This Self is attained through truth, through austerity, through right knowledge and celibacy practised continuously. It is luminous and pure within the body—and it is seen by the striving ascetics whose faults have been worn away.
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- Hindu
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- Mundaka Upanishad
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- Mundaka Upanishad
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- MuU.3.1.5
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- Self-RealisationTruthSpiritual Practice
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Arjuna said: What is the description of one of steady wisdom who is established in deep absorption, O Keshava? How does the person of stable insight speak? How does such a one sit? How does such a one move?
The tranquility and peace that comes from self-knowledge is the true nature of the self. When one realizes this, they become free from the cycle of birth and death. The mind that is aware of its true nature is not bound by the cycle of karma.
The first step to self-knowledge is to know that you are composed of a physical body and a spiritual heart or soul