Robyn E Lebron one person, in a short space, to justice to this rich and overwhelming storehouse of wisdom As Raimon Panikkar wrote: “One of the stupendous manifestations of the Spirit is one that has been handed down to us under the generic name of the Vedas The Vedic Epiphany belongs to the heritage of mankind, and therefore its deepest function not by scrupulously preserving it, as if we were zealous guardians of a closed and almost hidden treasure, but by sharing it in a spirit of fellowship with humanity at large.” (14) Section 1: The Infinite and the Infinitesimal That One: Not the Non-Existent Everything that exists has a cause Scientific and philosophical minds of both the ancient and modern worlds have engaged in inquiring about the ultimate cause of cosmic existence: What is the ultimate cause of the universe of sense perception and what is the nature of this ultimate reality? The ultimate reality of the universe and all its beings is the unknowable infinite and infinitesimal Defying exact definition, it is not unusual to read only about concepts and broad generalizations based on the writer’s personal perceptions and thoughts Another strategy typical of the Vedas is the use of double negatives, which captures the all-inclusiveness of That One, encompassing all things alike and all opposites According to this strategy, if you want to highlight any of That One’s infinite attributes, you first negate its opposite and then you negate the attribute itself 60