Tag: Upanishads

There is nothing further or closer than He. There is nothing smaller or greater than He. Shining in His own glory He stands firm like a tree-------One without a second. By that Being the whole universe is filled.

With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads and mouths everywhere, with ears everywhere, That exists pervading everything in the universe.
The wise realize Him as shining through the functions of all the senses, yet without the senses, as the Lord of all, the Ruler of all, the Refuge and the Friend of all.

I know that Immutable, Eternal Being, Who is the Self of all, Who is omnipresent because of His all-pervasiveness, Whom the knowers of Brahman declare as birthless and perfect.

Sage said in Upanishad about the self-realization the state to which he has acquired as:---

"I have realized the Supreme Being, resplendent like the sun, beyond all darkness. It is by realizing Him that the mortal man becomes immortal. There is no other way out."

In the golden case of your inner consciousness is the Supreme Self, ever-shining, purest of the pure, all white. This is the Light of all lights, This is the Omnipresent Being shining within the heart as your innermost self. By knowing the self you know That, the Infinite One.

The sage shakes off pain and pleasure as he realizes through meditation on the innermost self that eternal, all-pervasive, incomprehensible Being Who lies hidden in the cavern of the body inside the cavity of the heart.

The Supreme Being is not perceived by the eye nor expressed by the organ of speech, nor apprehended through any other organ, nor is this attainable through austerity or by the performance of deeds. When one becomes purified in mind through the clearness of understanding then one can realize that indivisible Self through meditation.

Sattva is the principle of poise conducive to purity, knowledge, and joy. Rajas is the principle of motivity leading to activity, desire, restlessness or disquietude. Tamas is the principle of inertia resulting in inaction, dullness, and delusion.

The seekers of Brahman inquired--What is cause of the universe?Is it Brahman?Whence are we born?Hoe do we live?Where is our ultimate Goal?At whose command,O Brahman Knowners,are we bound by the law of happiness and suffering?Time,inherent nature of things,destiny,chance,the elements,primal energy,the ego--non of these,nor a combination of these, can be considered to be the cause of the universe;they depend on the existence of the knowing self.The self,too,cannot be the cause,for being subject to the law of happiness and suffering,it is not fre