Friday, January 4, 2013

5 Famous Upanishad Quotes Sayings

Upanishads, which literally means the inner or mystic teaching, are the philosophical texts which are believed to be the early source of Hindu religion. Below are five famous quotes and teachings from the holy Upanishads.

5 Famous Upanishad Quotes and Teachings

“As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.”

Dissolve the self in the supreme Self as the pot-space is dissolved in infinite space; then, as the Infinite be silent for ever, O sage! ~ Adhyatma Upanishad

“Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there is no creation: know the nature of joy.”

Upanishad Quotes and Sayings Picture


It is indeed the mind that is the cause of men’s bondage and liberation. The mind that is attached to sense-objects leads to bondage, while dissociated from sense-objects it tends to lead to liberation. ~ Amrita-Bindu Upanishad

One who meditates, all his knots of his heart, the bondages are opened; all the doubts are eliminated and one becomes gradually free from the fetters of action with ego. ~ Mundaka Upanishad

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