Katha Upanishad 3.15Famous
intermediate
अशब्दमस्पर्शमरूपमव्ययं तथारसं नित्यमगन्धवच्च यत्। अनाद्यनन्तं महतः परं ध्रुवं निचाय्य तन्मृत्युमुखात्प्रमुच्यते॥
aśabdamasparśamarūpamavyayaṃ tathārasaṃ nityamagandhavcca yat | anādyanantaṃ mahataḥ paraṃ dhruvaṃ nicāyya tanmṛtyumukhātpramucyate ||
""Realizing that which is soundless, touchless, formless, unfading, tasteless, eternal, odorless, without beginning or end, beyond the great, unchanging - one is freed from the jaws of death.""
What This Means:
The Self has no sensory qualities - no sound, touch, form, taste, or smell. It's eternal, unchanging, infinite. Knowing this frees you from death.
Going Deeper:
By negation (neti neti), we approach what the Self truly is - beyond all qualities, yet the source of all.
How To Apply This:
The Self you seek has no sensory qualities. Stop looking for it with the senses; know it by being it.
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