Vedic Texts

Dr.Sheeba Rakesh. Fall into the snares of widespread death: But wise men, discerning immortality, Seek not the stable here among unstable things.” ― Katha Upanishad It is clearly stated that people who adhere to ritualism only because, they think, that these rituals (of worship etc) will take them to the Absolute Truth are highly mistaken. Knowledge of human relationships, renunciation etc are the actual rituals to propel human life towards the Absolute Truth. The soul The soul has been likened to a chariot owner, while the body has been called a chariot; our wisdom or intellect is the driver; our feelings are the reins of the senses that are the horses in this entire comparison…while our desires are the ways trodden upon by these horses. When all of these work together, the human being becomes the ignorant being madly desirous of feeling joys. On the other hand, the truly learned being would know, that life has been given for a purpose, that of integrating one’s faculties of speech, thinking and feeling with the being of wisdom and calm, both within and without. To differentiate between what is real knowledge and what is not; and then further, to shun artifice and embrace the real. Eventually, it is in this course of progression that the soul attains wisdom, greatness and calm.