The Upanishads

I would like to share an extract from my much dog-eared copy of The Upanishads.
The Upanishads are for the Hindu approximately what the New Testament represents for the Christian. They were written in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 BC.
This extract is from the Chandogya Upanishad 3.14

" All this universe is in truth Brahmin. He is the beginning and end of life of all.  As such, in silence,give unto him adoration.
Man in truth is made of faith.  As his faith is in this life, so he becomes in the beyond: with faith and vision let him work.
There is a Spirit that is mind and life, light and truth and vast spaces.  He contains all works and desires and all perfumes and tastes.  He enfolds the whole universe, and in silence is loving to all.
This is the Spirit that is in my heart, smaller than a grain of rice, or a grain of barley,or a grain of mustard seed, or a grain of canary seed, or the kernel of a grain of canary seed.  This is the Spirit that is in my heart, greater than the earth, greater than the sky, greater than heaven itself, greater than all these worlds.
He contains all works and all desires and all perfumes and all tastes.  He enfolds the whole universe and in silence is loving to all.  This is the Spirit that is in my heart, this is Brahmin.
To him I shall come when I go beyond this life.  And to him will come he who has faith and doubts not.  Thus said Sandilya, thus said Sandilya."

The word Brahmin can be translated as the Creator.