Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 7.13
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Chāndogya 7.13.1
स्मरो वावाकाशाद्भूयस्तस्माद्यद्यपि बहव आसीरन्न स्मरन्तो नैव ते कञ्चन शृणुयुर्न मन्वीरन्न विजानीरन्यदा वाव ते स्मरेयुरथ शृणुयुरथ मन्वीरन्नथ विजानीरन्स्मरेण वै पुत्रान्विजानाति स्मरेण पशून्स्मरमुपास्स्वेति ॥ ७.१३.१ ॥
Memory is greater than space. Therefore, even if there were many people who did not remember, they would hear no one, think on nothing, know nothing. Only when they remember will they hear, think, and know. By memory one recognises one's sons, and by memory one recognises cattle. Meditate on memory.
Chāndogya 7.13.2
स यः स्मरं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते यावत्स्मरस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यः स्मरं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवः स्मराद्भूय इति स्मराद्वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ ७.१३.२ ॥
He who meditates on memory as brahman gains free movement as far as memory reaches. Nārada asked: Venerable sir, is there anything greater than memory? Sanatkumāra: There is something greater than memory. May the venerable one tell me that.