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able according actions all-pervading asked Atman attained becomes beginning body boon born Brahman called cause comes consciousness death desires Devas difference direct disciple discrimination dwells entered essence eternal exists fall father fear finite fire follow gain give goal goes heard hearing heart heaven hence higher highest ignorance immortal Infinite intellect invisible knowledge known leads light limited live Lord manifested means mind mortal Nachiketas nature never objects opening path PEACE perceive perform perishable physical pleasure possess Postage 10 cts practice pure purified reached realized realm regarding remains replied Ruler Scriptures seated seen senses shine shows Soul speech spirit stands strength subtle Supreme taught teacher teaching thee things thou thought transcends translation true Truth understanding universe Upanishads Vedas Vedic verily verse visible vision whole wisdom wise worship Yama
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Page 85 - The sun does not shine there, nor the moon and the stars, nor these lightnings, and much less this fire. When he shines, everything shines after him; by his light all this is lightened.
Page 17 - If we strip this thought of the various forms, figurative to the highest degree and not seldom extravagant, under which it appears in the Vedanta texts, and fix our attention upon it solely in its philosophical simplicity as the identity of God and the soul, the Brahman and the atman, it will be found to possess a significance reaching far beyond the Upanishads, their time and country ; nay, we claim for it an inestimable value for the whole race of mankind. We are unable to look into the future,...
Page 98 - It is the ear of the ear — the mind of the mind — the speech of the speech — the breath of the breath — and the eye of the eye.
Page 17 - If ever a general solution is reached of the great riddle, which presents itself to the philosopher in the nature of things all the more clearly the further our knowledge extends, the key can only be found where alone the secret of nature lies open to us from within, that is to say, in our innermost self. It was here that for the first time the original thinkers of the Upanishads, to their immortal honour, found it when they recognised our atman, our inmost individual being, as the Brahman, the inmost...
Page 17 - We are unable to look into the future, we do not know what revelations and discoveries are in store for the restlessly inquiring human spirit ; but one thing we may assert with confidence, — whatever new and unwonted paths the philosophy of the future may strike out, this principle will remain permanently unshaken, and from it no deviation can possibly take place.
Page 78 - That person, of the size of a thumb, is like a light without smoke, lord of the past and the future, he is the same to-day and to-morrow. This is that.
Page 45 - Yama then told him that fire-sacrifice, the beginning of all the worlds, and what bricks are required for the altar, and how many, and how they are to be placed. And Nachiketas repeated all as it had been told to him.
Page 78 - The Person of the size of a thumb stands in the middle of the Self, as lord of the past and the future, and henceforward fears no more ' ; ' That Person of the size of a thumb is like a light without smoke,
Page 18 - From every sentence deep, original, and sublime thoughts arise, and the whole is pervaded by a high and holy and earnest spirit.
Page 84 - There is one eternal thinker, thinking non-eternal thoughts, who, though one, fulfils the desires of many. The wise who perceive him within their Self, to them belongs eternal peace, not to others.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Upanishads, Volume 1 The Upanishads, Swami Paramananda |
| Translated by | Swami Paramananda |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Vedânta Centre, 1919 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2006 |
| ISBN | 162012596X, 9781620125960 |
| Length | 116 pages |
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