Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 7.6
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Chāndogya 7.6.1
ध्यानं वाव चित्ताद्भूयो ध्यायतीव पृथिवी ध्यायतीवान्तरिक्षं ध्यायतीव द्यौर्ध्यायन्तीवापो ध्यायन्तीव पर्वता देवमनुष्यास्तस्माद्य इह मनुष्याणां महत्तां प्राप्नुवन्ति ध्यानापादाँशा इवैव ते भवन्त्यथ येऽल्पाः कलहिनः पिशुना उपवादिनस्तेऽथ ये प्रभवो ध्यानापादाँशा इवैव ते भवन्ति ध्यानमुपास्स्वेति ॥ ७.६.१ ॥
Meditation indeed is greater than mind. It is as if the earth meditates, as if the atmosphere meditates, as if the sky meditates, as if the waters meditate, as if the mountains meditate, and gods and men too. Therefore those who attain greatness among men here become so only by attaining shares of meditation. And those who are small, quarrelsome, backbiting, and slanderous are likewise like shares of meditation. Meditate upon meditation.
Chāndogya 7.6.2
स यो ध्यानं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते यावद्ध्यानस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यो ध्यानं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवो ध्यानाद्भूय इति ध्यानाद्वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ ७.६.२ ॥
He who meditates on meditation as brahman has free movement at will as far as the reach of meditation extends. 'Venerable sir, is there anything greater than meditation?' 'Yes, there is something greater than meditation.' 'Then let the venerable one tell me.'