A Wisdom Archive on Katha Upanishad

Katha Upanishad:
Katha Upanishad: One of most popular Upanishads because of its clarity and brevity in expressing mystic truths; contains famous dialogue between Nachikethas and Yama(raja), God of death.

 
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Hindu Quotes: Perennial Joy
 
Perennial joy or passing pleasure?
 This is the choice one is to make always.
 The wise recognize these two, 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.
 
- Katha Upanishad

 
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Katha Upanishad: (Sanskrit) One of the major Upanishads, belonging to the Taittiriya Brahmana of the Yajur Veda. This scripture contains the famous story of Nachiketas who extracts from Yama, Lord of Death, the knowledge of liberation to be had through realization of the Supreme.

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Hindu Quotes: A Hundred and One Vital Tracks
 
From the heart there radiate a hundred
 And one vital tracks. One of them rises
 To the crown of the head. This way leads
 To immortality, the others to death.
 
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Hindu Quotes: Paradise
 
 In paradise there is [no such thing as] fear;
 Thou art not there, nor shrinks one from old age.
 Hunger and thirst, these two transcending,
 Sorrow, surpassing, a man makes merry in paradise.
 
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Hindu Quotes: God of Creation
 
The god of creation, Brahma,
 Born of the Godhead through meditation
 Before the waters of life were created,
 Who stands in the heart of every creature,
 Is the Self indeed. For this Self is supreme!
 
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Hindu Quotes: Hear About The Self
 
 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.
 
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Hindu Quotes: Lord of the Chariot
 
Know the Self as lord of the chariot,
 The body as the chariot itself,
 The discriminating intellect as 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.
 
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Hindu Quotes: The Rain on a Mountain Peak
 
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.
 
- Katha Upanishad

 
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