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This is Brahman; this is Indra; this is Prajapati; these are all the gods; and these five great elements—earth, air, space, water, and light; and these beings, as it were, mingled with the small; the seeds of the one kind and the other—those born from an egg, from a womb, from moisture, and by sprouting; horses, cattle, humans, elephants; whatever breathes here, moving or flying, and whatever is stationary. All this is guided by consciousness (prajnana), founded on consciousness. The world is guided by consciousness; consciousness is its foundation. Consciousness is Brahman.
एष ब्रह्मैष इन्द्र एष प्रजापतिरेते सर्वे देवा इमानि च पञ्चमहाभूतानि पृथिवी वायुराकाश आपो ज्योतींषीत्येतानीमानि च क्षुद्रमिश्राणीव । बीजानीतराणि चेतराणि चाण्डजानि च जारुजानि च स्वेदजानि चोद्भिज्जानि चाश्वा गावः पुरुषा हस्तिनो यत्किञ्चेदं प्राणि जङ्गमं च पतत्रि च यच्च स्थावरं सर्वं तत्प्रज्ञानेत्रं प्रज्ञाने प्रतिष्ठितं प्रज्ञानेत्रो लोकः प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठा प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म ॥ ३॥
HinduTeachingGod RealisationAwarenessSanskrit
Aitareya Upanishad 3.3Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Hindu
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Aitareya Upanishad
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Aitareya Upanishad
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AU.3.3
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God-RealisationAwarenessOmnipresence

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