Скачать или смотреть When ignorance pierces the eye, it sees both virtue and vice

Our senses were never meant to be ordinary—they were envisioned as sacred instruments capable of reflecting the highest truth. Among them, the eye was honored as a vessel of the divine sound Om, a doorway to pure perception. The ancient seers understood that perception itself carries spiritual weight.

अथ ह चक्षुरुद्गीथमुपासांचक्रिरे तद्धासुराः पाप्मना विविधुः तस्मात्तेनोभयं पश्यति दर्शनीयम् च आदर्शनीयम् च पाप्मना ह्येतद्विद्धम् । (Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.4)
“The gods once worshipped the eye as Udgītha, but the demons, driven by ignorance, pierced it with evil; therefore through that eye one sees both the pleasing and the unpleasing, the good and the bad.”

This teaching reminds us that our vision is not inherently flawed; it is shaped by what influences it. Purity allows us to see truth, while ignorance distorts perception, making us notice both what uplifts and what diminishes us. The Upanishad encourages us to reclaim the sacredness of our perception by refining the inner lens through which we see the world.

The short line in the short is a paraphrased expression of this verse, crafted for clarity and modern understanding while preserving the heart of the teaching.