The shining Self dwells hidden in the heart. Everything in the cosmos, great and small, lives in the Self.
Mundaka Upanishad
The Source of Life
Topic: Immanence & Transcendence
Bright but hidden, the Self dwells in the heart.
Everything that moves, breathes, opens, and closes
Lives in the Self. He is the source of love
And may be known through love but not through thought.
He is the goal of life. Attain this goal!The shining Self dwells hidden in the heart.
Everything in the cosmos, great and small,
Lives in the Self. He is the source of life,
Truth beyond the transience of this world.
He is the goal of life. Attain this goal!Take the great bow of the sacred scriptures,
Place on it the arrow of devotion;
Then draw the bowstring of meditation
And aim at the target, the Lord of Love.The mantram is the bow, the aspirant
Is the arrow, and the Lord the target.
Now draw the bowstring of meditation,
And hitting the target be one with him.In his robe are woven heaven and earth,
Mind and body. Realize him as the One
Behind the many and stop all vain talk.
He is the bridge from death to deathless life.Where all the nerves meet like spokes in a wheel,
There he dwells, the One behind the many.
Meditate upon him in the mantram.
May he guide us from death to deathless life!He knows everyone and sees everything.
It is his glory that fills the cosmos.
He resides in the city of the heart.It is his power that moves body and mind.
May he guide us from death to deathless life!When he is seen within us and without,
He sets right all doubts and dispels the pain
Of wrong actions committed in the past.In the golden city of the heart dwells
The Lord of Love, without parts, without stain.
Know him as the radiant light of lights.There shines not the sun, neither moon nor star,
Nor flash of lightning, nor fire lit on earth.
The Lord is the light reflected by all.
He shining, everything shines after him.The Lord of Love is before and behind.
He extends to the right and to the left.
He extends above; he extends below.
There is no one here but the Lord of Love.
He alone is; in truth, he alone is.
Mundaka Upanishad
“Veda.” Translated by Eknath Easwaran, Brahma - Veda, veda.wikidot.com/mundaka-upanishad-eknath, [Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.1-12].
Theme: Immanence and Transcendence
Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.1-12
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