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Chandogya Upanisad
Chapter Seven
VII.1
1. OM. Narada came to Sanatkumara saying, 'Teach me, blessed one.'
Sanatkumara said to him, 'Come to me with what you know, and I will tell you of something higher than that.'
He said,
2. 'Blessed one, I know the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda, the Atharvan which is the fourth, and history and legend the fifth: I know the Veda of Vedas, the ancestral rites, arithmetic, portents, treasure finding, disputation, the single way, the knowledge of the gods, the knowledge of priesthood, the knowledge of ghosts, the knowledge of royalty, the knowledge of the constellations, and the knowledge of the divine people who are serpents.
3. 'But I am a knower of the mantras, not a knower of the self. I have heard from folk like yourself, blessed one, that "the knower of self crosses beyond sorrow". I am sorrowful, blessed one. Blessed one, take me across to the other shore of sorrow.'
Sanatkumara said to him, 'All this that you have learned is name.
4. Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda, the Atharvan which is the fourth, and history and legend the fifth; the Veda of Vedas, the ancestral rites, arithmetic, portents, treasure-finding, disputation, the single way, the knowledge of the gods, the knowledge of priesthood, the knowledge of ghosts, the knowledge of royalty, the knowledge of the constellations, and the knowledge of the divine people who are serpents, are name. All this is name. Worship name.
5. 'The one who worships name as brahman wins freedom to move as far as name can go-the one who worships name as brahman.'
'Blessed one, is there anything greater than name?'
'There is something greater than name.'
'Tell me about it, blessed one.'
VII.2
1. "Speech is greater than name. Speech makes known the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda, the Atharvan which is the fourth, and history and legend the fifth; the Veda of Vedas, the ancestral rites, arithmetic, portents, treasure-finding, disputation, the single way, the knowledge of the gods, the knowledge of priesthood, the knowledge of ghosts, the knowledge of royalty, the knowledge of the constellations, the knowledge of the divine people who are serpents, sky, earth, air, space, water, heat, gods, human beings, domestic animals, birds, grass and trees, and wild animals, all the way down to worms, flying things and ants; right (dharma) and wrong (adharma), truth and falsehood, good and bad, attractive and unattractive. If there had been no speech, then right and wrong, truth and falsehood, good and bad, attractive and unattractive would not have been made known. Speech makes known all this. Worship speech.
2. 'The one who worships speech as brahman wins freedom to move as far as speech can go-the one who worships speech as brahman.'
'Blessed one, is there anything greater than speech?'
'Tell me about it, blessed one.'
VII.3
1. 'Mind is greater than speech. Just as a fist encloses two myrobalans or two jujubes or two terminalia seeds, mind encloses both speech and name. When one thinks with the mind, "Let me recite mantras," one chants; when one thinks, "Let me perform actions (karman)", one performs actions; when one thinks, "Let me wish for sons and animals", one wishes for sons and animals; when one thinks, "Let me wish for this world and that one", one wishes for this world and that one. Mind is the self; mind is the world; mind is brahman. Worship mind.
2. 'The one who worships mind as brahman wins freedom to move as far as mind can go-the one who worships mind as brahman.'
'Blessed one, is there anything greater than mind'
'There is something greater than mind.'
'Tell me about it, blessed one.'
VII.4
1. 'Will (samkalpa) is greater than mind. When one wills (samkalpayate), one thinks; then one utters speech-one utters it as names. In name the mantras become one, and in the mantras actions become one.
2. 'These have will as their sole end, will as their self, and are established on will. Sky and earth have been formed (sam-klp-); air and space have been formed; the waters and heat have been formed, and rain is formed according to their will (samklpti). Food is formed according to the will of rain. The breaths are formed according to the will of food. The mantras are formed according to the will of the breaths. Actions are formed according to the will of the mantras. The world is formed according to the will of the actions. Everything is formed according to the will of the world. This is will. Worship will.
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