Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is one of the principal Upanishads.

Quotes



 * You can't see the seer who does the seeing;
 * you can't hear the hearer who does the hearing;
 * you can't think of the thinker who does the thinking;
 * and you can't perceive the perceiver who does the perceiving.
 * The self within all is this self of yours.
 * All else besides this is grief!
 * 3.5.4


 * He sees, but he can't be seen;
 * he hears, but he can't be heard;
 * he thinks, but he can't be thought of;
 * he perceives, but he can't be perceived.
 * Besides him, there is no one who sees,
 * no one who hears,
 * no one who thinks,
 * and no one who perceives.
 * It is this self of yours who is the inner controller, the immortal.
 * All besides this is grief.
 * 3.7.23


 * It is like this.
 * As a caterpillar, when it comes to the tip of a blade of grass,
 * reaches out to a new foothold and draws itself onto it,
 * so the self (ātman), after it has knocked down this body and rendered it unconscious,
 * reaches out to a new foothold and draws itself onto it.
 * 4.3


 * Thunder, that divine voice, repeats the very same syllable:
 * "Da! Da! Da!"—
 * Demonstrate restraint (dāmyata)!
 * Demonstrate bounty (datta)!
 * Demonstrate compassion (dayadhvam)!
 * One should observe the same triad—restraint, bounty, and compassion.
 * 5.2