Katha Upanishad 2.14

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Katha Upanishad 2.14
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अन्यत्र धर्मादन्यत्राधर्मादन्यत्रास्मात्कृताकृतात्। अन्यत्र भूताच्च भव्याच्च यत्तत्पश्यसि तद्वद॥

anyatra dharmādanyatrādharmādanyatrāsmātkṛtākṛtāt | anyatra bhūtācca bhavyācca yattatpaśyasi tadvada ||

"Nachiketa said: "Tell me what you see as beyond dharma and adharma, beyond what is done and not done, beyond past and future.""

What This Means:

Nachiketa asks for the ultimate: What lies beyond good and evil, beyond action and inaction, beyond time itself?

Going Deeper:

He seeks the Absolute that transcends all dualities - ethical, temporal, and karmic. This is the realm of pure Being.

How To Apply This:

Can you glimpse something beyond all pairs of opposites - beyond good/bad, past/future? That's what Nachiketa seeks.

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