#theupanishads

[enigmatic-nostalgia]

Love is that which places the free in bondage and to those in bondage gives freedom. That is why we find love expressed in contradictions.

[vedicshastras]

Wisdom & Ignorance - Far apart are wisdom and ignorance. The first leads one to Self-realization; The second makes one more and more Estranged from one’s real Self. I regard you, Nachiketa, as worthy of instruction, For passing pleasures tempt you not at all. - Ignorant of their ignorance, yet wise In their own esteem, those deluded men Proud of their vain learning go round and round Like the blind led by the blind. - Far beyond, their eyes, hypnotized by the world of sense, opens the way to immortality. “I am my body; when my body dies, I die.” Living in this superstition, they fall life after life under my sway. - It is but few who hear about the Self. Fewer still dedicate their lives to its realization. Wonderful is the one who speaks about the Self. Rare are they who make it the supreme goal of their lives. Blessed are they who, through an illumined teacher, attain to Self-realization. ___________________________________________ Art: 'The High Priestess' from the DreamWalker Tarot by Noctique (noctique #noctique) #Wisdom #Esoteric #Science #Symbolism #Philosophy #Hindu #Vedas #Upanishads #TheUpanishads #KathaUpanishad #Katha (at Vedic Shastras) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7dvGQIns6O/?igshid=1lwll7y4s3t71

[violasbabygirl]

💆 #quotes #quotestoliveby #quotesoftheday #theupanishads #pure #purity #mind #purethoughts #beyondthelyrics #staytuned https://www.instagram.com/p/Buq53khAhf1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19x67sx0g14ux

[davidgellineau]

The Gayatri Mantra~ Is a beautiful mantra which inspires righteous wisdom. Do you have a mantra? 🙏🏾🐘🌻#byc #beachyogacentre #beachyoga #ashtanga #practice #yoga #toronto #weloveyoga #gayatri #mantra #theupanishads #yogaphilosophy (at Beach Yoga Center)

[rybread159]

New books :) #theUpanishads #theBhagavadGita #eknathEaswaran

[absolutegravityman]

Reposted from @ahighersource The #secret to a #life of #love is hidden in plain sight. To reveal it, we must simply turn on the light. #ahighersource #Repost from @eyeofhorus1 • • • • • Light - How can I know that blissful #Self, supreme, inexpressible, realized by the #wise? Is he the #light, or does he reflect light? - There shines not the #sun, neither #moon nor #star, nor flash of lightning, nor fire lit on #earth. The Self is the light reflected by all. He shining, everything shines after him. ___________________________________________ Art: ‘Hidden Codes’ by aninur on DeviantArt.com (#aninur) #Wisdom #Esoteric #Science #Symbolism #Philosophy #Hindu #Vedas #Upanishads #TheUpanishads #KathaUpanishad #Katha - #regrann (at Nantes, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B713Leqj_nV/?igshid=okhib6p7p1iq

[ma360media]

"Let one therefore keep the mind pure, for what a man thinks, that he becomes." #theupanishads

[vedicshastras]

Life After Death - Dispel this doubt of mine, O king of death: Does a person live after death or do they not? Nachiketa asks for no other boon Than the secret of this great mystery. - The joy of the spirit ever abides, But not what seems pleasant to the senses. Both these, differing in their purpose, prompt us to action. All is well for those who choose the joy of the spirit, But they miss the goal of life who prefer the pleasant. - Perennial joy or passing pleasure? This is the choice one is to make always. Those who are wise recognize this, but not the ignorant. The first welcome what leads to abiding joy, though painful at the time. The latter run, goaded by their senses, after what seems immediate pleasure. - Well have you renounced these passing pleasures, so dear to the senses, Nachiketa, And turned your back on the way of the world that makes mankind forget the goal of life. ___________________________________________ Art: 'Self Awareness...' by MuseOfRayven on DeviantArt.com (MuseOfRayven) #Wisdom #Esoteric #Science #Symbolism #Philosophy #Hindu #Vedas #Upanishads #TheUpanishads #KathaUpanishad #Katha (at Vedic Shastras) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7du2Vinoa0/?igshid=qbzs3ho82phk

[vedicshastras]

The Lord of the Chariot - Know the Self as lord of the chariot, The body as the chariot itself, The discriminating intellect as the charioteer, and the mind as reins. - The senses, say the wise, are the horses; Selfish desires are the roads they travel. When the Self is confused with the body, Mind, and senses, they point out, he seems To enjoy pleasure and suffer sorrow. - When a person lacks discrimination And his mind is undisciplined, the senses Run hither and thither like wild horses. - But they obey the rein like trained horses When one has discrimination and Has made the mind one pointed. - Those who lack Discrimination, with little control Over their thoughts and far more detailed from pure, Reach not the pure state of immortality But wander from death to death; - but those Who have discrimination, with a still mind And a pure heart, reach journey’s end, Never again to fall into the jaws of death. - With a discriminating intellect As charioteer and a trained mind as reins, They attain the supreme goal of life, To be united with the Lord of Love. ___________________________________________ Art: 'The Chariot' by Emily Balivet (#EmilyBalivet #thechariot) #Wisdom #Esoteric #Science #Symbolism #Philosophy #Hindu #Vedas #Upanishads #TheUpanishads #KathaUpanishad #Katha (at Vedic Shastras) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7dutQ1Hl5O/?igshid=hv2qyskvascc

[vedicshastras]

The One Pointed Mind - What is here is also there; what is there, also here. Who sees multiplicity, but not the one indivisible Self must wander on and on from death to death. - Only the one-pointed mind attains This state of unity. There is no one But the Self. Who sees multiplicity But not the one indivisible Self must wander on and on from death to death. - That thumb-sized being enshrined in the heart, ruler of time, past and future, to see whom is to go beyond all fear, Is the Self indeed. For this Self is supreme! - That thumb-sized being, a flame without smoke, Ruler of time, past and future, the same on this day as on tomorrow, Is the Self indeed. For this Self is supreme! - As the rain on a mountain peak runs off the slopes on all sides, so those who see only the seeming multiplicity of life run after things on every side. - As pure water poured into pure water becomes the very same, so does the Self of the illumined man or woman, Nachiketa, verily become one with the Godhead. ___________________________________________ Art: Artist Unknown #Wisdom #Esoteric #Science #Symbolism #Philosophy #Hindu #Vedas #Upanishads #TheUpanishads #KathaUpanishad #Katha (at Vedic Shastras) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7dunXjHK3p/?igshid=eyvziatk232p