Kena Upanishad

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True Goal of Life

That which cannot be expressed by speech, but by which speech is expressed—That alone know as Brahman, and not that which people here worship. (1.5)

That which cannot be apprehended by the mind, but by which, they say, the mind is apprehended - That alone know as Brahman, and not that which people here worship. (1.6)

He by whom Brahman is not known, knows It; he by whom It is known, knows It not. It is not known by those who know It; It is known by those who do not know It. (2.3)

If a man knows Atman here, he then attains the true goal of life. If he does not know It here, a great destruction awaits him. Having realized the Self in every being, the wise relinquish the world and become immortal. (2.4)

 

Isha Upanishad

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Ignorance

All this—whatever exists in this changing universe—should be covered by the Lord. Protect the Self by renunciation. Lust not after any man's wealth. (1)

Into a blind darkness they enter who are devoted to ignorance (rituals); but into a greater darkness they enter who engage in knowledge [of a deity] alone. (6)

 

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THE UPANISHADS — Overview — The Greatest Sayings — Brahman — Universal Prayer KATHA UPANISHAD — Importance of a Guru — Brahman is Aum — Nature of Atman — Realizing Atman KENA UPANISHAD — True Goal of Life ISHA UPANISHAD — Ignorance PRASNA UPANISHAD — Power of Aum AITAREYA UPANISHAD — Brahman is Consciousness

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD — Importance of Aum Gaudapada Karika — Understanding Maya — Non-duality of Atman — The Nature of Brahman — Dreaming and Waking — Reincarnation — Soul is Immortal MUNDAKA UPANISHAD — The Higher Knowledge — 'Aum is the Bow' — How to Know Brahman? SVETASVATARA UPANISHAD — Practice of Yoga — Manifestations of Brahman

TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD — Invocation — The Knower of Brahman — Brahman is Bliss (Ananda) CHANDOGYA UPANISHAD — Gayatri Mantra — Everything is a Name — Brahman is Being (Sat) BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD — Prana — That Thou Art — Aspects of the Universe — Self-Realization — States of Consciousness — Liberation

 

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Reference to Kriya Yoga Raja Yoga

Book I: Introduction Samadhi ('Oneness') Book II: Introduction Sadhana ('Practice')

Book III: Introduction Vibhuti ('Powers') Book IV: Introduction Kaivalya ('Liberation')