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Chandogya Upanishad

Prapathaka VII, Khanda 22
Hindu trans. Max Müller • c. c. 800-600 BCE (translation 1879)
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'When one obtains bliss (in oneself), then one performs duties. One who does not obtain bliss, does not perform duties. Only he who obtains bliss, performs duties. This bliss, however, we must desire to understand.' 'Sir, I desire to understand it.'