Enjoy by letting go. Don't covet anyone's wealth.

What it means

Everything is pervaded by the divine, the verse says, so enjoy the world through renunciation rather than grabbing. Possessiveness ruins the pleasure it chases. Hold lightly and you get to enjoy more.

The source

"Enjoy by letting go. Don't covet anyone's wealth." The Upanishads said it in Isha Upanishad 1. Translated from the original Sanskrit by Spartan Surfers.

"तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ॥ १ ॥"

Original Sanskrit, Isha Upanishad 1. Text read at sa.wikisource.org.

Who said it

The Upanishads (c. 800-300 BC). The philosophical closing texts of the Vedas. They ask what the self is and answer that it is one with the ground of everything.

Questions

What does "Enjoy by letting go. Don't covet anyone's wealth." mean?

Everything is pervaded by the divine, the verse says, so enjoy the world through renunciation rather than grabbing. Possessiveness ruins the pleasure it chases. Hold lightly and you get to enjoy more.

Who said "Enjoy by letting go. Don't covet anyone's wealth."?

The Upanishads (c. 800-300 BC). Source: Isha Upanishad 1.

What is the original Sanskrit?

तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ॥ १ ॥. Translated from the original Sanskrit by Spartan Surfers.

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