Chapter1— Isha Upanishad
The Self-existent has pierced the holes of the senses outwardly; therefore one looks outward, not within himself. Some wise man, seeking immortality, with eyes closed, saw the Self within. 2Let a man wish to live a hundred years, performing works. Thus it is with thee; there is no other way. Works do not cling to a man. 3Those worlds are covered with a veil of darkness; the sun, the moon, the stars, the fire, and the wind, these are but names, and the Self is the only reality. 4The Self is one, though it seems to be many. It moves, yet it moves not; it is far, yet it is near; it is in all, yet it is not in all. 5It moves, and it moves not; it is far, and it is near; it is within all this, and it is also outside all this. 6He who sees all beings in the Self, and the Self in all beings, hates no one. 7When to a man all beings become the Self, what delusion, what sorrow can there be for him who sees that oneness? 8The Self is without breath, without mind, pure, superior to the high Imperishable. 9Into blind darkness enter they who worship ignorance; into darkness greater than that, as it were, enter they who worship knowledge. 10Other, indeed, is that which is called knowledge, other that which is called ignorance. Thus have we heard from the wise who have explained it to us. 11He who knows both knowledge and ignorance, crosses death by ignorance, and attains immortality by knowledge. 12Into blind darkness enter they who worship ignorance; into darkness greater than that, as it were, enter they who worship knowledge. 13Other, indeed, is that which is called knowledge, other that which is called ignorance. Thus have we heard from the wise who have explained it to us. 14He who knows both knowledge and ignorance, crosses death by ignorance, and attains immortality by knowledge. 15O Agni, lead us by the good path to wealth; thou who knowest all deeds. Remove from us the sin of deceit. To thee we offer our salutations. 16O Sun, gather together, and tell us thy true form, that I may see thy form, the best of all. I am that which thou art; I am that which thou art. 17Let my breath be merged in the all-pervading breath; let my body be reduced to ashes. Om, remember, remember the deeds I have done. 18O Agni, lead us by the good path to wealth; thou who knowest all deeds. Remove from us the sin of deceit. To thee we offer our salutations.
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