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Death said: "The good is one thing, the pleasant another; these two, having different objects, chain a man. It is wel…
The good and the pleasant approach man: the wise goes round about them and distinguishes them. Yea, the wise prefers …
Thou, O Nakiketas, after pondering all pleasures that are or seem delightful, hast dismissed them all. Thou hast not …
Wide apart and leading to different points are these two, ignorance, and what is known as wisdom. I believe Nakiketas…
Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round, stagger…
The Hereafter never rises before the eyes of the careless child, deluded by the delusion of wealth. "This is the worl…
He (the Self) of whom many are not even able to hear, whom many, even when they hear of him, do not comprehend; wonde…
That (Self), when taught by an inferior man, is not easy to be known, even though often thought upon; unless it be ta…
That doctrine is not to be obtained by argument, but when it is declared by another, then, O dearest, it is easy to u…
Nakiketas said: "I know that what is called a treasure is transient, for that eternal is not obtained by things which…
Yama said: "Though thou hadst seen the fulfilment of all desires, the foundation of the world, the endless rewards of…
The wise who, by means of meditation on his Self, recognises the Ancient, who is difficult to be seen, who has entere…
A mortal who has heard this and embraced it, who has separated from it all qualities, and has thus reached the subtle…
Nakiketas said: "That which thou seest as neither this nor that, as neither effect nor cause, as neither past nor fut…
Yama said: "That word (or place) which all - the Vedas record, which all penances proclaim, which men desire when the…
That (imperishable) syllable means Brahman, that syllable means the highest (Brahman); he who knows that syllable, wh…
This is the best support, this is the highest support; he who knows that support is magnified in the world of Brahmâ.
The knowing (Self) is not born, it dies not; it sprang from nothing, nothing sprang from it. The Ancient is unborn, e…
If the killer thinks that he kills, if the killed thinks that he is killed, they do not understand; for this one does…
The Self, smaller than small, greater than great, is hidden in the heart of that creature. A man who is free from des…
Though sitting still, he walks far; though lying down, he goes everywhere. Who, save myself, is able to know that God…
The wise who knows the Self as bodiless within the bodies, as unchanging among changing things, as great and omnipres…
That Self cannot be gained by the Veda, nor by understanding, nor by much learning. He whom the Self chooses, by him …
But he who has not first turned away from his wickedness, who is not tranquil, and subdued, or whose mind is not at r…
Who then knows where He is, He to whom the Brahmans and Kshatriyas are (as it were) but food, and death itself a cond…