The Upanishads

Selected verses from The Upanishads, a collection of ancient Indian texts that form the philosophical foundation of Hinduism, offering profound insights into the nature of reality, self, and the ultimate truth (Brahman).

Often referred to as the culmination of the Vedas, these texts explore the relationship between the individual soul (Atman) and the universal essence (Brahman), emphasizing self-realization as the path to liberation (moksha).

Selected Verses From The Upanishads

God is the ONE life shining forth from every creature. Seeing him present in ALL, the wise man is humble and puts not himself forward. Instead of serving himself, He serves the divine in all. 

God is not to be known through subtlety of intellect, nor through much learning, but by him who earnestly longs for him. 

By means of meditation and superconscious vision, God is to be realized within the lotus of the heart.

As rivers flow into the sea, and in so doing, lose their name and form, even so the wise, freed from name and form, attain the infinite.

Absorbed in meditation, you will realize that your true, eternal, immortal Self is separate from the body, and will not be affected by old age, disease, or death.

There are two selves, the apparent self and the real Self. Of these it is the real Self, and he alone, who must be felt as truly existing. In one's own soul God is realized clearly, as if seen in a mirror.

When all the senses are stilled, when the mind is at rest, when the intellect wavers not - that say the wise, is the highest state.

This calm of the senses and the mind has been defined as yoga. He who attains it is freed from delusion.

He who sees all beings in the Self, and the Self in all beings, hates none.

To the illumined soul, Self/God is ALL. For him who sees everywhere oneness, how can there be delusion or grief?

The immortal Self is the sun shining in the sky, he is the breeze blowing in space, he is the fire burning on the altar, he is the guest dwelling in the house; he is in all men, he is in the gods, he is in the ether, he is the fish that is born in water, he is the plant that grows in the soil, he is the river that gushes from the mountain…

The indwelling God is hard to know, but the wise experience him by following the path of meditation; attaining freedom from pleasure and pain. 

For they who learn that the Self is separate from the body, the senses, and the mind - for thee, the gates of true Joy stand open.

As one not knowing that a golden treasure lies buried beneath his feet, may walk over it again and again and yet never find it, so all beings live every moment in God, yet never find him. 

Absorbed in God, the sage is freed from identity with the body, and lives in the bliss of pure, infinite, consciousness.

The finite is mortal. The infinite is immortal.

As numerous sparks fly upward from a blazing fire, so do all things arise from the depths of the imperishable. Only the imperishable is real. 

Those who die without having realized the Self is God, find no permanent happiness in any world to which they go; while those who have realized the Self is God, find permanent happiness everywhere.

He in whom desires are stilled suffers no rebirth. Having attained the highest goal, desiring only God, knowing only God, he goes to no other world. 

The truth is that you are always ONE with God. But you must know this. There is Nothing further to know. 

All-pervading and omnipresent, God dwells within the hearts of all beings; ultimately giving liberation to all creatures, by turning their faces towards himself.