Knowing the divine, all bonds fall away; with afflictions exhausted, birth and death are overcome. By meditating on Him, at the dissolution of the body, one attains universal sovereignty, all desires fulfilled — in perfect aloneness.
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- Tradition
- Hindu
- Source text
- Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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- Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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- SU.1.11
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- God-RealisationLiberationImmortality
Same theme, different voices
One who truly knows that supreme Brahman becomes Brahman itself; no one who does not know Brahman is born in that person's lineage. Such a one crosses over grief, crosses over sin, freed from the knots of the cave of the heart, and becomes immortal.
There cannot be a number of religions in the realm of spirituality. Instead, there is only one religion, the religion of humanity. Religion means only to realise God and then love each and every human being. There may be many sects, but religion remains one.
To know God is to be one with God.
The heavenly voice tells him to seek comfort in Sufism and to look into the mirror, for he will see God himself reflected in it, which is another way of expressing the doctrine that man and God are one.