The Isa Upanishad
The Lord is enshrined in the hearts of all. The
Lord is the supreme Reality. Rejoice in him through renunciation.
Covet Nothing. All belongs to the Lord.
Thus working may you live a hundred years. Thus alone will you work
in real freedom.
Those who deny the self are born again Blind to the self,
enveloped in darkness, Utterly devoid of love for the Lord.
The Self is one. Ever still, The self is Swifter than
thought, Swifter than the senses, Though motionless, he outruns all
pursuit. Without the self, never could life exist.
The Self seems to move, but is ever still. He seems far a way,
but is ever near. He is within all, and he transcends all.
Those who see all creatures in themselves and themselves in
all creatures know no fear. Those who see all creatures in
themselves and themselves in all creatures know no grief. Delude
the one who sees its unity?
The self is everywhere. Bright is the self, indivisible,
untouched by sin, wise, immanent and transcendent. he it is who holds
the cosmos together.
In dark night live those for whom the world without alone is
real; in night alone is real. The first leads to a life of action,
the second to life of meditation. But those who combine action with
meditation and enter into immortality through the practice of
meditation. So have we heard from the wise.
In the dark night live those for whom the Lord is transcendent
only; in night darker still, for whom he is immanent only. But
those for whom he is transcendent and immanent cross the sea of death
with immanent and enter into Immortality with the transcendent. So
have we heard from the wise.
The face of truth is hidden by your orb of gold. O sun, May
you remove your orb so that i, who adore the true, may see The glory of
truth. O nourishing sun, Solitary traveler, controller, source of
life for all creatures, spread your light and subdue your dazzling
splendor so that i may see your blessed self. Even that very self
am I!
May my life merge in the Immortal when my body is reduced to
ashes. O mind, meditate on the eternal Brahman. Remember the
deeds of the past. Remember , O mind, remember.
O god of fire, lead us by the good path to eternal joy.
you know all our deeds. Deliver us from evil, we who bow and pray again
and again.
OM shanti shanti shanti