Just as rivers flowing toward the ocean reach the ocean and dissolve — their name and form lost, called only 'ocean' — so these sixteen parts flowing toward the supreme Seer reach the Person and dissolve. Their name and form are lost; it is called only 'the Person.' He becomes partless, immortal. A verse declares this.
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Source
- Tradition
- Hindu
- Source text
- Prashna Upanishad
- Chapter
- Prashna Upanishad
- Verse / page
- PrU.6.5
- Topics
- LiberationSoulImmortality
Same theme, different voices
The sages, united with pure reason, renounce the results of their actions and, liberated from the cycle of birth, they attain a state of bliss.
So long as this soul does not know its real destination while dwelling in the body, it is not going to be liberated from the cycle of births and deaths. There is only one way to get rid of this wandering and that is to realise God while the human body is still there.
Sorrow has ravaged the kingdom of my heart like a ruthless army. Come back, glad Lord of Rome, and liberate the land! Before your power, the enemy will shatter and flee.