Pearls of Wisdom from the Upanishads

[Moody]

The word 'Upanishad' means 'to sit at the feet' [of a teacher].

Let us listen to some pearls of wisdom from the teachers of the Upanishads;

"There are demon-haunted worlds, regions of utter darkness.
Whoever in life denies the Spirit falls into that darkness of death".
[Isa Upanishad]

"The face of truth remains hidden behind a circle of gold.
Unveil it, O god of light, that I who love the true may see!
O life-giving sun, off-spring of the Lord of creation, solitary seer of heaven! Spread thy light and withdraw thy blinding splendour that I may behold thy radiant form: that Spirit far away within thee is my own inmost spirit".
[ib.,]

"That sacred fire which is the means of attaining the infinite worlds, and is also their foundation, is hidden in the sacred place of the heart".
[Katha Upanishad 1]

"The fire of creation, the beginning of the worlds".
[ib.,]

"He knows the god of fire, the god who knows all things, and through knowledge and adoration he attains the peace supreme".
[ib.,]

"There is the path of joy, and there is the path of pleasure.
Both attract the soul.
Who follows the first comes to good; who follows pleasure reaches not the End.
The two paths lie in front of man.
Pondering on them, the wise man chooses the path of joy; the fool takes the path of pleasure".
[ib., 2]

[Moody]

More Wise Words from the Upanishads;

"Know the Atman [i.e., 'Self'] as Lord of a chariot; and the Body as the chariot itself".
[Katha Upanishad 3]

"Sages say the path is narrow and difficult to tread, narrow as the edge of a razor".
[ib.,]

"The pure eternal Spirit dwells in the castle of eleven gates of the body".
[ib., 5]

[the 'eleven gates' are of course the orifices of the human body]

"After death, the soul may go to the womb of a mother and thus obtain a new body. It even may go into trees or plants, according to its previous wisdom and work".
[ib.,]

"When the five sense and the mind are still, and reason itself rests in silence, then begins the Path Supreme.
This calm steadiness of the sense is called 'yoga'".
[ib., 6]

"When all the ties that bind the heart are unloosened, then a mortal becomes immortal".
[ib.,]

[Rahul]

More Wise Words from the Upanishads;

"Know the Atman [i.e., 'Self'] as Lord of a chariot; and the Body as the chariot itself".
[Katha Upanishad 3]

"Sages say the path is narrow and difficult to tread, narrow as the edge of a razor".
[ib.,]

"The pure eternal Spirit dwells in the castle of eleven gates of the body".
[ib., 5]

[the 'eleven gates' are of course the orifices of the human body]

"After death, the soul may go to the womb of a mother and thus obtain a new body. It even may go into trees or plants, according to its previous wisdom and work".
[ib.,]

"When the five sense and the mind are still, and reason itself rests in silence, then begins the Path Supreme.
This calm steadiness of the sense is called 'yoga'".
[ib., 6]

"When all the ties that bind the heart are unloosened, then a mortal becomes immortal".
[ib.,]

Hallo Bill!

Here is The Gita!
Brahma arpanam Brahma Havir
Brahmagnau Brahmana Hutam|
Brahma Eva Tena Gantavyam
Brahma Karma Samadhina||

Havamal:
Wounded I hung on a wind-swept gallows
For nine long nights,
Pierced by a spear, pledged to Odhinn,
Offered, myself to myself
The wisest know not from whence spring
The roots of that ancient rood.

This is quite profound:
From Ymir's sacrifice, Yama's forfeiting life eternal-then the Purusha lore.