Oneness & Self-Knowledge: Mantras & Shlokas

Verses on the one reality behind many names and on knowing the self.

Ekam Sad Vipra Bahudha Vadanti (Rigveda 1.164.46)

Universal

इन्द्रं मित्रं वरुणमग्निमाहुरथो दिव्यः स सुपर्णो गरुत्मान् ।

They call it Indra, Mitra, Varuna and Agni. They call it the heavenly bird Garutman. What is real is one; the wise speak of it in…

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Tat Tvam Asi (Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7)

Universal

स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदं सर्वं तत्सत्यं स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो ॥

That which is the finest of all is the self of all this. That is the Truth. That is the Self. You are that, Shvetaketu.

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