Shvetashvatara Upanishad

The Shvetashvatara Upanishad is one of the Upanishads. Quotes When one has known God, all the fetters fall off; by the eradication of the blemishes, birth and death come to an end; by meditating on him, one obtains, at the dissolution of the body, a third—sovereignty over all; and in the absolute one's desires are fulfilled. 1.11 Like oil in sesame seeds and butter in curds, like water in the riverbed and fire in the fire-drills, so, when one seeks it with truth and austerity, one grasps that self (atman) in the body (atman)— that all-pervading self, which is contained [in the body], like butter in milk. That is brahman, the highest object of the teachings on hidden connections (upaniṣad), an object rooted in austerity and the knowledge of the self. 1.15-16 When, by means of the true nature of the self, which resembles a lamp, a man practicing yogic restraint sees here the true nature of brahman, he is freed from all fetters, because he has known God, unborn, unchanging, and unsullied by all objects. 2.15 This God does pervade all quarters. He was born the first, yet he remains within the womb. He it is, who was born; he, who will be born. His face everywhere, he stands turning west toward men. 2.16 External links Category:Upanishads