Upanishads

The Upanishads (Sanskrit: उपनिषद्, IAST: Upaniṣad, IPA: [upəniʂəd]) are a collection of holy texts which form the philosophical basis of Hinduism.
==Revolutions soundtrack==
When Don Davis suggested to the Wachowskis that a text be used by the choir for The Matrix Revolutions' soundtrack, ideally in a dead language, the Wachowskis selected a number of verses from the Upanishads, which reflect the Matrix philosophy.
Sanskrit 	Transliteration 	Translation 	Source 	Soundtrack
अ' सतो मा स' द्गमय 	asato ma sad gamaya 	From the unreal (delusion) lead me to the real (truth) 	Brihad Aranyaka (1.3.28) 	Neodammerung (lines 1 and 2)
त' मसो मा ज्यो' तिर्गमय, 	tamaso ma jyotir gamaya 	From the darkness lead me to the light 	Brihad Aranyaka (1.3.28) 	Neodammerung (line 3)
मृत्यो' र्मामृतं गमये' ति॥ 	mrtyor mamrtam gamaya 	From death lead me to immortality 	Brihad Aranyaka (1.3.28) 	Neodammerung (line 4)
विद्यां चाविद्यां च यस्तद्वेदोभयँ सह	vidyam cavidyam ca yas tad vedobhayam saha 	He that perceives both knowledge together with ignorance 	Isha Upanishad (11) 	Neodammerung (line 5)
अविद्यया मृत्युं तीर्त्वा विद्ययाऽमृतमश्नुते	avidyaya mrtyum tirtva vidyayamrtam asnute 	
[knows that] with ignorance crosses over death and with knowledge immortality is enjoyed 	Isha Upanishad (11) 	Neodammerung (line 6)
यस्मिन् द्यौः पृथिवी चान्तरिक्षमोतं	yasmin dyauh prthivi cantariksamotam 	In him are woven the sky and the earth and all the regions of the air 	Mundaka Upanishad (2.2.5)	Neodammerung (line 7)
मनः सह प्राणैश्च सर्वैः 	manah saha pranais ca sarvaih 	And in him rest the mind and all the powers of life 	Mundaka Upanishad (2.2.5)	Neodammerung (line 8)
तमेवैकं जानथ आत्मानमन्या वाचो	tam evaikam janatha atmanam anya vacah 	Know him as the One and leave aside all other words 	Mundaka Upanishad (2.2.5)	Neodammerung (line 9)
विमुञ्चथामृतस्यैष सेतुः 	vimuncatha amrtasya esah setuh 	He is the bridge of immortality 	Mundaka Upanishad (2.2.5)	Neodammerung (line 10)
इन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनो मनसः सत्त्वमुत्तमम्	indriyebhyah param mano manasah sattvam uttamam 	Beyond the senses is the mind, and beyond the mind is reason, its essence 	Katha Upanishad (6.7) 	Neodammerung (line 11)
सत्त्वादधि महानात्मा महतोऽव्यक्तमुत्तमम्	sattvad adhi mahan atma mahato vyaktam uttamam 	Beyond reason is the Spirit in man, and beyond this is the Spirit of the Universe, the evolver of all. 	Katha Upanishad (6.7) 	Neodammerung (line 12)
यदा पञ्चावतिष्ठन्ते ज्ञानानि मनसा सह	yada pancavatisthante jnanani manasa saha 	When the five senses and the mind are still 	Katha Upanishad (6.10) 	Neodammerung (line 13)
बुद्धिश्च न विचेष्टते तामाहुः परमां गतिम्	buddhis ca na vicestate tam ahuh paramam gatim 	And reason itself rests in silence, then begins the Path supreme. 	Katha Upanishad (6.10) 	Neodammerung (line 14)
 	Ya ya ya ya yada yadaya Ya ya ya ya yada yada yada yada Yada yada yada yada yada	So on and so forth, so on and so forth, so on and so forth 	 	Neodammerung (line 15)
भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः	bhidyate hrdayagranthis chidyante sarvasamsayah 	And when he is seen in his immanence and transcendence, then the ties that have bound the heart are unloosened	Mundaka Upanishad (2.2.8)	Neodammerung (line 16)
क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि तस्मिन् दृष्टे परावरे	ksiyante casya karmani tasmin drste paravare 	The doubts of the mind vanish, and the law of Karma works no more 	Mundaka Upanishad (2.2.8)	Neodammerung (line 17)
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