The
Kena Upanishad is the most fascinating of the Upanishads. It discusses the
core concept of self-knowledge, inner strength of the human being, allegories
of the devas and devis, and the eternal significance of the Bramha.
Excerpts:- By whom commanded and directed does the mind go towards its objects? Commanded by whom does the life-force, the first (cause), move? At whose will do men utter speech? What power directs the eye and the ear? It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of the speech, the life of the life, the eye of the eye. The wise, freed (from the senses and from mortal desires), after leaving this world, become immortal. That which none breathes with the breath, but by which breath is in-breathed: know that alone to be the Brahman, not this which people worship here. |