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Quotes of Upanishads
20 quotes
“The Self is hidden in the heart of all beings. It is subtle, radiant, and immortal.”
Mundaka Upanishad
— 2.2.6
self
heart
subtle
immortal
“The knower of Brahman attains the highest bliss and is freed from all sorrow.”
Taittiriya Upanishad
— 2.1.1
brahman
knowledge
bliss
freedom
“The mind is the cause of bondage and liberation. When the mind is attached to objects, it binds; when it is free from attachment, it liberates.”
Katha Upanishad
— 1.2.20
mind
bondage
liberation
attachment
“He who sees all beings in the Self, and the Self in all beings, never turns away from it.”
Isha Upanishad
— Verse 6
unity
self
all beings
vision
“The Self is not this, not this; it is beyond all this. It is the immortal, the fearless, the omnipresent.”
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
— 2.3.6
self
beyond
immortal
fearless
“From the unreal lead me to the real, from darkness lead me to light, from death lead me to immortality.”
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
— 1.3.28
prayer
real
light
immortality
“As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.”
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
— 4.4.5
karma
action
virtue
self-transformation
“That which is the finest essence—this whole world has that as its soul. That is Reality. That is Atman. That art thou.”
Chandogya Upanishad
— 6.8.7
atman
reality
self
essence