Katha Upanishad

The Sacrifice of VajashravasaFaith Awakens in the BoyWorthless Gifts, Joyless WorldsTo Whom Will You Give Me?Among the First to GoLike Corn, Ripening and RebornA Guest Like Consuming FireWhat Is Lost by Neglecting a GuestThree Nights Unfed, Three Boons OfferedMay My Father's Anger Be GoneFreed from the Jaws of DeathNo Fear in the World of HeavenThe Fire That Leads to HeavenThe Fire Hidden in the Heart's CaveThe Pupil Repeats the TeachingA Fire Named After NachiketasCrossing Beyond Birth and DeathCasting Off the Snares of DeathNow Choose Your Third BoonDoes the Self Survive Death?Even the Gods Were Once UnsureNo Other Teacher Like YouDeath Offers Wealth InsteadBecome Great Upon the EarthDo Not Ask Me About DeathThese Pleasures Last Till TomorrowMan Is Not Satisfied by WealthWho Delights in a Long Life?The Great Journey BeyondThe Good and the PleasantHow the Wise ChooseRenouncing the Path of WealthKnowledge and Ignorance DivergeThe Blind Led by the BlindDeceived by the Illusion of WealthA Rare Teacher, A Rare StudentBeyond the Reach of ReasoningWisdom Beyond Mere ArgumentReaching the Eternal Through the ImpermanentRenouncing Even Ritual AttainmentBeyond Joy and SorrowThe Heart Wide Open to TruthBeyond Merit and DemeritThat Goal Is OmThe Imperishable SyllableThe Supreme SupportUnborn and UndyingThe Self Neither Slays Nor Is SlainSmaller Than Small, Greater Than GreatThe God Beyond Joy and Its AbsenceStable Amid the UnstableChosen by the Self ItselfOnly the Peaceful Mind Attains ItFor Whom Even Death Is But a SeasoningShadow and Light in the Heart's CaveThe Bridge to the Farther ShoreThe Self as Rider in the ChariotThe Senses as Horses, the World as the RoadUnruly Senses, Like Wild HorsesWell-Trained Senses, Like Good HorsesReturning to the Cycle of RebirthThe Goal Beyond RebirthReaching the End of the RoadThe Ladder Beyond the SensesThe Person Beyond the UnmanifestSeen Only by Subtle VisionMerging Mind into the Peaceful SelfArise, Awake, Seek the WiseBeyond Sound, Touch, and FormThe Eternal Story of NachiketasThe Mystery That Grants the InfiniteTurning the Gaze InwardNot Seeking the Lasting in the FleetingThat by Which All Is KnownThe Witness of Dream and WakingThe Ruler of Past and FutureBorn Before the WatersThe Goddess Who Dwells in the CaveThe Fire Hidden Like an Unborn ChildWhence the Sun Rises and SetsAs Here, So ThereRealized Through the Mind AloneThe Thumb-Sized Person WithinA Flame Without SmokeWater Scattering Down the MountainsidePure Water Poured into Pure WaterThe City with Eleven GatesThe Swan Dwelling EverywhereWorshipped in the Middle by All the GodsWhat Remains When the Body Is ReleasedThat on Which Breath Itself DependsThe Eternal Secret of BrahmanAccording to Deeds and KnowledgeAwake Within Those Who SleepOne Fire, Many FormsOne Wind, Many FormsUntainted Like the SunEverlasting Joy for Those Who See Him WithinEverlasting Peace for Those Who See Him WithinDoes It Shine, or Only Reflect?By His Light AloneThe Eternal Tree, Rooted AboveA Great Terror, Like an Upraised ThunderboltEven Death Runs in Fear of ItUnderstanding Before the Body Falls AwaySeen as in a Mirror, a Dream, in WaterThe Senses Rise and Pass AwayBeyond Intellect, the UnmanifestThe Person Without Any MarkGrasped by the Heart, Not the EyeWhen the Senses and Mind Come to RestThe Steady Holding Called YogaGrasped Only by One Who Says 'It Is'Realized as Existing, in Its True NatureWhen All Desire Falls AwayWhen the Knots of the Heart Are CutThe Channel That Leads to ImmortalityDrawing Out the Self Like a ReedNachiketas Attains Brahman