Chāndogya Upaniṣad

6.12.3

`Believe it, my son. That which is the subtile essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is...

6.13.1

`Place this salt in water, and then wait on me in the morning.' The son did as he was commanded. ...

6.13.2

The father said: `Taste it from the surface of the water. How is it?' The son replied: `It is sal...

6.13.3

`That which is the subtile essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the...

6.14.1

`As one might lead a person with his eyes covered away from the Gandharas, and leave him then in ...

6.14.2

`And as thereupon some one might loose his bandage and say to him, "Go in that direction, it is G...

6.14.3

`That which is the subtile essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the...

6.15.1

`If a man is ill, his relatives assemble round him and ask: "Dost thou know me? Dost thou know me...

6.15.2

`But when his speech is merged in his mind, his mind in breath, breath in heat (fire), heat in th...

6.16.1

`My child, they bring a man hither whom they have taken by the hand, and they say: "He has taken ...

6.16.2

`But if he did not commit the theft, then he makes himself to be what he is. Then the trueminded,...

7.1.1

Narada approached Sanatkumara and said, `Teach me, Sir!' Sanatkumara said to him: `Please to tell...

7.1.2

Narada said: `I know the Rig-veda, Sir, the Yagurveda, the Sama-veda, as the fourth the Atharvana...

7.1.3

`But, Sir, with all this I know the Mantras only, the sacred books, I do not know the Self. I hav...

7.1.4

`A name is the Rig-veda, Yagur-veda, Sama-veda, and as the fourth the Atharvana, as the fifth the...

7.1.5

`He who meditates on the name as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as the name reac...

7.2.1

`Speech is better than a name. Speech makes us understand the Rig-veda, Yagur-veda, Samaveda, and...

7.2.2

`He who meditates on speech as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as speech reaches ...

7.3.1

`Mind (manas) is better than speech. For as the closed fist holds two amalaka or two kola or two ...

7.3.2

`He who meditates on the mind as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as the mind reac...

7.4.1

`Will (sankalpa) is better than mind. For when a man wills, then he thinks in his mind, then he s...

7.4.2

`All these therefore (beginning with mind and ending in sacrifice) centre in will, consist of wil...

7.4.3

`He who meditates on will as Brahman, he, being himself safe, firm, and undistressed, obtains the...

7.5.1

`Consideration (kitta) is better than will. For when a man considers, then he wills, then he thin...

7.5.2

`All these (beginning with mind and ending in sacrifice) centre in consideration, consist of cons...

7.5.3

`He who meditates on consideration as Brahman, he, being himself safe, firm, and undistressed, ob...

7.6.1

`Reflection (dhyana) is better than consideration. The earth reflects, as it were, and thus does ...

7.6.2

`He who meditates on reflection as Brahman, is lord and master, as it were, as far as reflection ...

7.7.1

`Understanding (vignana) is better than reflection. Through understanding we understand the Rigve...

7.7.2

`He who meditates on understanding as Brahman, reaches the worlds where there is understanding an...

7.8.1

`Power (bala) is better than understanding. One powerful man shakes a hundred men of understandin...

7.8.2

`He who meditates on power as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as power reaches he...

7.9.1

`Food (anna) is better than power. Therefore if a man abstain from food for ten days, though he l...

7.9.2

`He who meditates on food as Brahman, obtains the worlds rich in food and drink; he is, as it wer...

7.10.1

`Water (ap) is better than food. Therefore if there is not sufficient rain, the vital spirits fai...

7.10.2

`He who meditates on water as Brahman, obtains all wishes, he becomes satisfied; he is, as it wer...

7.11.1

`Fire (tegas) is better than water. For fire united with air, warms the ether. Then people say, I...

7.11.2

`He who meditates on fire as Brahman, obtains, resplendent himself, resplendent worlds, full of l...

7.12.1

`Ether (or space) is better than fire. For in the ether exist both sun and moon, the lightning, s...

7.12.2

`He who meditates on ether as Brahman, obtains the worlds of ether and of light, which are free f...

7.13.1

`Memory (smara) is better than ether. Therefore where many are assembled together, if they have n...

7.13.2

`He who meditates on memory as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as memory reaches ...

7.14.1

`Hope (asa) is better than memory. Fired by hope does memory read the sacred hymns, perform sacri...

7.14.2

`He who meditates on hope as Brahman, all his desires are fulfilled by hope, his prayers are not ...

7.15.1

`Spirit (prana) is better than hope. As the spokes of a wheel hold to the nave, so does all this ...

7.15.2

`For if one says anything unbecoming to a father, people say, Shame on thee! thou hast offended thy

7.15.3

`But, if after the spirit has departed from them, one shoves them together with a poker, and burn...

7.15.4

`Spirit then is all this. He who sees this, perceives this, and understands this, becomes an ativ...

7.16.1

`But in reality he is an ativadin who declares the Highest Being to be the True (Satya, {to ontos...

7.17.1

`When one understands the True, then one declares the True. One who does not understand it, does ...

