Shvetashvatara Upanishad
One of the ancient Sanskrit scriptures of Hinduism
The Shvetashvatara Upanishad is one of the Upanishads.
Quotes
edit- When one has known God, all the fetters fall off;
- by the eradication of the blemishes, birth and death come to an end;
- by meditating on him, one obtains, at the dissolution of the body, a third—sovereignty over all;
- and in the absolute one's desires are fulfilled.
- 1.11
- Like oil in sesame seeds and butter in curds,
- like water in the riverbed and fire in the fire-drills,
- so, when one seeks it with truth and austerity,
- one grasps that self (atman) in the body (atman)—
- that all-pervading self,
- which is contained [in the body],
- like butter in milk.
- That is brahman,
- the highest object of the teachings on hidden connections (upaniṣad),
- an object rooted in austerity and the knowledge of the self.
- 1.15-16
- When, by means of the true nature of the self, which resembles a lamp,
- a man practicing yogic restraint sees here the true nature of brahman,
- he is freed from all fetters, because he has known God, unborn, unchanging, and unsullied by all objects.
- 2.15
- This God does pervade all quarters.
- He was born the first,
- yet he remains within the womb.
- He it is, who was born;
- he, who will be born.
- His face everywhere,
- he stands turning west toward men.
- 2.16
- he stands turning west toward men.
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