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• He is formless, and can never be seen
With these two eyes. But he reveals himself In the heart made pure through meditation And sense-restraint. Realizing him one is released
From the cycle of birth and death.
-Katha Upanishad
• "AUM has three sounds. Those who meditate on A Come back to earth, led by the Rig Veda, To lead a pure life, full of faith and love. Those who meditate on the first two sounds,
A and U, led by the Yajur Veda, Go to the lunar world, full of pleasure, From which they come back cloyed to earth again.
But those who meditate on A, U, and M Are led by the Sama chants to the sun, Where freed from sin, as a snake sheds its skin, They see the supreme Lord, who lives in all.
-Prashna Upanishad
• In the depths of meditation, sages Saw within themselves the Lord of Love, Who dwells in the heart of every creature. Deep in the hearts of all he dwells, hidden Behind the gunas of law, energy,
And inertia. He is One. He Who rules over time, space, and causality.
• The rituals and the sacrifices described
In the Vedas deal with lower knowledge. The sages ignored these rituals
And went in search of higher knowledge. ...
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it is -Shvetashvatara Upanishad