The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

eath looked upon as the air. This vital breath is the
udgatri. This vital breath is the
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"Yajnavalkya," said he, "since the sky is, as it were,
without a support, by means of what support does the
sacrificer go to heaven?" "Through the Brahma priest
and the mind looked upon as the moon. The sacrificer's
mind is the Brahma. The mind is the moon; this moon is
the Brahma; this moon is the means to liberation; this is
complete liberation. So far about the ways of liberation;
now about the meditation based upon resemblance.
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"Yajnavalkya," said he, "how many kinds of Rig verses
will the hotri priest use today in this sacrifice?"
"Three kinds."
"And which are these three?"
"The introductory, the sacrificial and the eulogistic as
the third."
"What does he (the sacrificer) win through them?"
"All this that has life."
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"Yajnavalkya," said he, "how many kinds of oblations
will the adhvaryu priest offer today in this sacrifice?"
"Three."
"And which are these three?"
"Those which, when offered, blaze upward; those
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