He arrived at the final knowing: 'Bliss is Brahman.' For from bliss alone all these beings are born; by bliss they are held in life; and into bliss they dissolve at the last. This is the wisdom of Bhṛgu, the son of Varuṇa — knowledge established in the highest expanse of being. Whoever knows this becomes firm and unshakeable. One becomes the possessor of food and the enjoyer of food. One grows great in offspring, in animals, in the luminosity of sacred knowledge, and great in renown.
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- Tradition
- Hindu
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- TU.3.6
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- God-RealisationBlissCreation
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.