The Upaniṣads deal with and describe the nature of the ultimate reality, the Absolute, not evidently so much by reasoning or dialectics, as by inner experience and realization. Dialectical passages are few in the pages of the Upaniṣads. They are full, however, of the records of the intuitions and experiences of seers, and these have enriched their value as inspiring texts. Logic may convince us, but intuitions and experiences inspire us. Interest in Upaniṣadic study is intensified because of the finer vistas of intuition and feeling they open in the seeker. The correct research of the seers, their definite answers to intensive queries about the ultimate reality, exhibit the deep and varied spiritual experiences which cannot fail to strike the imagination, excite wonder and admiration, and silently inspire the realization of Truth.