The image of the two birds, taken over from Rig Veda 1.164.20. It is read as the individual self that acts and suffers and the supreme Self that only witnesses. Muller's footnote marker is removed.
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TextTwo birds, inseparable friends, cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit, the other looks on without eating. 1 ReferenceMundaka Upanishad 3.1.1 1 Reference SchemeCollection, Book, Section 1 Translation
TranslationThe Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15) 1 Meaning
Themethe self and the absolute 1 Connections
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The image is quoted from Rig Veda 1.164.
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Source The Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15)F. Max Muller
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1. The Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15)
F. Max Muller, Clarendon Press / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1879Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.1View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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