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Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 1 (12)
The breath, when on the point of departing, tore up the other senses, as a horse, going to start, might tear up the pegs to which he is tethered 1. They came to him and said: 'Sir, be thou (our lord); thou art the best among us. Do not depart from us!'
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 1 (6.1.13)
Then Breath was about to go off. As a large fine horse of the Indus-land might pull up the pegs of his foot- tethers together, thus indeed did it...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 3 (4.3.38)
As noblemen, policemen, chariot-drivers, village-heads gather around a king who is about to depart, just so do all the breaths gather around the soul...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: Introductory Instructions Concerning the Experiencing of Reality During the Third Stage of the Bardo, Called the Chonyid Bardo, when the Karmic Apparitions Appear (3.7-3.8)
Thou wilt pay undistracted attention to that with which I am about to set thee face to face, and hold on: O nobly-born, that which is called death...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 4 (4.4.2)
" He is becoming one," they say; ce he does not see." " He is becoming one," they say; " he does not smell." '• He is becoming one," they say; "he...
Dhammapada
Chapter XVIII: Impurity (235)
Thou art now like a sear leaf, the messengers of death (Yama) have come near to thee; thou standest at the door of thy departure, and thou hast no...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto VIII (5)
"O my dear Guide, who more than seven times Hast rendered me security, and drawn me From imminent peril that before me stood, Do not desert me," said...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: Instructions on the Symptoms of Death, or the First Stage of the Chikhai Bardo: The Primary Clear Light Seen at the Moment of Death (1.6-1.8)
Then the manner of the application [of the instructions] is: When the breathing is about to cease, it is best if the Transference hath been applied...
The Masnavi
Another Tyrannical Jewish King (21-30)
Little by little, so that you see not the process. In like manner this breath of ours by degrees " The good word riseth up to Him," Our breathings...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (164)
O noble guest! O, why didst thou depart from us! O fierceness, wrath and astringency or severity, thou art the cause of it! O fierce wrathful devil!...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 1 (6.1.7)
These vital Breaths (prand), disputing among themselves on self-superiority, went to Brahma. Then they said: ' Which of us is the most excellent? '...
The Masnavi
The Sufi's Beast (71-79)
Wisdom breaks away from you and takes to flight! 0n Taqlid, blind imitation or cant. "O wretch, why did you not come and say to me, 'Such and such a...
The Masnavi
The Arab and his Wife (141-150)
Long, long before earth had diverted it to itself. We used to be on earth, ignorant of tho earth, When we were commanded to depart from that place,...
The Masnavi
The Travelers who ate the Young Elephant (41-50)
To utter the words, 'Come to the asylum!'" The wrath of the Prophet boiled up, and he said (Uttering one or two secrets from the fount of grace), "O...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Appendix: The Invocation of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas (42.4)
O ye Compassionate Ones, ye possess the wisdom of understanding, the love of compassion, the power of [doing] divine deeds and of protecting, in...
Divine Comedy
Purgatorio: Canto V (2)
When they became aware I gave no place For passage of the sunshine through my body, They changed their song into a long, hoarse "Oh!" And two of...
The Conference of the Birds
Speech of the Eighteenth Bird (2)
The shaikh went out one day from his monastery in the company of his disciples, riding on his donkey while his companions followed walking. All at...
Apocryphon of James
Shame on You, Blessings on You (4)
I do not want to stay with you any longer just as you yourselves have not wanted this. Follow me quickly. I tell you, for you I came down. You are lov...
The Masnavi
The Merchant and his Clever Parrot (82-91)
I only said, "Is it right? " and He forsook me. Why dost Thou flee from the cries of us on earth? Why pourest Thou sorrow on the heart of the...
The Masnavi
Counsels of Reserve given by the Prophet to his Freedman Zaid (1-11)
"How is it with thee this morning, O pure disciple?" He replied, "Thy faithful slave am I." Again he said, "If the garden of faith has bloomed, show...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CLIV The Chapter Of Not Letting The Body Decay In The Netherworld (2)
Come, take hold of my breath of life, lord of the breath, lofty above his equals; vivify me, build me up, thou lord of the funeral chest
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