Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

 ============================================================== ============================================================== Thursday, June 30, 2022. 06:00. AM. #6 Questions, 67 Mantras : “Questions from Disciples Answered” ##KABANDHI’S QUESTION : Query No 1: “Matter & Energy” =============================================================== Mantram : 6 The Equality of Rayi & Prana – 2. All is Prana 1.Atha adityah udayat yat  prachim disham pravishati;  2.tena praachyaan pranan  rashmishu sannidhatte. 3&4. Yad dakshinam yat pratichim  yad udichim yad adhah  yad urdhwam yad  antara;  5.dishah yat sarvam prakashayati; 6.tena sarvaan pranan  rashmishu sannidhatte. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation :  1. Atha adityah udayat yat  prachim disham pravishati; = First the Sun, rising,  goes towards  the East; 2. tena praachyaan pranan  rashmishu sannidhatte.  =  and all the Pranas in the East  are  e

 ============================================================= =============================================================== Wednesday, June 29, 2022. 07:00. AM. From the Atharva Veda (26 Mantras) : “The HOMOGENEITY of Brahman” Post - 8. ================================================================ Mantram -  6/7a: Goal 1: Upasana of Formless Shiva (Nirguna) ================================================ Mantram : 11." hritpundareekam 1virajam 2vishuddham  12. vichintya madhye 3vishadam 4vishokam; 13. 5achintyam 6avyaktam  7ananta-roopam 14. 8shivam 9prashaantam 10amritam,11brahma-yonim; 15. tathaa 12aadi-madhya-anta viheenam  13ekam; 16. 14vibhum 15chidaanandam,16aroopam 17adbhutam." ==================================================== Translation : 11. hritpundareekam 1virajam 2vishuddham                      =  On the lotus of the  heart,  Untainted and Pure;  12. vichintya madhye 3vishadam 4vishokam;                      =  Meditate within (on  Brahman),  the Clear

 ======================================================================== ====================================================================== 6 Chapters (64 Mantras) Chapter-1. Section-1. 1. THE ORIGINS OF KNOWLEDGE : (Mantras 1-9, 9 no.) ======================================================================= Tuesday, June 28, 2022. 07:00. AM. Mantram-7. Three Similes Explaining “Bhuta Yonim”  ======================================================================== 7. Mantram 1.7: Three Similes Explaining “Bhoota Yonim” "Yatha urnanabhih srijate grihnate cha, yatha prithivyam oshadhayah sambhavanti; yatha satah purushat kesha-lomani, tatha aksharat sambhavati iha vishvam." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 yatha urnanabhih srijate grihnate cha,         =    i) As the spider projects and withdraws (unto  itself) the web; 2 yatha prithivyam oshadhayah sambhavanti; =   ii)

 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Monday, June  27, 2022. 04:00. AM. An inquiry into what is Real And Unreal  AGAMA PRAKARANA  Post-4. ======================================================================== Mantram-2. " sarvam hy etad.h brahma, ayam atma brahma so.ayam atma chatushpat.h.." 2.. All this is verily Brahman. This Atman is Brahman. This Atman has four quarters (parts). This mantra contains three statements as under : 1 . All this is verily Brahman. 2. This Atman is Brahman. 3. This Atman has four quarters or  We shall now examine them. In the previous mantra it was stated that ‘all this is AUM’. Now the sage says that all this is Brahman. It naturally connotes that AUM is Brahman. He also says that this Atman is Brahman. It signifies that the notion we might have entertained that Atman is different from Brahman is not valid and that in the final analysis

 ======================================================================= ======================================================================== Sunday, June 26, 2022, 05:30.AM. Chapter 1.Section-1: (29 Mantras) : The story of Nachiketas in the House of Death (“A Leap Into the Beyond”) :  Bhashyam by Sri Swami Adi Shankaracharya ji. ======================================================================== Chapter-1, Section-1. Mantram-6 : The Glory of Upholding Tradition ======================================================================= Mantram-6. Nachiketas to his Father : "Anupashya yatha purve prati-pashya tatha apare; sasyam iva martyah paschyate  sasyam iva ajayate punah." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : Nachiketas to his Father : 1 Anupashya yatha purve           = “Consider how your forefathers behaved. 2 prati-pashya tatha apare;          = And consider how ot

 ========================================================================= ========================================================================= Friday, June 25, 2022. 19:30. PART 1: 12 No.Chapters  Chapter-1.On the Science of Pronunciation etc. ========================================================================= FIVE UPASANAS ON SANDHEES :  Chapter-1.Section -3: Mantram-2. Upasana 1 – About the “Worlds” PART 1: 12 No.Chapters  Chapter-1.On the Science of Pronunciation etc. ========================================================================= FIVE UPASANAS ON SANDHEES :  Chapter-1.Section -3: Mantram-2. Upasana 2 – About the “Worlds” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram - 1.3:3: Upasana 2 – About the “Lights” Aatha adhi-jyotisham; agnih purva rupam; adityah uttara rupam; apah sandhih vaidyutah sandhaanam;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 ========================================================================= ======================================================================= Thursday, June 23, 2022. 19:00. 3 Parts, 6 Chapters, 33 No. Mantras - “By a Peasant for the Peasant” Introduction : PART - 1 : Chapter One : THE THEORY OF CREATION. PART 1: Chapter 2, 5 Mantras : ABODES for the Devatas POST-8. ========================================================================= Here begins the Chapter 2 of Part 1. THE CREATION OF THE organs, their objects and their Devatas in the previous verse is at the unlimited, subtle, macrocosmic (Samashti) level. In this chapter, we move to the limited, gross, microcosmic (Vyashti) level. The one, subtle, macrocosmic entity, named Hiranyagarbha, when it becomes gross, is called Virat, and has multiple forms which need suitably sized, individualised abodes to function as microcosmic entities in the gross world. The idea of having an “abode” introduces how the individual being is co

