When one performs one’s duties (i.e. practises concentration), only then does one have single-mindedness. One who does not perform his duties does not have single-mindedness. Only one who performs his duties has single-mindedness. One must desire to understand the performance of duties. Venerable Sir, I desire to understand the performance of duties.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, XXI – Single-Mindedness depends upon Concentration, 1
When one obtains bliss, only then does one perform one’s duties. One who does not obtain bliss does not perform his duties. Only one who obtains bliss performs his duties. One must desire to understand bliss. Venerable Sir, I desire to understand bliss.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, XXII – Concentration depends upon Bliss, 1
The infinite is bliss. There is no bliss in anything finite. Only the Infinite is bliss. One must desire to understand the Infinite. Venerable Sir, I desire to understand the Infinite.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, XXIV – The Infinite is Bliss, 1
Where one sees nothing else, hears nothing else, understands nothing else-that is the Infinite. Where one sees something else, hears something else, understands something else-that is the finite. The Infinite is immortal, the finite mortal. Venerable Sir, in what does the Infinite find Its support? In Its own greatness-or not even in greatness.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, XXIV – The Infinite and the Finite, 1
Here on earth people describe cows and horses, elephants and gold, slaves and wives, fields and houses, as ’greatness.’ I do not mean this, he said, for in such cases one thing finds its support in another. But what I say is:
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, XXIV – The Infinite and the Finite, 2
