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In whom the sky, the earth, and the mid-region are woven, together with the mind and all the breaths—know him alone as the one Self, and let go of other words. This is the bridge to the immortal.
यस्मिन् द्यौः पृथिवी चान्तरिक्षमोतं मनः सह प्राणैश्च सर्वैः । तमेवैकं जानथ आत्मानमन्या वाचो विमुञ्चथामृतस्यैष सेतुः ॥ ५॥
HinduTeachingSelf RealisationGodSanskrit
Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.5Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Tradition
Hindu
Source text
Mundaka Upanishad
Chapter
Mundaka Upanishad
Verse / page
MuU.2.2.5
Topics
Self-RealisationGodImmortality

Same theme, different voices

Arjuna said: What is the description of one steady in wisdom, established in deep concentration, Keshava? How does such a person speak, how does he sit, how does he move?
अर्जुन उवाच | स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव | स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ||२-५४||
Arjuna
HinduScriptureMeditationSelf RealisationSanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 2.54
The source of happiness is the Almighty, but man is searching for the same in worldly objects, which are only a reflection. The deer looks for the musk in the bushes whereas it exists within its body.
Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji
UniversalPoetryHappinessSelf Realisation
Stream of Thoughts 86
The first step to self-knowledge is to know that you are composed of a physical body and a spiritual heart or soul
Al-Ghazali
SufiTeachingKnowledgeSelf KnowledgeArabic
Alchemy of Happiness (Al-Ghazali — scripture edition), p. 8