Katha 194

Upanishads · translated by Swami Paramananda

In these verses the teacher tries to make plain that all knowledge, as well as all sense perception, in every state of consciousness--sleeping, dreaming or waking--is possible only because the Self exists. There can be no knowledge or perception independent of the Self. Wise men, aware of this, identify themselves with their Higher Self and thus transcend the realm of grief.

Katha 194 · Upanishads · Katha-Upanishad

Themes in this passage

Wisdom The Soul Grief Anxiety Loneliness Self-Control

Wisdom in other traditions

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The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Proverbs 18:15 · Bible · Proverbs

Without knowledge there is no meditation, without meditation there is no knowledge: he who has knowledge and meditation is near unto Nirvana.

Dhp 25.372 · Dhammapada · The Bhikshu (Mendicant)

He giveth wisdom unto whom He will, and he unto whom wisdom is given, he truly hath received abundant good. But none remember except men of understanding.

Quran 2:269 · Quran · The Cow

Then Helen thus: “Whom your discerning eyes Have singled out, is Ithacus the wise; A barren island boasts his glorious birth; His fame for wisdom fills the spacious earth.”

Iliad 3.22 · Iliad · 3

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