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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... vital breaths . So when the vital breaths departed , his body began to swell . His mind , indeed , was in his body ( śarīra ) . 7. He desired : ' Would that this [ body ] of mine were fit for sacrifice ! Would that by it I had a self ...
... vital breaths . So when the vital breaths departed , his body began to swell . His mind , indeed , was in his body ( śarīra ) . 7. He desired : ' Would that this [ body ] of mine were fit for sacrifice ! Would that by it I had a self ...
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... vital breaths [ i.e. faculties : Speech , Mind , and Breath ] . Whatever wrong has been done by him , his son frees him from it all . Therefore he is called a son ( putra ) . By his son a father stands firm in this world . Then into him ...
... vital breaths [ i.e. faculties : Speech , Mind , and Breath ] . Whatever wrong has been done by him , his son frees him from it all . Therefore he is called a son ( putra ) . By his son a father stands firm in this world . Then into him ...
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... Breath holds the central position among the vital breaths [ or functions ] , so Wind among these divinities ; for the other divinities have their decline , but not Wind . The Wind is that divinity which never goes to rest . 23. There is ...
... Breath holds the central position among the vital breaths [ or functions ] , so Wind among these divinities ; for the other divinities have their decline , but not Wind . The Wind is that divinity which never goes to rest . 23. There is ...
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... breath is restrained . The voice is restrained . The eye is restrained . The ... body ( śarīra ) as he pleases . 19. Now when one falls sound asleep ( suşupta ) ... vital energies ( prāṇa ) , all worlds , all gods , all beings . The mystic ...
... breath is restrained . The voice is restrained . The eye is restrained . The ... body ( śarīra ) as he pleases . 19. Now when one falls sound asleep ( suşupta ) ... vital energies ( prāṇa ) , all worlds , all gods , all beings . The mystic ...
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... vital breaths this one upon that . When one is about to decease , he sees that orb quite clear [ i . e . free from rays ] ; those rays come to him no more . 3. The head of the person who is there in that orb is Bhūr -there is one head ...
... vital breaths this one upon that . When one is about to decease , he sees that orb quite clear [ i . e . free from rays ] ; those rays come to him no more . 3. The head of the person who is there in that orb is Bhūr -there is one head ...
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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 :