The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

son of Jaa say that the mind is Brahman; for what can be
attained by a person who has no mind? But did he tell
you about its abode and support?"
"No, he did not."
"This Brahman is only one-footed, Your Majesty."
"Then you tell us, O Yajnavalkya."
"The mind is its abode and the akasa is its support. It
should be meditated upon as bliss."
"What is bliss, O Yajnavalkya?"
"It is the mind, Your Majesty," said Yajnavdkya.
"Verily, Your Majesty, with the mind a man desires and
woos a woman; then a son resembling him is born of her
and he is the cause of bliss. The mind, O Emperor, is the
Supreme Brahman. "The mind never deserts him who,
knowing this, meditates upon it; all beings eagerly
approach him; and being a god, he attains the gods." "I
give you a thousand cows with a bull as large as an
elephant," said Emperor Janaka. Yajnavalkya replied:
"My father was of the opinion that one should not accept
gifts from a disciple without fully instructing him."
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Yajnavalkya said: "Let me hear what anyone among
your teachers may have told you." "Vidaghdha, the son
of Sakala, told me that the heart is Brahman." "As
anyone who had the benefit of being taught by a good
mother, father and teacher should say, so did the son of
Sakala say that the heart is Brahman; for what can be
attained by a person who is without a heart? But did he
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