When cease the five (sense) knowledges, together with the mind, and the intellect stirs not-that, they say, is the highest course.
Krishna Yajur Veda, Maitra Upanishad 6.30. uph, 443
In the world of heaven there is no trace of fear. You, Death, are not there. There one dreads not old age. Thirst and hunger transcended and sorrow overpassed, a man rejoices in the world of heaven.
Krishna Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad 1.12. ve, 639
This universe is a tree eternally existing, its root aloft, its branches spread below. The pure root of the tree is Brahman, the immortal, in whom the three worlds have their being, whom none can transcend, who is verily the Self.
Krishna Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad 6.1. upp, 36
O Agni, since we are kindling the fire of the Spirit through tapas, may we be dear to the Veda, long-lived and bright in intellect.
Atharva Veda 7.61.1. bo hv, p. 71
Like butter hidden in milk, true knowledge dwells in all that lives; ever with mind as the churning rod, everyone should churn it out in himself. Using the whirling rope of knowledge, one should obtain, like fire by friction, that partless, stainless silence; I am Brahman, as it’s said.
Atharva Veda, Brahmabindu Upanishad 20n21. upb, p. 690
