honey is the metaphor for self used in the katha upanishad.
honey is the metaphor for self used in the katha upanishad.
what is the metaphor for self used in the katha upanishad?
honey
atman, asserts katha upanishad, is the subject of self-knowledge, the bearer of spiritual reality, that which is all-pervading, inside every being, which unifies all human beings as well as all creatures, the concealed, eternal, immortal, pure bliss. it exists and active when man is in awake-state, it exists and active when man is in dream-state. the empirical reality is the "honey" for the atman, with the honey metaphor repeating "fruit of numerous karma flowers in the valley of life" doctrine found in other upanishads, such as in the second chapter of brihadaranyaka upanishad. to know atman, look inward and introspect; to know objects, look outward and examine, states katha upanishad. everything that changes is not atman, that which was, is, will be and never changes is atman. just like a baby is concealed inside a mother's womb when conceived, atman is concealed inside every creature, states verse 2.4.8 of katha upanishad.
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bullet::::- katha upanishad in the thirteen principal upanishads, robert hume (translation with some creative recomposition)









































bullet::::- katha upanishad translated by sanderson beck, in wisdom of china and india









































bullet::::- translation and commentary by swami paramananda









































bullet::::- the katha upanishad with shankara’s commentary translated by s. sitarama sastri, online ebook









































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bullet::::- kāṭha-upaniṣad edited by marcos albino, erlangen 1996; transliterated titus version by jost gippert









































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bullet::::- katha upanishad recited by pt. ganesh vidyalankar









































bullet::::- first from compilation of seven discourses translating sanskrit to english via mp3 audio









































bullet::::- recitation by swami atmajnananda









































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