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Tejo-Bindu Upanishad - CHAPTER - II

Then the Kumara asked Shiva: “Please explain to me the nature of Chinmatra, that is the partless non-dual essence”. The great Shiva replied:

1-23. “The partless non-dual essence is the visible. It is the world, it is the existence, it is the Self, it is mantra, it is action, it is spiritual wisdom, it is water. It is the earth, it is Akasa, it is the books, it is the three Vedas, it is the Brahman, it is the religious vow, it is Jiva, it is Aja (the unborn), it is Brahma, it is Vishnu, it is Rudra; it is I, it is Atman, it is the Guru. It is the aim, it is sacrifice, it is the body, it is Manas, it is Chitta, it is happiness, it is Vidya; it is the undifferentiated, it is the eternal, it is the supreme, it is everything.

O six-faced one, different from It there is nothing. None, none but It; It is I. It is gross, it is subtle, it is knowable, it is thou; it is the mysterious; it is the knower; it is existence, it is mother, it is father, it is brother, it is husband, It is Sutra (Atman), it is Virat. It is the body, it is the head, it is the internal, it is the eternal, it is full, it is nectar, it is Gotra (clan), it is Griha (the house), it is the preservable, it is the moon, it is the stars, it is the sun, it is the holy seat. It is forgiveness, it is patience, it is the gunas, it is the witness. It is a friend, it is a relative, it is an ally, it is the king, town, kingdom and subjects. It is Om, Japa, meditation, the seat, the one worthy to be taken (in), the heart, the Jyotis, Swarga (heaven) and Self”.

   24. “All the partless and non-dual essence should be regarded as Chinmatra. Chinmatra alone is the Absolute Consciousness; and this partless non-dual essence alone is the (real) essence.

   25. All having consciousness alone except those having changes, are Chinmatra. All this is Chinmatra.

   26. He is Chinmaya; the state of Atman is known as Chinmatra and the partless non-dual essence. The whole world is Chinmatra. Your state and my state are Chinmatra.

   27. Akasa, earth, water, Vayu, Agni, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and all else that exist or do not, are Chinmatra.

   28. That which is the partless non-dual essence is Chinmatra. All the past, present and future are Chinmatra.

   29. Substance and time are Chinmatra. Knowledge and the knowable are Chinmatra. The knower is Chinmatra. Everything is Chinmatra.

   30. Every speech is Chinmatra. Whatever else is Chinmatra. Asat and Sat are Chinmatra.

   31. The beginning and end are Chinmatra; that which is in the beginning and end is Chinmatra ever. The Guru and the disciple are Chinmatra. If the seer and the seen are Chinmatra, then they are always Chinmaya.

   32. All things wondrous are Chinmatra. The (gross) body is Chinmatra, as also subtle and causal bodies. There is nothing beyond Chinmatra.

   33. I and thou are Chinmatra. Form and non-form are Chinmatra. Virtue and vice are Chinmatra. The body is a symbol of Chinmatra.

   34. Sankalpa, knowing, Mantra and others, the gods invoked in Mantras;

   35. The gods presiding over the eight quarters the phenomenal and the supreme Brahman are nothing but Chinmatra. There is nothing without Chinmatra.

   36-38. Maya is nothing without Chinmatra. Puja (worship) is nothing without Chinmatra. Meditation, truth, sheaths and others, the (eight) Vasus, silence, non-silence and indifference to objects – are nothing without Chinmatra. Everything is from Chinmatra. Whatever is seen and however seen – it is Chinmatra so far.

   39-41. Whatever exists and however distant is Chinmatra. Whatever elements exist, whatever is perceived and whatever is Vedanta – all these are Chinmatra. Without Chinmatra, there is no motion, no Moksha and no goal aimed at. Everything is Chinmatra. Brahman that is the partless non-dual essence is known to be nothing but Chinmatra.

   42. Thou, O Lord, art the partless non-dual essence (stated) in the books, in me, in Thee and in the ruler. He who thus perceives ‘I’ as of one homogeneity (pervading everywhere) will at once be emancipated through this spiritual wisdom. He is his own Guru with this profound spiritual wisdom.
   Thus ends the second chapter.

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