For the sake of the Self one is loved.

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Sage Yagnavalakya to his

wife Maitreyi in the Brihadaranyaka upanishd

 

" II-iv-5: He said: `It is not for the sake of the husband, my dear,

that he is loved, but for one's own sake that he is loved. It is not

for the sake of the wife, my dear, that she is loved, but for one's

own sake that she is loved. It is not for the sake of the sons, my

dear, that they are loved, but for one's own sake that they are

loved. It is not for the sake of wealth, my dear, that it is loved,

but for one's own sake that it is loved. It is not for the sake of

the Brahmana, my dear, that he is loved, but for one's own sake that

he is loved. It is not for the sake of the Kshatriya, my dear, that

he is loved, but for one's own sake that he is loved. It is not for

the sake of worlds, my dear, that they are loved, but for one's own

sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of the gods, my

dear, that they are loved, but for one's own sake that they are

loved. It is not for the sake of beings, my dear, that they are

loved, but for one's own sake that they are loved. It is not for the

sake of all, my dear, that all is loved, but for one's own sake that

it is loved. The Self, my dear Maitreyi, should be realised – should

be heard of, reflected on and meditated upon. By the realisation of

the Self, my dear, through hearing, reflection and meditation, all

this is known. "

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