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The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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1<br />

Chapter IX<br />

Instruction by the Teacher<br />

Satyakama reached the teacher‟s house. <strong>The</strong> teacher said<br />

to him: "Satyakama!"<br />

"Revered Sir!" Satyakama replied.<br />

2<br />

<strong>The</strong> teacher said: "Dear friend, you shine like one who<br />

knows Brahman. Who has taught you?" "Others than<br />

men," he replied. "But I wish, revered Sir, that you alone<br />

should teach me."<br />

3<br />

"For I have heard from persons like your good self that<br />

only knowledge which is learnt from a teacher (acharya)<br />

leads to the highest good." <strong>The</strong>n he (Gautama) taught<br />

him the same knowledge. Nothing whatsoever was left<br />

out, yea, nothing whatsoever was left out.<br />

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