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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... sacrifice . And if sacrifice was so essential and efficacious for human affairs , would it not be equally necessary and efficacious for so enormous an undertaking as the creation of the world ? These considerations probably had the ...
... sacrifice . And if sacrifice was so essential and efficacious for human affairs , would it not be equally necessary and efficacious for so enormous an undertaking as the creation of the world ? These considerations probably had the ...
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... sacrifice whereby rain and the forces of nature were controlled , was postulated as the one world - producer and controller . This conception of Brahma gradually developed into a monism . Simultaneously speculation regarding the nature ...
... sacrifice whereby rain and the forces of nature were controlled , was postulated as the one world - producer and controller . This conception of Brahma gradually developed into a monism . Simultaneously speculation regarding the nature ...
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... sacrifice as men might give . In the Upanishads a still further change occurred . The development of a monistic philosophy removed altogether the necessity of believing in the various Vedic or Brahmanic gods to superintend and operate ...
... sacrifice as men might give . In the Upanishads a still further change occurred . The development of a monistic philosophy removed altogether the necessity of believing in the various Vedic or Brahmanic gods to superintend and operate ...
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... sacrifice or good conduct the requisite of religion in this life , or of salvation in the next . Knowledge secures the latter and disapproves of the former . The whole religious doctrine of dif- ferent gods and of the necessity of ...
... sacrifice or good conduct the requisite of religion in this life , or of salvation in the next . Knowledge secures the latter and disapproves of the former . The whole religious doctrine of dif- ferent gods and of the necessity of ...
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... sacrifice without knowing this [ i . e . that the cosmic process itself is a continuous Agnihotra ] — that would be just as if he were to remove the live coals and pour the offering on ashes . But if one offers the Agnihotra sacrifice ...
... sacrifice without knowing this [ i . e . that the cosmic process itself is a continuous Agnihotra ] — that would be just as if he were to remove the live coals and pour the offering on ashes . But if one offers the Agnihotra sacrifice ...
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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 :