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Chandogya Upanishad

Prapathaka IV, Khanda 9
Hindu trans. Max Müller • c. c. 800-600 BCE (translation 1879)
1
Thus he reached the house of his teacher. The teacher said to him: 'Satyakâma.' He replied: 'Sir.'
2
The teacher said: 'Friend, you shine like one who knows Brahman. Who then has taught you ?' He replied: 'Not men. But you only, Sir, I wish, should teach me ;
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'For I have heard from men like you, Sir, that only knowledge which is learnt from a teacher (Âkârya), leads to real good.' Then he taught him the same knowledge. Nothing was left out, Yea, nothing was left out.