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knowing is that which thou, oh child of truth! hast already acquired;—oh
Nachiketas! there indeed can be no better questioner than Thyself.
Kathopanishad.
This Self is not realizable by study, nay not even by intelligence or much
learning. The Self unfolds its full essence to him alone who applies his self to
Self. He who has not given up the ways of vice, he who is not able to control
himself, he who is not at peace within, he whose mind is not at rest, can
never realize the self, though full of all the learning in the world. That which
lies at the root of all distinctions of caste and creed is its food, even death
itself is its drink;—who, not so prepared, can know what It is?
Kathopanishad.
How can books enlighten that lump of clay fashioned in the form of man,
who does not in any manner realize the Truth explained to him with all
possible clearness.
Naishkarmyasiddhi.
We rejoice with those whom we recognize as centered in Self Realization;
the rest we pity; with the deluded we do not care to argue.
Panchadasi.
Talk as much philosophy as you please, worship as many gods as you like,
observe all ceremonies, sing devoted praises of any number of deities;—
liberation never comes, even at the end of a hundred kalpas, without
realization of the Oneness of Self.
Vivekachudamani.
Who knows Spiritual Consciousness passes beyond death, and enters
Immortality.
Isopanishad.