The Thirteen Principal Upanishads: Translated from the Sanskrit with an Outline of the Philosophy of the Upanishads and an Annotated BibliographyMilford, 1921 - 539 pages |
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... comes down to 300 B.C. The Upanishads themselves contain several references to writings which undoubtedly are much later than the beginnings of the Upanishads . The best that can be done is to base conjectures upon the general aspect of ...
... comes down to 300 B.C. The Upanishads themselves contain several references to writings which undoubtedly are much later than the beginnings of the Upanishads . The best that can be done is to base conjectures upon the general aspect of ...
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... comes to an end , ' said he . It is noticeable that he , who was the only one of the three not a Brahman , or professional philosopher , was able to explain : ' Verily , all things here arise out of space . They disappear back into ...
... comes to an end , ' said he . It is noticeable that he , who was the only one of the three not a Brahman , or professional philosopher , was able to explain : ' Verily , all things here arise out of space . They disappear back into ...
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... come out with his thread , as small sparks come forth from the fire , even so from this Soul come forth all vital energies , all worlds , all gods , all beings . The mystic meaning ( upaniṣad ) there- of is " the Real of the real ...
... come out with his thread , as small sparks come forth from the fire , even so from this Soul come forth all vital energies , all worlds , all gods , all beings . The mystic meaning ( upaniṣad ) there- of is " the Real of the real ...
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... comes to Sanat- kumāra with the request ' Teach me , Sir ! ( adhihi bhagavo ) . [ It is probable that this should be ' Sir , declare Brahma ! ' ( adhihi bhagavo brahma ) , the same request that Bhrigu Vāruņi put to his father in a ...
... comes to Sanat- kumāra with the request ' Teach me , Sir ! ( adhihi bhagavo ) . [ It is probable that this should be ' Sir , declare Brahma ! ' ( adhihi bhagavo brahma ) , the same request that Bhrigu Vāruņi put to his father in a ...
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... comes to weakness and to confusedness of mind , as it were , then the breaths gather around him . He takes to himself those particles of energy and descends into the heart . When the person in the eye turns away , back [ to the sun ] ...
... comes to weakness and to confusedness of mind , as it were , then the breaths gather around him . He takes to himself those particles of energy and descends into the heart . When the person in the eye turns away , back [ to the sun ] ...
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Agni Agnihotra Aitareya Upanishad Ajātaśatru assuredly Atharva-Veda Ātman Atman Soul austerity becomes bhūta bliss body born Brahma Brāhmaṇa breath prāṇa breathing spirit Bṛih Chand Chandogya Chandogya Upanishad Chant Commentary of Sankara conception dear death desire divinity doctrine earth essence evil father fire Gārgi Gautama gods goes heart hymn Imperishable India Indra intelligence Janaka Kaṭha Katha Upanishad Kaush Kena KHANDA knower knows light Lord Maitri meditation mind moon Mund Mundaka Upanishad Naciketas oblation one's pantheism philosophy Prajapati prajñā prāna Praśna procreation quarters of heaven reverence Rig-Veda sacred knowledge sacrifice Sama-Veda Sāman Sanskrit seer semen shining Soul Atman space speech stanza student of sacred supreme Śvet syllable Tait Taittiriya Upanishad things Thou art thought translation truly truth Udgitha understand unity unto Upanishads Vedanta Vedas verily verse vital breaths whole world wind word world-ground worship Yājñavalkya Yajur-Veda yonder
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Page 71 - From the unreal lead me to the real; from darkness lead me to light; from death lead me to immortality
Page 335 - There the eye goes not ; Speech goes not, nor the mind. We know not, we understand not How one would teach It.
Page 290 - That from whence these beings are born, that by which, when born, they live, that into which they enter at their death, try to know that. That is Brahman.
Page 247 - That which is the finest essence - this whole world has that as its soul. That is Reality. That is Atman (Soul). That art thou, Svetaketu.
Page 119 - Verily, O GargI, that Imperishable is the unseen Seer, the unheard Hearer, the unthought Thinker, the ununderstood Understander. Other than It there is naught that sees. Other than It there is naught that hears. Other than It there is naught that thinks. Other than It there is naught that understands. Across this Imperishable, O Gnrgl, is space woven, warp and woof.
Page 260 - Where one sees nothing else, hears nothing else, understands nothing else, that is the Infinite. Where one sees something else, hears something else, understands something else, that is the finite. The Infinite is immortal, the finite is mortal.
Page 51 - These rivers. my dear. flow. the Eastern toward the East. the Western toward the West. They go just from the ocean to the ocean. They become the ocean itself. As there they know not "I am this one.' 'I am that one" — even so. indeed. my dear. all creatures here. though they have come forth from Being.
Page 252 - For if there were no speech, neither right nor wrong would be known, neither the true nor the false, neither the good nor the bad, neither the pleasant nor the unpleasant. Speech makes us understand all this. Meditate on speech. 2. "He who meditates on speech as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as speech reaches — he who meditates on speech as Brahman.
Page 233 - Accordingly, those who are of pleasant conduct here — the prospect is, indeed, that they will enter a pleasant womb, either the womb of a Brahman, or the womb of a Kshatriya, or the womb of a Vaisya. But those who are of stinking conduct here — the prospect is, indeed, that they will enter a stinking womb, either the womb of a dog, or the womb of a swine, or the womb of an outcast (candala).
Page 81 - Soul (A (man) alone in the form of a Person. Looking around, he saw nothing else than himself. He said first :