  ====================================================================== ====================================================================== 4 Chapters,  No of  Mantras. - 34. ======================================================================= Wednesday, June 22, 2022. 21:00. Chapter 1 : The Nature of BRAHMAN Mantram-4. Brahman – Illuminator of Speech Post -7 ======================================================================== Mantram-4. Brahman – Illuminator of Speech. "Yad vacha anabhyuditam,  yena vak abhudyate; tad eva brahma twam viddhi,  na idam yat idam upasate." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Translation : 1 yad vacha anabhyuditam,       = What speech cannot reveal, 2 yena vak abhudyate;              =  But what reveals speech; 3 tad eva brahma twam viddhi,  =  Know That alone as Brahman, 4 na idam yat idam upasate.      =  And not this which people worship here. To be

 ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Tuesday, June 21, 2022. 21:00 Wave 2: MEDITATIONS on the Self Mantram 7: Freedom From Delusion & Sorrow ======================================================================== Mantram 7: Freedom From Delusion & Sorrow "Yasmin sarvani bhutani, atma eva abhut vi-janatah; tatra kah mohah kah shokah, ekatvam anu-pashyatah." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 Yasmin sarvani bhutaani,          = When all beings and forms 2 atma eva abhut vi-janatah;        = have become one in his own Self – knowing thus, 3 tatra kah mohah kah shokah,    = how can he feel delusion and grief thereafter, 4 ekatvam anu-pashyatah.           = who sees oneness (non-duality) alone everywhere? --------------------------------------------------------------

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== Sunday, June 12, 2022. 21:00. Post-6. ======================================================================= The other is incapacity to fix itself on anything for a long time. You try to think of something for a long time, continuously – let us see what happens. Go on looking at this tree and thinking this tree only and nothing else, after a few minutes you will think of another tree nearby. You will think of the mountain in front. You will look at the river; you will look at all the buildings, and people moving about. Distraction is another malady of the mind. How will consciousness rest itself in its pure subjectivity which is the Atman if this fickleness continues for a long time and then makes it impossible for one to be aware of anything other than what it outside? But there is a greater danger, namely, the inability to know why this d

 ========================================================================= ======================================================================== Saturday, June 11, 2022. 21:00. #6 Questions, 67 Mantras : “Questions from Disciples Answered” ##KABANDHI’S QUESTION : Query No 1: “Matter & Energy” ============================================== Mantram 1.5 The Equality of Rayi & Prana – 1. All is Rayi 'Adityah ha vai pranah,  rayih eva chandrama; rayih va etat sarvam,  yanmurtam cha amurtam cha tasmaat moortih eva rayih." Translation : 1 Adityah ha vai pranah,  rayih eva chandrama;  =  The Sun is, verily, Energy (or life); and the Moon is, verily, Matter. 2 rayih va etat sarvam,  yanmurtam cha amurtam cha = Indeed, Matter is all this, that which has form as well as the formless. 3 tasmaat moortih eva rayih. = herefore, form is indeed, Matter.  Rayi & Prana: Aspects of Creation ======================================================================== Commentary : This m

 =============================================================== =============================================================== Friday, June 10, 2022. 05:00. From the Atharva Veda (26 Mantras) : “The HOMOGENEITY of Brahman” ======================================= Mantram 5: The Seat of Meditation "Vivikta-deshe cha sukhasana-sthah  shuchih, sama- griva-shirah-sharirah;  atyashrama-sthah  sakalendriyaani nirudhya  bhaktya swagurum pranamya."    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 7 vivikta-deshe cha sukhasana-sthah              =  In an undisturbed place, and  resting in a comfortable posture; 8 shuchih, sama- griva-shirah-sharirah;        =  clean and pure, keeping erect  the neck, head and body; 9 atyashrama-sthah  sakalendriyaani nirudhya  =  in a mental attitude of Sannyasa,  having controlled all the senses; 10 bhaktya swagurum pranamya.                    =   saluting with reverence one’s

 ========================================================================= ===================================================================== 6 Chapters (64 Mantras) Chapter-1. Section-1. 1. THE ORIGINS OF KNOWLEDGE : (Mantras 1-9, 9 no.) ======================================================================= Thursday, June 09, 2022. 22:00 Mantram-6. Explanation about the higher knowledge. ====================================================================  Mantram-6. Explanation about the higher knowledge.  "Yat tad adreshyam, agrahyam, achakshuh shrotram,  tad apani padam;  nityam, vibhum, sarvagatam, susukshmam, tad avyayam,  yad bhutayonim  paripashyanti dhirah." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 yat tad adreshyam, agrahyam,  =  agotram, avarnam, That which is invisible, ungraspable,  un- originated, and attributeless; 2 achakshuh shrotram,  tad apani padam;  = having

 ============================================================= -============================================================= Wednesday, May 18, 2022. 20:00. An inquiry into what is Real And Unreal  AGAMA PRAKARANA  Post-3. ==================================== 1.AGAMA PRAKARANA : The twelve mantras of the Mandukya Upanishad come under Agama Prakarana with Karika verses interspersed at convenient places for clarification. As the Sanskrit mantras of the Upanishad make a delightful lyrical reading they are reproduced in this essay (in a transliterated form with all its shortcomings) for the benefit of those who are inclined to snatch a look into the original source of light. It may be of interest to note that this entire Upanishad has been rendered into a soulful musical treat by the famous Hindustani Classical Music Vocalist Pandit Jasraj ji which is pleasing to the ears and soothing to the heart. In this dissertation the Upanishadic mantras and the Karika verses of the Acharya have been