The Upanishads, Volume 1Vedânta Centre, 1919 - 116 pages |
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... holy text . The same lesson is taught by Jesus the Christ when He says : " If thou bring thy gift to the altar and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar 20 Introduction.
... holy text . The same lesson is taught by Jesus the Christ when He says : " If thou bring thy gift to the altar and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar 20 Introduction.
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against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way ; first be recon- ciled to thy brother , and then come and offer thy gift . " Bearing this lofty ideal of peace in our minds , let us try to make our hearts free from ...
against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way ; first be recon- ciled to thy brother , and then come and offer thy gift . " Bearing this lofty ideal of peace in our minds , let us try to make our hearts free from ...
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... perform- ing Karma ( righteous deeds ) . Thus thou mayest live ; there is no other way . By doing this , Karma ( the fruits of thy actions ) will not defile thee . IF ' F a man still clings to long life 26 The Upanishads.
... perform- ing Karma ( righteous deeds ) . Thus thou mayest live ; there is no other way . By doing this , Karma ( the fruits of thy actions ) will not defile thee . IF ' F a man still clings to long life 26 The Upanishads.
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... Thee . O XVI PUSHAN ! O Sun , sole traveller of the heavens , controller of all , son of Prajapati , withdraw Thy rays and gather up Thy burning effulgence . Now through Thy Grace I behold Thy blessed and glorious form . The Purusha ...
... Thee . O XVI PUSHAN ! O Sun , sole traveller of the heavens , controller of all , son of Prajapati , withdraw Thy rays and gather up Thy burning effulgence . Now through Thy Grace I behold Thy blessed and glorious form . The Purusha ...
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... Thou knowest all our deeds , remove all evil and delusion from us . To Thee we offer our prostrations and supplications again and again . Here ends this Upanishad THIS HIS Upanishad is called Isâ - Vâsya - Upanishad 34 The Upanishads.
... Thou knowest all our deeds , remove all evil and delusion from us . To Thee we offer our prostrations and supplications again and again . Here ends this Upanishad THIS HIS Upanishad is called Isâ - Vâsya - Upanishad 34 The Upanishads.
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able Agni all-pervading Atman attains immortality become immortal become various according body boon Brah Brahmâ Brahman consciousness deathless deeds desires Devas disciple Divine dwells Effulgent essence eternal exists father finite finite language fire-sacrifice follow the path gain give glory goal greater darkness hearing heart hence higher highest ignorance illumined Indo-Aryan Indra Infinite intellect invisible ishad KATHA-UPANISHAD ketas knower knowledge known Kshatriyas light live Lord Max Müller meditation mind and senses mortal Nachi Nachiketa fire nature never objects PARAMANANDA PEACE CHANT perceive perishable pleasure Postage 10 cts Prâna purified Purusha PUSHAN realized regarding replied Ruler of Death sacrifice Sanskrit Scriptures seeker shine Shraddha Soul spirit subtle Supreme taught teacher teaching thee things thinks he knows Thou art thou hast thought transcends true Truth Unmanifested Upanishads Vâyu Vedanta Vedas Vedic verily verse Vidyâ visible vision whole wisdom wise word worship Yajur-Veda Yama Yoga ΧΙ
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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.