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Taittiriya Upanishad

Once Bhrigi Varuni went to his father Varuna and said; ‘father, explain to me the mystery of Brahman’

Then his father spoke to him of the food of the earth, of the breath of life, of the one who sees, of the one who hears, of the mind that knows, and of the one who speaks.  And he further said to him; ‘Seek to know Him from whom all beings have come, by whom they all live and unto whom they all return.  He is Brahman’.

So Bhrigi went and practised tapas, spiritual  prayer.  Then he thought that Brahman was the food of the earth; for from the earth all beings come, by food of the earth they all live and unto the earth they all return.

After this he went again to his father Varuna and said ‘Father explain further to me the mystery of Brahman’

To him his father answered ‘Seek to know Brahman by tapas, by prayer, because Brahman is prayer’

So Bhrigi went and practised tapas, spiritual  prayer.  Then he thought that Brahman was life, for from life all beings have come, by life they all live and unto life they all return.

After this he went again to his father Varuna and said ‘Father explain further to me the mystery of Brahman’

To him his father answered ‘Seek to know Brahman by tapas, by prayer, because Brahman is prayer’

So Bhrigi went and practised tapas, spiritual  prayer.  Then he thought that Brahman was mind, for from mind all beings have come, by mind they all live and unto mind they all return.

After this he went again to his father Varuna and said ‘Father explain further to me the mystery of Brahman’

To him his father answered ‘Seek to know Brahman by tapas, by prayer, because Brahman is prayer’

So Bhrigi went and practised tapas, spiritual  prayer.  Then he thought that Brahman was reason, for from reason all beings have come, by reason they all live and unto reason they all return.

After this he went again to his father Varuna and said ‘Father explain further to me the mystery of Brahman’

To him his father answered ‘Seek to know Brahman by tapas, by prayer, because Brahman is prayer’

So Bhrigi went and practised tapas, spiritual  prayer. 

And then he saw that Brahman was joy , for from joy all beings have come, by joy they all live and unto joy they all return.

This was the vision of Bhrigi Varuni which came from the Highest; and he who sees this vision lives in the Highest