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HERE is one Infinite Eternal, Changeless Existence, the.

From all comes forth; to  all returns.

"One only, without a second."*

includes within Itself all that ever has been, is, and can be. As a wave rises in the ocean, a universe rises in the. As the wave sinks again into the ocean, a universe sinks again into the. As the ocean is water, and the wave a form or manifestation of the water, so is there one Existence, and the universe is a form, or manifestation, of the Existence. "All this verily (is) Brahman,"t

This is the primary truth of Religion. Men have given to the ALL many different names. The name in the Sanatana Dharma is. English-speaking people use the name God, adding, to make the meaning clear, God, in His own Ibid, III, zir-i, "This" is the technical name for a universe.
 * Chhandog yop, VI, ii-I.