Vedic Verses for 8/10/17

The World of Brahman belongs to those who obtain by means of continence the seas Ara and Nya in the World of Brahman. For them there is freedom in all the worlds.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, V – Continence, 4

Now, those arteries of the heart are filled with the essences of brown, white, blue, yellow and red liquid substances. Verily, the sun yonder is brown, it is white, it is blue, it is yellow, it is red.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, VI – The Course after Death for the Illumined, 1

As a long highway runs between two villages, this one and that yonder, so do the rays of the sun go to both worlds, this one and that yonder. They start from yonder sun and enter into these arteries; they start from these arteries and enter into yonder sun.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, VI – The Course after Death for the Illumined, 2

When a man is asleep, with the senses withdrawn and serene and sees no dream, then he has entered into these arteries. Then no evil touches him, for he has obtained the light of the sun.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, VI – The Course after Death for the Illumined, 3

And when he becomes weak, then those sitting around him say: Do you know me? Do you know me? As long as he has not departed from this body, he knows them.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, VI – The Course after Death for the Illumined, 4

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