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The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter XIV<br />

Hope as Brahman<br />

"Hope is, verily, greater than memory. Kindled by<br />

hope, a person endowed with memory reads the sacred<br />

hymns, performs sacrifices, desires sons and cattle;<br />

desires this world and the other. Meditate on hope.<br />

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"He who meditates on hope as Brahman-all his desires<br />

are fulfilled through hope, his prayers are not in vain; he<br />

can, of his own free will, reach as far as hope reaches-he<br />

who meditates on hope as Brahman." Narada said:<br />

"Venerable Sir, is there anything greater than hope?"<br />

"Of course there is something greater than hope."<br />

"Please tell that to me, venerable Sir."<br />

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