Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Yajnavalkya

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Last updated on April 21, 2025.

Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya is a Hindu Vedic sage figuring in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Yajnavalkya proposes and debates metaphysical questions about the nature of existence, consciousness and impermanence, and expounds the epistemic doctrine of neti neti to discover the universal Self and Ātman. Texts attributed to him include the Yajnavalkya Smriti, Yoga Yajnavalkya and some texts of the Vedanta school. He is also mentioned in various Brahmanas and Aranyakas.

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From joy all beings have come and unto joy they all return.

Yajnavalkya

According as a man acts and walks in the path of life, so he becomes. He that does good becomes good; he that does evil becomes evil. By pure actions he becomes pure; by evil actions he becomes evil.

Yajnavalkya

Some people do not eat cow meat. I do so, provided it's tender.

Yajnavalkya

Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Yajnavalkya

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