Taittiriya Upanishad 3.1
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भृगुर्वै वारुणिः। वरुणं पितरमुपससार। अधीहि भगवो ब्रह्मेति। तस्मा एतत्प्रोवाच। अन्नं प्राणं चक्षुः श्रोत्रं मनो वाचमिति। तं होवाच। यतो वा इमानि भूतानि जायन्ते। येन जातानि जीवन्ति। यत्प्रयन्त्यभिसंविशन्ति। तद्विजिज्ञासस्व। तद्ब्रह्मेति।
bhṛgurvai vāruṇiḥ | varuṇaṃ pitaramupasasāra | adhīhi bhagavo brahmeti | tasmā etatprovāca | annaṃ prāṇaṃ cakṣuḥ śrotraṃ mano vācamiti | taṃ hovāca | yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante | yena jātāni jīvanti | yatprayantyabhisaṃviśanti | tadvijijñāsasva | tadbrahmeti |
"Bhrigu, son of Varuna, approached his father Varuna and said: "Lord, teach me Brahman." He told him: "Food, vital breath, eye, ear, mind, speech." Then he said: "That from which these beings are born, by which they live once born, into which they enter upon departing - seek to know That. That is Brahman.""
What This Means:
Bhrigu asks his father Varuna to teach him Brahman. Varuna gives him faculties to investigate and a definition: That which creates, sustains, and receives all beings - that is Brahman.
Going Deeper:
The father gives the son a method (tapas) and a criterion (origin-sustenance-dissolution). Bhrigu must discover for himself.
How To Apply This:
True teaching gives you the tools to discover, not just answers. Ask: What is the source, sustainer, and destination of all?
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