KENA UPANISHAD : “Know That Alone as Brahman” - 24. Swami Tejomayananda.

Swami Udit Chaithanyaji :

ശ്രീരാമ നവമീ :

ബുദ്ധ ജന്മഭൂമി ലുംബിനിയിൽ . 

ജന്മവും ജീവിതവും കൊണ്ട് ചരിത്രം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചവരാണ് ഭാരതത്തിലെ മഹാത്മാക്കൾ . 

500 നും 600 BCE യിൽ ജനിച്ച ബുദ്ധൻ ഇന്നും വിശ്വ ഗുരുവായി വിരാജിക്കുന്നു. 

ഭാരത ആദ്ധ്യാത്മിക ചരിത്രം പഠിക്കാത്ത ഏതു വിദ്യാഭ്യാസവും കേവലം information മാത്രമാണ് മനസിന്റെ Transformation സംഭവിക്കാൻ    രാമ , കൃഷ്ണ , ബുദ്ധ തുടങ്ങീ ഗുരു പരമ്പരകളുടെ ചരിതവും ചരിത്രവും പഠിക്കണം .

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Translation :

Sri Rama Navami :

Buddha Birthplace Lumbini. 

The great souls of India are those who created history with birth and life. 

The Buddha who was born in 500 and 600 BCE still stands as a universal teacher. 

Any education without Indian spiritual history is just information. 

For the transformation of the mind, one must learn the history and history of Guru series like Rama, Krishna, Buddha etc.

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Friday, March31 , 2023. 08:15.

Chapter 4, 9 Mantras. (The Story Interpreted)

An Illustrative STORY

The Inner Essence

Post -24.

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Mantram - 4.7: The “Secret Knowledge” of the Upanishad
With Translation :

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The Disciple said :

1 upanishadam bhoh bruhi iti uktaah, Sir, =  teach me the secret of the Upanishad.

The Preceptor replied :

2 te upanishad braahmeem; = To you, the secret knowledge,

3 vaava te upanishadam,  =  Verily, that secret knowledge to you

abruma iti. = we have just imparted!

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) :

1-3 There are several ways in which this mantram may be interpreted :

i) The Superficial : 

The Upanishad is the last place one should be looking into for

superficialities. Anyway, for completeness, the superficial meaning would be that the

student wants the whole thing to be explained all over again!

Guruji made a joke of this. He said “Now we know why the Rishis built their Ashrams

next to rivers! It was for two reasons: i) either they could throw such disciples into them, or

ii) being fed up with such students coming to them, they might consider entering there

themselves!

ii) Is There Anything More? But Sri Shankaracharyaji, true to his abiding belief in the

depth of the Upanishads, searches for more meaningful interpretations in his Bhashya. One

of them is that, in the culture of those days, this was one way of asking the Teacher if that

was the end of the text. Why would the student ask this question?

The text has not given any details about the practical methods of attaining Brahman.

True, the disciple’s questions asked in mantram 1.1 have been answered. Brahman is that

Master Director of the instruments of man. The direct means of attaining Brahman have

been given and some Upasanas have been given in this chapter. But as to details regarding

facing difficulties along the way or even preparing oneself for this attainment nothing has

been said. Hence, the student is justified in asking, “Is there anything more still to come?”

iii) Independence of Brahma Vidya: Yet another deeper meaning suggested by Sri

Shankaracharyaji is that the student is asking the Teacher, “Is Brahma Vidya as you have

explained independent of any other practice in taking us to the goal which is Brahman? Is it

a theory which requires another practice or other practices to go with it?

“Or, even if Brahma Vidya leads us to a result independently, is that result an end in

itself, or is that only a stage towards a goal that is further than it? In other words, is there

another stage after Brahma Vidya which will take us to the final goal?”

Considered this way, the question takes on the complexion of the true enquiring

spirit which the Upanishads are known for. The search for knowledge in the Upanishadic

Rishis is relentless. They were spiritual scientists who probed very deeply into their

respective fields. Brahma Vidya, being the knowledge that takes us to the ultimate

achievement of man, is certainly worthy of such in-depth probing.

Sri Shankaracharyaji thus teaches us that nothing in the Upanishads should be taken

lightly. In order to extract the full meaning of terse verses such as these, a proper analysis

has to be done to ascertain the parameters affected by the enquiry.

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Next
Mantram - 4.8: The Edifice of Brahma Vidya
To be continued

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