[INDOLOGY] help with 2 quotes

Martin Gansten martin.gansten at pbhome.se
Fri Mar 27 11:57:09 UTC 2015


The first is a very concise summary of Bṛhadāraṇyaka 2.4 and/or 4.5 
(near-identical passages); the second is Kaṭha 5.13 (similar to 
Śvetāśvatara 6.13).

Best wishes,
Martin Gansten

patrick mccartney wrote:
> Dear Indology Friends,
>
>
> In promotional material released by the organisation I am researching 
> they have used the two following quotes in their /e-patrikā/. My 
> problem is that I am struggling to locate the original Sanskrit verse 
> or the name of the original text.
>
>
> 1) All I have is the following, which as you can see is a translation 
> into English. I'd like to find the original text if possible.
>
> 'In the Upaniṣads, the sage Yājñavalkya says, “We don’t love each 
> other for the sake of each other, we love each other for the sake of 
> the divine Self that dwells within".'
>
>
> 2) The organisation only refers to 'Upaṇiṣad Mantra 5' as the location 
> of the following verse.
>
> /Nityo’nityānāṁ cetanścetanānāṁ eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān | tam 
> ātmasthaṁ ye’nupaśyanti dhīrāsteṣāṁ śāntiḥ śāśvatīrnetareṣām ||/
>
> Once again, if anyone knows which upaṇiṣad this comes actually comes 
> from I would really appreciate knowing.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Patrick McCartney


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