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KATHA-UPANISHAD.
5. 'Asin a mirror, so (Brahman may be seen clearly) here in this body; as in a dream, in the world of the Fathers; as in the water, he is seen about in the world of the Gandharvas; as in light and shade 1, in the world of Brahmâ.'
6. 'Having understood that the senses are distincta (from the Atman), and that their rising and setting (their waking and sleeping) belongs to them in their distinct existence (and not to the Atman), a wise man grieves no more.'
7. Beyond the senses is the mind, beyond the mind is the highest (created) Being 3, higher than that Being is the Great Self, higher than the Great, the highest Undeveloped.'
8. 'Beyond the Undeveloped is the Person, the all-pervading and entirely imperceptible. Every creature that knows him is liberated, and obtains immortality.
9. His form is not to be seen, no one beholds him with the eye. He is imagined by the heart, by wisdom, by the mind. Those who know this, are immortal4.' r 10. When the five instruments of knowledge stand still together with the mind, and when the intellect does not move, that is called the highest state:'
II. ·This, the firm holding back of the senses, is what is called Yoga. He must be free from thoughtlessness then, for Yoga comes and goes 6.
1 Roer: 'As in a picture and in the sunshine.' 2 They arise from the elements, ether, &c. 9 Buddhi or intellect, cf. III, 10.
* Much better in Svet. Up. IV, 20: "Those who know him by the heart as being in the heart, and by the mind, are immortal.'
6 Sankara explains apyaya by apâyą.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |