Sacred Text · The Upanishads
All is to be hidden in the Lord
Isha (Vagasaneyi-Samhita) Upanishad 1 · SBE vol. I · F. Max Müller
Translation: F. Max Müller, The Upanishads, Sacred Books of the East, Part I (vol. I, 1879) and Part II (vol. XV, 1884), public domain (Müller died 1900), via the Internet Archive (items upanishads00mlgoog and upanishads02mlgoog). Reproduced in context; Müller’s round-bracket insertions are his own clarifying additions, and optical-scanning artefacts were corrected against his printed wording. The key passages Chandogya VI.8-16 (Tat tvam asi, ‘that art thou’), the Isha opening, Brihadaranyaka I.4.10 (Aham Brahmasmi, ‘I am Brahman’) and IV.5.15 (neti neti), and Katha I.2.18-20 on the immortal Self were validated against the source before publishing. References follow the standard Upanishad numbering.
How this connects to Jesus
The Isha Upanishad opens by calling the whole moving world something to be hidden in, or enveloped by, the Lord (Isha), and bids us hold all things lightly and covet nothing. Jesus taught the very same freedom from grasping: seek first the kingdom of God, and do not lay up treasure on earth (Matthew 6:19-33). The Upanishad names the Lord who fills all things; the Gospel says this Lord came looking for us, and calls us to receive everything as a gift from a Father’s hand.
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