The Upanishads, Part 1, no. 139, Part II summary
Part 1, no. 139, Part II of 170 · 1 min to read the part
In II, the teaching identifies an inner essence that enables hearing, sight, thought, speech, and life, contrasting it with ordinary attachment to bodily experience. It presents immortality as freedom from sensory attachment and mortal desires through knowledge of what exists beyond a person's outward nature.
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- The teaching describes an essence that enables the senses, mind, speech, and life.
- The wise gain immortality through freedom from the senses and mortal desires.
- The ordinary person identifies with bodily life and does not seek what enables sensory experience.
- The commentary distinguishes outward form from the essence expressed through it.
- Attachment to passing things brings repeated deaths, while knowledge of the eternal inner essence brings immortality.
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