Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Book I · 25 of 51 · tr. Charles Johnston
Sutra 25
In the Master is the perfect seed of Omniscience. The Soul of the Master is in essence one with the Oversoul, and therefore partaker of the Oversoul's all-wisdom and all-power. All spiritual attainment rests on this, and is possible because the soul and the Oversoul are One.
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Mystical Unionsoteriology
The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.
The passage explicitly states that the Soul of the Master is in essence one with the Oversoul.
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The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.
The passage declares that the Soul of the Master is in essence one with the Oversoul, emphasizing non-duality.
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