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RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES OF THE UPANISHADS

"And as a goldsmith, taking a piece of gold, turns it into another newer and more beautiful shape, so does the Self, after having thrown off this body and dispelled

GOLD WIRE - DRAWERS.

all ignorance, make unto himself another newer and more beautiful shape, whether it be like the Fathers, or like the Gandharvas, or like the Devas, or like Prajapati, or like Brahma, or like other beings.

"So much for the man who desires. But as to the