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Katha Upanishad — Chapter 6: Adhyaya 2, Valli 3: Attaining the Immortal Self

6 verses

Verse 1

With root above and branches below, this eternal Ashvattha tree — that is the pure, that is Brahman, that is called the immortal. All worlds rest in …

Verse 2

When all the desires lodged in the heart are released, then the mortal becomes immortal. Here he attains Brahman.

Verse 3

When all the knots of the heart are cut here, then the mortal becomes immortal. This much is the teaching.

Verse 4

A hundred and one are the channels of the heart. One of them leads to the crown of the head. Going upward through that, one attains immortality. The …

Verse 5

The Person of the size of a thumb, the inner Self, is always seated in the heart of all beings. One should draw It out from one's own body with firmn…