7. Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1

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7. Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1

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We find in it elements of the Sāṁkhya and the Yoga systems in Kaṭhopaniṣad or Kaṭha Upaniṣad. (from Indian Philosophy, page 142 written by His Excellency S. Radhakrishnan).
“The self-existent pierced the openings of the senses so that they turn outwards; therefore, man looks outward, not inward into himself; some wise man, however, with his eyes closed and wishing for immortality, saw the self behind.” (iv. i.).
It is also recognized that the Vedic knowledge is much inferior to the true divine insight (ii. 23).
Self, the subject in which the entire world moves trembling. (vi. 1).

The ancient tree whose roots grow upward and whose branches go downward, developed on Sep.10, 2026.

“There is that ancient tree whose roots grow upward and whose branches go downward. That is the bright, Brahman, the immortal; all worlds are contained in it, and no one goes beyond it.” (ii. 6. 1.).

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