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Upanishads, Undifferentiated Union, Unmanifest Reality

Upanishads: The Upanishads are the philosophical section of the Vedas. Upanishad means, “sitting near devotedly.” It refers to disciples sitting around their guru while he expounds his realizations and answers their queries.

Undifferentiated Union: A merging of two subjects to become one that is so perfect that the original two are indistinguishable one from another. It is used to describe the type of union that occurs when the awareness of a meditator merges with God within him or herself in the state of samadhi.  (See also Awareness and Samadhi)

Unmanifest Reality: A plane or dimension of reality that transcends any kind of description. Also known as Absolute Reality, it is said of God as Parabrahman.