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A'ditya abides according to S'ankara Agni Aitareya Upanishad alwise ANUVA'KA awaking becomes beholds Bhrigu bliss body born Brihaspati cause comprehended creation creatures death desires doctrine dwells earth ether existence explained external fire five founded Gandharvas gods heart heaven Himavat Hiranyagarbha ignorance immortal individual soul Indra infinite intellect Kaṭha Katha Upanishad know Brahma knowledge of Brahma manifest Mantras Mátras Máyá means meditation mind Mundaka Mundaka Upanishad Nachikétas nature of Brahma notion objects obtained organs Parjanya passage perceived pervading Prajapati Pras'na produced Purusha Pushan reference Rishi Rudra ruler S'iva S'wétás'watara sacrifice Sáma Sánkhya senses subdued subtle body supreme Brahma supreme soul supreme spirit Taitt Taittariya Upanishad teacher thee things thinking thou art thought tion truth Umá universal soul unmanifested Váju Vallí Védánta Védas verily verse Vide vital air Weber Whoever knows wise word worship Yama Yoga دو وو
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Page 80 - 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 103 - Choose the third boon, O Nachiketas ! " Nachiketas said, there is this inquiry. Some say the soul exists after the death of man ; others say it does not exist. This I should like to know, instructed by thee. Such is the third of the boons.
Page 107 - If the slayer thinks I slay, if the slain thinks I am slain, then both of them do not know well. It (the soul) does not slay, nor is it slain.
Page 107 - The soul is not born; it does not die; it was not produced from any one. Nor was any produced from it. Unborn, eternal, it is not slain, though the body is slain ; subtler than what is subtle, greater than what is great, sitting it goes far, sleeping it goes everywhere.
Page 108 - ... produced from it. Unborn, eternal, it is not slain, though the body is slain ; subtler than what is subtle, greater than what is great, sitting it goes far, sleeping it goes everywhere. Thinking the soul as unbodily among bodies, firm among fleeting things, the wise man casts off all grief. The soul cannot be gained by knowledge, not by understanding, not by manifold science. It can be obtained by the soul by which it is desired. It reveals its own truths.
Page 76 - Prajapati, disperse thy rays (and) collect thy light ; let me see thy most auspicious form ; for the same soul which is in thee, am I.
Page 74 - ... all beings, does hence not look down (on any creature). When a man knows that all beings are even the soul, when he beholds the unity (of the soul), then there is no delusion, no grief. He is all-pervading, brilliant, without body, invulnerable, without muscles, pure, untainted by sin, he is allwise, the Ruler of the mind, above all beings, and selfexistent. He distributed according to their nature the things for everlasting years.
Page 38 - S'vetas'vatara, the Sankhya was not a new system, which had to overcome the resistance of old received opinions, and the prejudices of men in power, whose interest might be opposed to the introduction of a doctrine, by which their authority could be questioned. It had found many adherents ; it was the doctrine of Manu, of some parts of the Mahabharata, and to its founder, divine honours had been assigned by general consent. It was a doctrine whose argumentative portion demanded respect, and as it...
Page 65 - The individual soul choses (assumes) by its qualities, (by the impressions remaining from its former actions) manifold, gross, or subtle forms. By the qualities of its actions, and by the qualities of its body it appears, although it is without any difference, the cause of union with those forms.