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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 4 (6.4.3)
Her lap is a sacrificial altar; her hairs, the sacrificial grass; her skin, the soma-press. The two lips of the vulva are the fire in the middle. Verily, indeed, as great as is the world of him who sacrifices with the Vajapeya ('Strength- libation ') sacrifice,, so great is the world of him who practises sexual intercourse, knowing this; he turns the good deeds of \\ omen to himself. But he who practises sexual intercourse with- out knowing this — women turn his good deeds unto themselves.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 4 (1)
'The altar (on which the sacrifice is supposed to be offered) is that world (heaven), O Gautama; its fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka III, Khanda 16 (1)
Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gâyatrî has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 2 (8)
Having cleansed the vessel, whether it be a kamsa or a kamasa, he sits down behind the fire on a skin or on the bare ground, without speaking or...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VIII, Khanda 5 (1)
What people call sacrifice (yagña), that is really abstinence (brahmakarya). For he who knows, obtains that (world of Brahman, which others obtain by...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 7 (1)
'The altar is man, O Gautama; its fuel speech itself, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue, the coals the eye, the sparks the ear.
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 53 — Vahishtoishti Gatha (7)
For while lustful desire heart-inflamed from the body there beyond goeth down where the spirit of evil reaches (to ruin, still) ye bring forth the cha...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 2 (9)
On this there is a Sloka: 'If during sacrifices which are to fulfil certain wishes he sees in his dreams a woman, let him know success from this...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 17 (5)
If the sacrifice is injured from the Yagur-veda side, let him offer a libation in the Dakshina fire, saying, Bhuvah, Svâhâ! Thus does he bind...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 8 (2)
'On that altar the Devas (prânas) offer seed, From that oblation rises the germ.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 17 (4)
If the sacrifice is injured from the Rig-Veda side, let him offer a libation in the Gârhapatya fire, saying, Bhûh, Svâha! Thus does he bind together...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 7 (2)
'On that altar the Devas (prânas) offer food. From that oblation rises seed.
Mundaka Upanishad
First Mundaka, Second Khanda (6)
Come hither, come hither! the brilliant oblations say to him, and carry the sacrificer on the rays of the sun, while they utter pleasant speech and...
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (8)
The desires beget harm in this world and beyond: here, by bondage, slaughter, and loss of limb; beyond, in hell. That for the sake of which thou hast...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 18 (2)
'Of that Vaisvânara Self the head is Sutegas (having good light), the eye Visvarûpa (multiform), the breath Prithagvartman (having various courses),...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 21 (2)
'And through their satisfaction he (the sacrificer or eater) himself is satisfied with offspring, cattle, health, brightness, and Vedic splendour.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 17 (8)
Thus does one bind together and heal any break in the sacrifice by means of (the Vyâhritis or sacrificial interjections which are) the essence and...