The Upanishads, Part 1, no. 76, Part IV summary
Part 1, no. 76, Part IV of 170 · 1 min to read the part
In IV, the senses become horses and their objects become roads in a comparison that explains the Self’s connection with bodily experience. The commentary presents intellect as the driver and mind as the reins, showing how discrimination restrains the senses and explaining why the embodied Self is called an enjoyer.
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- The teaching compares the senses to horses and the objects they seek to roads.
- The commentary explains that the Higher Self exceeds human understanding and requires indirect explanation through comparisons.
- Yama presents the Self as the chariot’s lord, with intellect driving and mind serving as reins.
- Each sense pursues its own objects unless the power to discriminate restrains it.
- The Self, joined with body, mind, and senses, experiences, chooses, perceives, and acts.
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