Mundaka Upanishad · Anchored at MuU 3.1.1, MuU 3.1.2.

Two Birds on One Tree

Two birds, inseparable friends, perch on one tree. One eats the fruit, sweet and bitter, and grieves. The other only watches — and the first, looking up at it, is freed.

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Questions to explore

  • Who are the two birds, and why does only one of them eat?
  • What frees the grieving bird the moment it beholds the other?

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