Katha 212

Upanishads · translated by Swami Paramananda

In the sight of true wisdom, there is no difference between the creator and the created. Even physical science has come to recognize that cause and effect are but two aspects of one manifestation of energy. He who fails to see this, being engrossed in the visible only, goes from death to death; because he clings to external forms which are perishable. Only the essence which dwells within is unchangeable and imperishable. This knowledge of the oneness of visible and invisible, however, cannot be acquired through sense-perception. It can only be attained by the purified mind.

Katha 212 · Upanishads · Katha-Upanishad

Themes in this passage

Creation Death Wisdom The Divine Truth Rebirth

Creation in other traditions

The same theme, as Islam, Christianity, Taoism and Buddhism address it.

Lo! We have created them a (new) creation

Quran 56:35 · Quran

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:27 · Bible · Genesis

Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day. To whom is it that these (two) things are owing? To Heaven and Earth. If Heaven and Earth cannot make such (spasmodic) actings last long, how much less can man!

Tao Te Ching 23.1 · Tao Te Ching

`All created things perish,' he who knows and sees this becomes passive in pain; this is the way to purity.

Dhp 20.277 · Dhammapada · The Way

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