Veda Upanishads
Veda Upanishads
creation happiness joy nature
Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there is no creation: know the nature of joy.
action body breath dead eyes fire goes hearing land leave man mind quarters space spirit voice
When a man dies, what does not leave him? The voice of a dead man goes into fire, his breath into wind, his eyes into the sun, his mind into the moon, his hearing into the quarters of heaven, his body into the land cheerfully. earth, his spirit into space
action acts bad becomes doer evil good virtuous
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.
beyond fear flowers goes honey knows present ruler self
He who knows self as the enjoyer of the honey from the flowers of the senses, ever present within, ruler of time, goes beyond fear. For this self is supreme!
body intellect mind self sitting
Know the self to be sitting in the chariot, the body to be the chariot, the intellect the charioteer, and the mind the reins.
language speaker understanding
It is not the language but the speaker that we want to understand.