Tag: neti neti

  • I Am Not This

    I am both the existent and the non-existent;
    And yet I am neither. 

    I am the ineffable Vishnu
    Best described as, “Not this, not this1.” 

    I am both the conscious and the non-conscious;
    And yet I am neither.

    I am the ineffable Vishnu
    Best described as, “Not this, not this.”

    I am both the limitless and the limited;
    And yet I am neither. 

    I am the ineffable Vishnu
    Best described as, “Not this, not this.”

    I am not this

    Not this

    1. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.3.6. – “Now therefore the description (of brahman, one’s true nature): ‘Not this, not this.’ Because there is no other more appropriate description than, ‘Not this, not this.’