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This Self is attained by truth, by austerity, by right knowledge, by a life of chastity, constantly. Within the body, luminous and pure, it is seen by the ascetics whose faults are worn away.
सत्येन लभ्यस्तपसा ह्येष आत्मा सम्यग्ज्ञानेन ब्रह्मचर्येण नित्यम् । अन्तःशरीरे ज्योतिर्मयो हि शुभ्रो यं पश्यन्ति यतयः क्षीणदोषाः ॥ ५॥
HinduTeachingSelf RealisationTruthSanskrit
Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.5Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Tradition
Hindu
Source text
Mundaka Upanishad
Chapter
Mundaka Upanishad
Verse / page
MuU.3.1.5
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Self-RealisationTruthSpiritual Practice

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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