Shvetashvatara Upanishad

The Shvetashvatara Upanishad is one of the Upanishads.

Quotes

 * When one has known God, all the fetters fall off;
 * by the eradication of the blemishes, birth and death come to an end;
 * by meditating on him, one obtains, at the dissolution of the body, a third—sovereignty over all;
 * and in the absolute one's desires are fulfilled.
 * 1.11


 * Like oil in sesame seeds and butter in curds,
 * like water in the riverbed and fire in the fire-drills,
 * so, when one seeks it with truth and austerity,
 * one grasps that self (atman) in the body (atman)—
 * that all-pervading self,
 * which is contained [in the body],
 * like butter in milk.
 * That is brahman,
 * the highest object of the teachings on hidden connections (upaniṣad),
 * an object rooted in austerity and the knowledge of the self.
 * 1.15-16


 * When, by means of the true nature of the self, which resembles a lamp,
 * a man practicing yogic restraint sees here the true nature of brahman,
 * he is freed from all fetters, because he has known God, unborn, unchanging, and unsullied by all objects.
 * 2.15


 * This God does pervade all quarters.
 * He was born the first,
 * yet he remains within the womb.
 * He it is, who was born;
 * he, who will be born.
 * His face everywhere,
 * he stands turning west toward men.
 * 2.16