From where words return, unable to reach there, together with the mind — one who knows that bliss of Brahman is afraid of nothing, ever. This is the bodily self of the preceding sheath. Within and beyond this mind-composed self there is yet another inner self, made of discriminative intelligence; by that, this one is pervaded.
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- Tradition
- Hindu
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- TU.2.4
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- God-RealisationBlissFear
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.
To know God is to be one with God.
Blessed are those who have pure hearts, for they will see 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.
The power of listening to God's name enables a devotee to understand the secrets of union with God and the secret powers of the body, mind, and intellect.