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As the sun, the eye of the whole world, is not tainted by the outward faults seen by the eye, so the one inner Self of all beings is not tainted by the world's sorrow, being outside it.
सूर्यो यथा सर्वलोकस्य चक्षुः न लिप्यते चाक्षुषैर्बाह्यदोषैः । एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा न लिप्यते लोकदुःखेन बाह्यः ॥ ११॥
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Katha Upanishad 2.2.11Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Hindu
Source text
Katha Upanishad
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Katha Upanishad
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KU.2.2.11
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LiberationSelf-KnowledgeOmnipresence

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