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Two birds, inseparable friends, cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit, the other looks on without …
On the same tree man sits grieving, immersed, bewildered by his own impotence (an-îsâ). But when he sees the other lo…
When the seer sees the brilliant maker and lord (of the world) as the Person who has his source in Brahman, then he i…
For he is the Breath shining forth in all beings, and he who understands this becomes truly wise, not a talker only. …
By truthfulness, indeed, by penance, right knowledge, and abstinence must that Self be gained; the Self whom spotless…
The true prevails, not the untrue; by the true the path is laid out, the way of the gods (devayânah), on which the ol…
That (true Brahman) shines forth grand, divine, inconceivable, smaller than small; it is far beyond what is far and y…
He is not apprehended by the eye, nor by speech, nor by the other senses, not by penance or good works. When a man's …
That subtle Self is to be known by thought (ketas) there where breath has entered fivefold; for every thought of men …
Whatever state a man whose nature is purified imagines, and whatever desires he desires (for himself or for others), …