7.18.1

`When one perceives, then one understands. One who does not perceive, does not understand. Only h...

7.19.1

`When one believes, then one perceives. One who does not believe, does not perceive. Only he who ...

7.20.1

`When one attends on a tutor (spiritual guide), then one believes. One who does not attend on a t...

7.21.1

`When one performs all sacred duties, then one attends really on a tutor. One who does not perfor...

7.22.1

`When one obtains bliss (in oneself), then one performs duties. One who does not obtain bliss, do...

7.23.1

`The Infinite (bhuman) is bliss. There is no bliss in anything finite. Infinity only is bliss. Th...

7.24.1

`Where one sees nothing else, hears nothing else, understands nothing else, that is the Infinite....

7.24.2

`In the world they call cows and horses, elephants and gold, slaves, wives, fields and houses gre...

7.25.1

`The Infinite indeed is below, above, behind, before, right and left it is indeed all this. `Now ...

7.25.2

`Next follows the explanation of the Infinite as the Self: Self is below, above, behind, before, ...

7.26.1

`To him who sees, perceives, and understands this, the spirit (prana) springs from the Self, hope...

7.26.2

`There is this verse, "He who sees this, does not see death, nor illness, nor pain; he who sees t...

8.1.1

Harih, Om. There is this city of Brahman (the body), and in it the palace, the small lotus (of th...

8.1.2

And if they should say to him: `Now with regard to that city of Brahman, and the palace in it, i....

8.1.3

Then he should say: `As large as this ether (all space) is, so large is that ether within the hea...

8.1.4

And if they should say to him: `If everything that exists is contained in that city of Brahman, a...

8.1.5

Then he should say: `By the old age of the body, that (the ether, or Brahman within it) does not ...

8.1.6

`And as here on earth, whatever has been acquired by exertion, perishes, so perishes whatever is ...

8.2.1

`Thus he who desires the world of the fathers, by his mere will the fathers come to receive him, ...

8.2.2

`And he who desires the world of the mothers, by his mere will the mothers come to receive him, a...

8.2.3

`And he who desires the world of the brothers, by his mere will the brothers come to receive him,...

8.2.4

`And he who desires the world of the sisters, by his mere will the sisters come to receive him, a...

8.2.5

`And he who desires the world of the friends, by his mere will the friends come to receive him, a...

8.2.6

`And he who desires the world of perfumes and garlands (gandhamalya), by his mere will perfumes a...

8.2.7

`And he who desires the world of food and drink, by his mere will food and drink come to him, and...

8.2.8

`And he who desires the world of song and music, by his mere will song and music come to him, and...

8.2.9

`And he who desires the world of women, by his mere will women come to receive him, and having ob...

8.3.1

`These true desires, however, are hidden by what is false; though the desires be true, they have ...

8.3.2

`Those who belong to us, whether living or departed, and whatever else there is which we wish for...

8.3.3

`That Self abides in the heart. And this is the etymological explanation. The heart is called hri...

8.3.4

`Now that serene being which, after having risen from out this earthly body, and having reached t...

8.3.5

This name Sattyam consists of three syllables, satti-yam. Sat signifies the immortal, t, the mort...

8.4.1

That Self is a bank, a boundary, so that these worlds may not be confounded. Day and night do not...

8.4.2

Therefore he who has crossed that bank, if blind, ceases to be blind; if wounded, ceases to be wo...

8.4.3

And that world of Brahman belongs to those only who find it by abstinence for them there is freed...

8.5.1

What people call sacrifice (yagna), that is really abstinence (brahmakarya). For he who knows, ob...

8.5.2

What people call sacrifice (sattrayana), that is really abstinence, for by abstinence he obtains ...

8.5.3

What people call fasting (anasakayana), that is really abstinence, for that Self does not perish ...

8.6.1

Now those arteries of the heart consist of a brown substance, of a white, blue, yellow, and red s...

8.6.2

As a very long highway goes to two places, to one at the beginning, and to another at the end, so...

8.6.3

And when a man is asleep, reposing, and at perfect rest, so that he sees no dream, then he has en...

8.6.4

And when a man falls ill, then those who sit round him, say, `Do you know me? Do you know me?' As...

8.6.5

But when he departs from this body, then he departs upwards by those very rays (towards the world...

8.6.6

`There are a hundred and one arteries of the heart; one of them penetrates the crown of the head;...

8.7.1

Pragapati said to them: `The person that is seen in the eye, that is the Self. This is what I hav...

8.7.2

The Devas (gods) and Asuras (demons) both heard these words, and said: `Well, let us search for t...

8.7.3

They dwelt there as pupils for thirty-two years. Then Pragapati asked them: `For what purpose hav...

8.8.1

`Look at your Self in a pan of water, and whatever you do not understand of your Self, come and t...

8.8.2

Pragapati said to them: `After you have adorned yourselves, have put on your best clothes and cle...

8.8.3

They said: `Just as we are, well adorned, with our best clothes and clean, thus we are both there...