| From The River Of Heaven |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| THE SOURCE OF TEACHINGS : THE VEDAS, PURANAS AND TANTRAS | |
| The Upanishads are said to be the cows with Krishna their
milker and the Gita the milk. The basic teachings of the Upanishads
are summed up in six great sayings (Mahavakyas). These are----
"I am Brahman" (Aham Brahmasmi). This states the identity of the inmost consciousness of the individual with that of the supreme Divine. The ultimate truth of Vedic knowledge is not that some great savior is God or the Lord or that such and such a God or name and form of God is the supreme. It is not the worship of a person, book, image or idea. It is not even the worship of God. The Upanishads say that whatever we worship as truth apart from ourselves destroys us. They teach that our own Self is the true Divinity, that it is the presence of the absolute within our heart and all the universe. "The Self is Brahman" (Ayam Atma Brahma). This also states the identity of the soul with the Absolute but in a more objective and less direct manner. Not only is our Self the Divine. It is the same Self in all beings that is the same Absolute truth.
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