Diamond Sutra, Mu Soeng, trans

 

All the bodhisattva-mahasattvas, who undertake the practice of meditation, should cherish one thought only: “When I attain perfect wisdom, I will liberate all sentient beings in every realm of the universe.”

Upanishads

 

"As a metal disc, tarnished by dust, shines bright again after it has been cleaned, so is the one incarnate person fulfilled and free from grief, after he has seen the real nature of the self. And when by means of the real nature of his self he sees, as by a lamp, the real nature of brahman, then having known the unborn, eternal Being, who is beyond all natures, he is freed from all fetters."

The Taittiriya Upanishad

 ".. says, food is ‘annam brahmeti’ (food is Brahman, the highest reality and conscious principle). It adds, ‘Annam na nindayat tad vratam’ (do not criticize food, that is the pledge)

Robert A.F. Thurman

 

"Silence is the Buddha‘s greatest expression. It‘s the Buddha‘s great teaching, what the Hindus call „You are That“ in the Upanishads. „You are the ultimate reality. You are God!“ the Hindus boldly declare. But the Buddha‘s way of affirming that fact is by being silent, because if you are that, after all, if you are what the theists think is God, you already know it yourself. (p. 15)"

Sri Jibankrishna or Diamond

 "The gods are immortal and who are saying so? Human beings are saying so. They hoped to become immortal by creating imaginary deities. In Upanishads we see that the Rishis are praying ‘Take me from death to immortality’. They are not praying for the imaginary deities, they are praying for themselves. The Vedic Rishis or sages were also human beings, and so they are praying for immortality of the human beings."

Rumi

 Keep silence, be mute. If you have not yet become the tongue of GOD, be an ear!

Ramana Maharshi

 When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.

Ramanuj Prasad

 

"The Upanishadis an antidote to narrow outlooks, as it reminds one repeatedly: “O Immortal One, you do not have this body alone but all the bodies are your body. Leave the idea of the small family, as the whole world is your family. There is none for you to hate as you are in all, and all, including the plants and animal kingdom, exist because of you only."

Eknath Easwaran

 "As by knowing one tool of iron, dear one,

We come to know all things made out of iron -
That they differ only in name and form,
While the stuff of which all are made is iron -

So through spiritual wisdom, dear one,
We come to know that all of life is one."

Paramananda

 "As long as man is overpowered by the darkness of ignorance, he is the slave of Nature and must accept whatever comes as the fruit of his thoughts and deeds. When he strays into the path of unreality, the Sages declare that he destroys himself; because he who clings to the perishable body and regards it as his true Self must experience death many times."