The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

states apart from Pure Intelligence.
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"As from a fire kindled with wet fuel various kinds of
smoke issue forth, even so, my dear, the Rig-Veda, the
Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Atharvangirasa, history
(itihasa), mythology (purana), the arts (vidya), the
Upanishads, verses (slokas), aphorisms (sutras),
elucidations (anuvyakhyanas) and explanations
(vyakhyanas) are like the breath of this infinite Reality.
From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed
forth.
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"As the ocean is the one goal of all waters (i.e. the place
where they merge), so the skin is the one goal of all
kinds of touch, the nostrils are the one goal of all smells,
the tongue is the one goal of all savours, the ear is the
one goal of all sounds, the mind is the one goal of all
deliberations, the intellect is the one goal of all forms of
knowledge, the hands are the one goal of all actions, the
organ of generation is the one goal of all kinds of
enjoyment, the excretory organ is the one goal of all
excretions, the feet are the one goal of all kinds of
walking, the organ of speech is the one goal of all the
Vedas.
"As a lump of salt dropped into water becomes
dissolved in water and cannot be taken out again, but
wherever we taste the water it tastes salt, even so, my
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