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N o more questions have they to ask of life.
With self-will extinguished, they are at peace.
Seeing the Lord of Love in all around,

Serving the Lord of Love in all around,
They are united with him forever.
They have attained the summit of wisdom
By the steep path of renunciation.
They have attained to immortality
And are united with the Lord of Love.
When they leave the body, the vital force
Returns to the cosmic womb, but their work
Becomes a beneficial force in life
To bring others together in the Self.

quote 2654 | The Upanishads
Mundaka Upanishad, translated by Eknath Easwaran, 1987; Nilgiri Press, Tomales, California

T hose who dwell on and long for sense-pleasure
Are born in a world of separateness.
But let them realize they are the Self
And all separateness will fall away.

quote 2652 | The Upanishads
Mundaka Upanishad, translated by Eknath Easwaran, 1987; Nilgiri Press, Tomales, California

T HE wise have attained the unitive state,
And see only the resplendent Lord of Love.
Desiring nothing in the physical world,
They have become one with the Lord of Love.

quote 2651 | The Upanishads
Mundaka Upanishad, translated by Eknath Easwaran, 1987; Nilgiri Press, Tomales, California

G reat is the glory of the Lord of Life,
Infinite, omnipresent, all-knowing.
He is known by the wise who meditate
And conserve their vital energy.

Hear, 0 children of immortal bliss,
You are born to be united with the Lord.
Follow the path of the illumined ones
And be united with the Lord of Life.

Kindle the fire of kundalini deep
In meditation. Bring your mind and breath
Under control. Drink deep of divine love,
And you will attain the unitive state.

Dedicate yourself to the Lord of Life,
Who is the cause of the cosmos.
He will Remove the cause of all your suffering
And free you from the bondage of karma.

Be seated with spinal column erect
And turn your senses and mind deep within.
With the mantram echoing in your heart,
Cross over the dread sea of birth and death.

Train your senses to be obedient.
Regulate your activities to lead you
To the goal. Hold the reins of your mind
As you hold the reins of restive horses.

quote 2648 | The Upanishads
Shvetashvatara Upanishad, translated by Eknath Easwaran, 1987; Nilgiri Press, Tomales, California

K now God and all fetters will fall away.
No longer identifying yourself
With the body, go beyond birth and death.
All your desires will be fulfilled in him
Who is One without a second.

quote 2638 | The Upanishads
Shvetashvatara Upanishad, translated by Eknath Easwaran, 1987; Nilgiri Press, Tomales, California

A LL IS CHANGE in the world of the senses
But changeless is the supreme Lord of Love.
Meditate on him, be absorbed in him,
Wake up from this dream of separateness.

quote 2637 | The Upanishads
Shvetashvatara Upanishad, translated by Eknath Easwaran, 1987; Nilgiri Press, Tomales, California

B y tranquility is meant Oneness, and Oneness gives birth to the highest Samadhi which is gained by entering into the realm of Noble Wisdom that is realizable only within one's inmost consciousness.

quote 2538 | The Lankavatara Sutra
Ch I, p.277, in Dwight Goddard, A Buddhist bible

M encius said, “He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature. He who knows his nature knows Heaven (Nature). ” (1). There is only one mind. My mind, my friends' mind, the mind of the sages thousands of years ago, and the mind of sages thousands of years to come are all the same. The substance of the mind is infinite. If one can completely develop his mind, he will become identified with Heaven. To acquire learning is to appreciate this fact. This is what is meant by the saying, "Sincerity means the completion of the self, and the Way is self-directing."

quote 2409 | Lu Hsiang Shan
Complete Work of Lu Hsiang-shan (Hsiang-shan ch’uan-chi), 35:10a-b, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 33

T he Record says, "When one is identified with the One, all things will be complete with him. When he reaches the point of having no subjective feelings, spiritual beings will submit to him.” (1)

quote 2254 | Tchuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu, ch. 12 (Houang Lao School), NHCC, 5: la-3a, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 8.

(1) This work is now lost.

W hen the physical form embodies and preserves the spirit so that all activities follow their own specific principles, that is nature. By cultivating one's nature one win return to virtue. When virtue is perfect, one will be one with the beginning. Being one with the beginning, one becomes vacuous (his. Receptive to all), and being vacuous, one becomes great. One will them be united with the sound and breath of things. When one is united with the sound and breath of things, one is then united with the universe. This unity is intimate and seems to be stupid and foolish. This is called profound and secret virtue, this is complete harmony.

quote 2251 | Tchuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu, ch. 12 (Houang Lao School), NHCC. 5:8b-9b, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 8.

Y en Hui said, "I have made some progress."
"What do you mean?" asked Confucius.
"I have forgotten humanity and righteousness," replied Yen Hui.
"Very good but that is not enough," said Confucius.
On another day Yen Hui saw Confucius again and said, "I have made some progress.
"What do you mean?" asked Confucius.
"I have forgotten ceremonies and music," replied Yen Hui.
"Very good, but that is not enough," said Confucius.
Another day Yen Hui saw Confucius again and said, "I have made some progress."
"What do you mean?" asked Confucius.
Yen Hui said, "I forget everything while sitting down."
Confucius face turned pale. He said, "What do you mean by sitting down and forgetting everything?"
"I cast aside my limbs," replied Yen Hui, "discard my intelligence, detach from both body and mind, and become one with Great Universal (Tao).(1)" This is called sitting down and forgetting everything.

quote 2249 | Tchuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu, chapter VI, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 8.

This is not a cult of unconsciousness. Lu Ch'ang-keng has correctly said, "To forget means to have one's mind in all things but not to have any mind about oneself, and to have one's feelings in accord with all things but not to have any feelings of oneself." Lu is here quoting Ch'eng Hao (Ch'eng Ming-tao, 1032-1085), who said that "there is nothing better than to become broad and extremely impartial and to respond spontaneously to all things as they come. ` In fact, Chuang Tzu's doctrine of "sitting down and forgetting everything" strongly stimulated Neo-Confucian thought.

B ecome one with the dusty world.
This is called profund identification
Therefore it is impossible either to be intimate and close to him or to be distant and indifferent to him.
It is impossible either to benefit him or to harm him,
It is impossible either to honor him or to disgrace him.
For this reason he is honored by the world.

quote 2207 | Lao Tzu
Laozi 56, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 7.

O f all those that obtained the One:
Heaven obtained the One and became clear.
Earth obtained the One and became tranquil.
The spiritual beings obtained the One and became divine.
The valley obtained the One and became full.
The myriad things obtained the One and lived and grew.
Kings and barons obtained the One and became rulers of the empire.
What made them so is the One. (1)

quote 2197 | Lao Tzu
Laozi 39, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 7.

(1) Both the Wang Pi and Ho-shang Kung texts do not have the word "One" but others have.

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