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As oil is in sesame seeds, as butter is in curds, as water is in flowing streams, as fire is in fire-sticks — so the Self is perceived in the self by one who seeks it through truth and austerity.
HinduPoetryMeditationSelf RealisationSanskrit
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 1.15

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Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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SU.1.15
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