When he departs from the body if he is a mere ritualist and ignorant of Brahman he then goes upward by these rays toward the worlds which he has gained by his meritorious work. Or if he is a knower of the doctrines of the akasa in the lotus of the heart, he then meditates on Om and thus secures entrance into Brahmaloka. Or if he is ignorant he attains lower bodies. The knower attains the solar orb as quickly as one directs one’s mind from one object to another. This indeed is the door to the World of Brahman for those who know; for the ignorant it is closed.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, VI – The Course after Death for the Illumined, 5
On this there is the following verse: There are one hundred and one arteries of the heart, one of which pierces the crown of the head. Going upward by it, a man at death attains immortality. Other arteries, going in different directions, only serve aschannels for his departing from the body, yea, only serve as channels for his departing from the body.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, VI – The Course after Death for the Illumined, 6
Prajapati said: The Self which is free from sin, free from old age, free from death, free from grief, free from hunger, free from thirst, whose desires come true and whose thoughts come true-That it is which should be searched out, That it is which one should desire to understand. He who has known this Self from the scriptures and a teacher and understood It obtains all the worlds and all desires.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, VII – The Person in the Eye, 1
[Yami:] Desire for Yama overwhelms me, Yami, to lie with him on a common bed. As a woman to her husband I would yield my body. Like chariot wheels let us move to and fro!
Rig Veda X, 10, 7
[Yama:] They do not rest or close their eyes, these watchmen of the Gods who pace around us. Go, temptress, with another, not with me! With him move like chariot wheels to and fro!
Rig Veda X, 10, 8
