Guest guest Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 BU III, 9, 24-25 iv) 24. "Which is the divinity in the zenith?" "The divinity Fire." "In what is this fire established?" "In speech." "In what is speech established?" "In the heart." "In what is the heart established?" 25. "You absurd man!" said Yajnavalkya, "how can you think that it is anywhere else than in ourselves? If it were to be found in anything else, the dogs might eat it or the birds might tear it to pieces!" BU IV, 4, 13-14 iii) 13. He who has found and awakened to the atman which has entered the otherwise impenetrable body, he is the maker of the universe, of all things. The world is his! The world itself is he! 14. This we may know, indeed, while here on earth. If we do not know it, great is the destruction. But those who know it become immortal. The others attain only distress. KATH U IV, 1-2 1. The Self-existent pierced sense openings outward; therefore a Man looks out, not in. But a certain wise Man, in search of immortality, turned his gaze inward and saw the Self within. 2. The foolish go after outward pleasures and walk into the snare of all-embracing death. The wise, however, discerning immortality, do not seek the permanent among things impermanent. KATH U IV, 3-6 3. That by which one perceives form and taste, perfumes, sounds, and loving caresses, by that selfsame one knows. What else remains? This, I now declare, is that! 4. By knowing as the great all-pervading Self that by which one is conscious of both the dream state and also the state of wakefulness, the wise remain exempt from sorrow! 5. The one who knows that Self within, who enjoys like a bee the honey of the spirit, Lord of what was and what is to be, will never shrink away from Him. This, I now declare, is that! 6. He who was born of old from austerity, the one who was born of old from the waters, who enters the cave [of the heart] and dwells there, This, I now declare, is that! KATH U IV, 10--11 10. Whatever is here, the same is there; whatever is there, the same is here. Whoever perceives just separateness passes from death to death without cease. 11. Only by the spirit can this intuition be grasped: in this world there is nothing whatever separate. Whoever thinks he perceives separateness passes from death to death without cease. KATH U IV, 14-15 14. As water descending on mountain crags wastes its energies among the gullies, so he who views things as separate wastes his energies in their pursuit. 15. But as pure water poured into pure becomes the selfsame--wholly pure, so too becomes the self of the silent sage, of the one, O Gautama, who has understanding. RV VIII, 58, 2 iv) Only One is the Fire, enkindled in numerous ways; only One is the Sun, pervading this whole universe; only One is the Dawn, illuminating all things. In very truth, the One has become the whole world! RV X, 114, 5AB v) By their words the inspired sages impart manifold forms to that Bird which is the One. AV XIII, 4, 12-21 vii) 12. Power entered within him. He is the One, the Onefold, the only One. 13. In him all the Gods become unified. 14. Fame and glory, fruitfulness and fertility, Brahman splendor, food and nourishment, 15. belong to him who knows this God as One only. 16. Not second or third or fourth is he called-- he who knows this God as One only. 17. Not fifth or sixth or seventh is he called-- he who knows this God as One only. 18. Not eighth or ninth or tenth is he called-- he who knows this God as One only. 19. He watches over all existent beings, those that breathe and those that breathe not. 20. Power entered within him. He is the One, the Onefold, the only One. 21. In him all the Gods become unified. TA III, 11, 1 ix) He who lives in us as our guide, who is one, and yet appears in many forms, in whom the hundred lights of heaven are one, in whom the Vedas are one, in whom the priests are one--he is the spiritual atman within the person. BU III, 9, 1-9 i) 1. Then Vidagdha Shakalya asked him: "How many Gods are there, Yajnavalkya?" He replied according to the Nivid, quoting the number mentioned in the Nivid of the All-Gods: "Three hundred and three and three thousand and three." "Yes," he said, "but how many Gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?" "Thirty-three." "Yes," he said, "but how many Gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?" "Six." "Yes," he said, "but how many Gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?'' "Three." "Yes," he said, "but how many Gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?" "Two." "Yes," he said, "but how many Gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?" "One and a half." "Yes," he said, "but how many Gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?" "One." "Yes," he said, "but which are those three hundred and three and three thousand and three?" 2. Yajnavalkya replied: "These are but their powers; there are only thirty-three Gods." "Which are these thirty-three?" "The eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, and twelve Adityas make thirty-one; thus with Indra and Prajapati there are thirty-three all told." 3. "Which are the Vasus?" "Fire, the earth, wind, space, the sun, the sky, the moon, and the stars--these are the Vasus. In them is stored all treasure; hence they are called Vasus." 4. "Which are the Rudras?" "The ten breaths that are in man, and the atman is the eleventh. When they leave the mortal body, they cause men to weep. Because they cause men to weep, they are Rudras." 5. "Which are the Adityas?" "The twelve months of the year, these are the Adityas. They move onward, carrying along all that is; hence they are called Adityas." 6. "Who is Indra? Who is Prajapati?" "The thunder is Indra, the Sacrifice is Prajapati." "What is thunder?" "Lightning." "What is sacrifice?" "The victim." 7. "Which are the six?" "Fire, the earth, the wind, space, the sun, and the sky--these are the six, for these six are all." 8. "Which are the three Gods?" "The three Gods are the three worlds, for in them all those Gods exist." "Which are the two Gods?" "Food and Life Breath." Which is the one and a half?" "The one who blows." 9. "About this God they say: as the one who blows [the air] is one only, why speak of one and a half? Because in him all this has developed, hence it is called one and a half." "Which is the one God?" "Life Breath; he is Brahman, which they call 'that' [tyad]." MAIT U VI, 17 vi) In the beginning this was Brahman, One and infinite, infinite in the East, infinite in the South, infinite in the West, infinite in the North, infinite above and below, infinite in every direction. For him there are, of course, no directions such as the East and so on, no across, no above, and no below. Inconceivable is this supreme atman, immeasurable, unborn, inscrutable, unthinkable, he whose Self is [infinite] space. He alone remains awake when the universe is dissolved, and out of this space he awakens [again] the world consisting of thought. By him alone is all this thought [into being] and in him it dissolves again. His shining form is that which burns in the sun; it is the multiform light that shines in the smokeless fire and it is that which digests the food in the body. For thus it has been said: He who dwells in the fire, he who dwells in the heart, he who dwells in the sun, he is One. The man who knows this, he verily attains the Oneness of the One. KAIV U 23 vii) For me there is no earth, no water, and no fire. For me there is neither wind nor ether. The one who has discovered the supreme atman dwelling in the heart, without parts, without a second, the universal witness, neither being nor nonbeing, attains the pure form of the supreme atman. CU VII, 1; 2, 2; 3-8; 10-18; 21-24; 26 26, 1. The man who sees in this way, who thinks in this way, who knows in this way--from his atman proceeds life, from his atman hope, from his atman memory, from his atman space, from his atman radiance, from his atman water, from his atman proceed the manifestation and disappearance [of the world], from his atman proceeds food, from his atman energy, from his atman wisdom, from his atman contemplation, from his atman thought, from his atman purpose, from his atman mind, from his atman the word, from his atman name, from his atman prayer, from his atman sacred actions, from his atman comes all this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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