Upaniṣads
The forest conversations — the hidden teaching that Vedic ritual was always pointing toward.
ईशा वास्यमिदं सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत्।
तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम्॥All this is clothed by the Lord
All this is pervaded by the Lord — whatever moves in this moving world. Enjoy through renunciation; do not covet anyone's wealth.…
यस्तु सर्वाणि भूतानि आत्मन्येवानुपश्यति।
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं ततो न विजुगुप्सते॥He who sees all beings in the self
He who sees all beings within his own self, and his own self within all beings — he does not recoil, after that, from anything.…
हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्यापिहितं मुखम्।
तत्त्वं पूषन्नपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये॥Remove the golden cover — reveal the truth
The face of Truth is covered by a golden disc. Remove it, O Pūṣan (sun), for the seeing of one whose dharma is truth.…
अणोरणीयान्महतो महीयानात्माऽस्य जन्तोर्निहितो गुहायाम्।
तमक्रतुः पश्यति वीतशोको धातुप्रसादान्महिमानमात्मनः॥Subtler than the subtle, greater than the great
Subtler than the subtlest, greater than the greatest — the Ātman of this being is hidden in the cave of the heart. The one free of desires a…
यदा पञ्चावतिष्ठन्ते ज्ञानानि मनसा सह।
बुद्धिश्च न विचेष्टति तामाहुः परमां गतिम्॥When the five senses and the mind stand still — that is the highest state
When the five senses together with the mind stand still, and the intellect does not stir — that, they say, is the highest state.…
द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया
समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते।
तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वत्ति
अनश्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति॥Two birds on the same tree — one eats, one watches
Two birds, inseparable companions, perch on the same tree. One eats the sweet fruit; the other looks on without eating, simply watching.…
श्रोत्रस्य श्रोत्रं मनसो मनो यद्
वाचो ह वाचं स उ प्राणस्य प्राणः।
चक्षुषश्चक्षुरतिमुच्य धीराः
प्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवन्ति॥That by which the mind thinks — but which the mind cannot think
It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of the speech, the breath of the breath, the eye of the eye. Letting these go, th…
सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं ब्रह्म।
यो वेद निहितं गुहायां परमे व्योमन्।
सोऽश्नुते सर्वान् कामान् सह।
ब्रह्मणा विपश्चितेति॥Brahman is truth, knowledge, infinity
Brahman is truth, knowledge, the infinite. The one who knows it — hidden in the cave of the heart, in the highest space — attains all desire…
ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥From the unreal, lead me to the real
From the unreal, lead me to the real. From darkness, lead me to light. From death, lead me to immortality. Oṃ. Peace, peace, peace.…