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The Spirit of the Upanishads1512
liberation, betake myself to It, the ever-effulgent light, revealing Its eternal
Self through the intellect.
Śvetasvataropanishad.
As in the sun, all light, there is neither day nor night, so in The Absolute, all
light, there is neither knowledge nor ignorance.
Upadesasahasri.
The ever unchangeable is devoid of sound, touch, form, taste or smell. It is
without beginning or end, ever beyond the prime cause of all evolution;—
knowing that, one escapes the all-devouring jaws of death.
Kathopanishad.
The eye has no access there, nor has speech nor mind; we do not know It
(The Absolute), nor the method whereby we can impart It. It is other than
the known as well as the unknown; so indeed do we hear from the sages of
old who explained It thus to us.
Kenopanishad.
Try to realize (within thyself) That whence arise these beings, by which they
stand sustained, and unto which they return and become naught;—that
indeed is The Absolute.
Taittiriyopanishad.
To the emperor ( Janaka) thus explained Yajnavalkya; When there is, as it
were, a second, there alone does one see, smell or taste something other
(than Self); there alone does one speak to or hear, think of or touch or know
something other (than Self). But when the seer is all alone with That, he is as
still as an undisturbed body of water,—this indeed is Spiritual Consciousness,
the condition of universal empire. This to the self, is the highest end, the