Uparati

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

In the space between surrender and teaching, silence—the warrior falls silent, and in that silence, the universe prepares to speak.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

Never was there a time when we did not exist, and never will there be a time when we cease to exist—I, you, and all these kings are eternal.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

The unreal never truly exists; the Real never ceases to be—this is the fundamental insight that liberates the wise from all fear and delusion.

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Sage Patanjali systematized meditation in 196 sutras, defining yoga as 'cessation of mental fluctuations.' His eight-limbed path—from ethics through posture, breath, and concentration to absorption—provides a complete technology of consciousness still practiced worldwide after twenty-two centuries.

Buddhist Suttas, Jataka Tales

After six years of extreme practices failed, Siddhartha Gautama sat under the Bodhi Tree, vowing not to move until enlightened. He faced Mara's attacks, saw through past lives, witnessed universal suffering, and at dawn understood the chain of causation—becoming the Buddha through pure, balanced meditation.