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Part XIV: Liberation.1589
I am Brahman, I am the Creator;—those who do not thus know me, are lost
to Wisdom as also to the purifying forms of external worship;—they are on
the highway to materialistic Atheism.
Upadeśasahasri.
Oh Gargi! who performs the sacrifice; who undergoes the severest penance
even for several thousands of years; all without knowledge of this Immutable
Essence, meets only with that good which is sure to end. Who passes away,
dear Gargi! from this world, without knowledge of this Immutable Essence,
goes away, alas! with the tight bond of narrowness about his heart; he alone
who passes away in the knowledge of this Immutable Essence is the real
Brahman.
Brhadaranyakopanishad.
The heart of the wicked never melts into goodness, even though he should
be deep immersed in the Vedanta.
Jagannath.
Always at their best while talking of Brahman, but without the heart having
at all become It, being all coloured with love of the world;—these too, are
ignorant fools of the first degree, never free from the circle of death and
birth.
Aparokshanubhuti.
Who does not know, knows; who knows, does not know; It is known to those
who do not know, It is not known to those who know.
Kenopanishad.