
(O gentle one, just as by a single clod of clay all that is made of clay is known, all distortions being only in naming, but the truth is that all that is clay.)Ĭhandogya Upanishad (Sage Uddalaka Aruni instructing his son Satyaketu to complete his education) "Yatha saumya, ekena mrit-pindena sarvam mrinmayam vijnatam syat vacarambhanam vikaro nama-dheyam, mrittikety eva satyam."

Two of my favorites which I regularly quote are:

You are right in saying that in whichever kosha a thing \ person may be, it still is Brahman and no less - 'what exists is one without a second' - 'Ekam eva Dwiteeyo nasti' (not necessarily a God). Yeah, Upanishads are beautiful, but their teaching has to be understood according to present day science.
