MANDUKYA UPANISHAD with GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA : 16 - Swami Advayananda ji.

Chinmaya Mission :

Sydney Spiritual Seekers were fortunate to have Swami Swarooopananda's presence in Sydney from 29th May to 8th June 2023. Swamiji conducted a series of captivating talks and workshops that left a profound impact on the attendees.

The tour commenced with a Free Public Jnana Yagna on Chapter 4 of Bhagavad Geeta, titled "Awaken the Inner Avatar." This was followed by an award ceremony to honor the participants and winners of the Australian National Geeta Chanting competition, where Swamiji  awarded the winners and talented children from Sydney. Additionally, a special session titled "Be a Superhero" was organized for children from Kindergarten to Year 6, while two exclusive workshops, "Design Your Destiny" for young adults and "Listen to Your Heart" for teenagers, were held on the weekend.

Chinmaya Mission Sydney sevaks conducted a grand Maha Mrtyunjaya Havan Yagna with the theme "Heal Yourself! Heal the World!" The event witnessed an impressive turnout of over 500 participants, including 31 sponsors and over 108 dedicated sevaks. Several esteemed guests, such as Members of Parliament, Councillors, and senior members of the Hindu community, graced the various programs.

Swamiji conducted another enlightening jnana yagna focused on the powerful Maha Mrtyunjaya Mantra, entitled "Living Fearlessly." His talks during this session were inspiring and left a lasting impression on the audience.

On the final day, Swamiji unveiled the first audiobook by Chinmaya Mission, titled "My Trek through Uttarakhand" by Swami Chinmayananda, which is now available on Audible. Additionally, he released the "Namah Shivay" book and Adi Shankaracharya's "Panchakshara Stotram" book. Visit of Swamiji was truly a blessing for the people in Sydney

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Sunday, 11 Jun,  2023. 06:30.

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD 

With Part -1/4 of Goudapada's Karika

Agama Prakarana - "The Scriptural Treatise"

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THE “FOURTH” QUARTER – TURIYA

THE SYLLABLES OF “OM”

Upanishad Section 3: 

Mantras - 8-12.

Post - 16.

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COMPARISON of the FIRST THREE QUARTERS :

Montram - 9: “Vishwa” – represented by the letter ‘A’, the Waking state.

1. Pervasiveness: ‘A’ pervades all speech, Vishwa pervades the whole world. 

2. Precedence: ‘A’ precedes all other letters, Vishwa precedes the other states.

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Mantram - 10: “Taijasa” – represented by the letter ‘U’, the Dream state.

1. Superiority: ‘U’ is an improvement on ‘A’; Taijasa is Vishwa unrestrained. 

2. Intermediacy: ‘U’ is intermediate to ‘A’ and ‘M’; Taijasa is an intermediate state.

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Mantram - 11: “Prajna” – represented by the letter ‘M’, the Deep Sleep state. 

1. Measure: Vishwa and Taijasa are measured by their entry into and out of Prajna 

during dissolution and origination, just as in a measuring bowl the item measured is placed 

into and then taken out of the bowl.

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2. Merging: ‘A’ and ‘U’ merge into ‘M’; Vishwa and Taijasa merge into Prajna at the 

time of sleep.

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                    MANTRAM- 9.   MANTRAM - 10   MANTRAM - 11

DESCRIPTION :

1 ST QUARTER 

2ND QUARTER 

3RD QUARTER

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REPRESENTATION :

Mantram-9 : Waking Dream Deep Sleep

Manram-10 : VISHWA TAIJASA PRAJNA

Mantram-11 : A’-Kara ‘U’-Kara ‘M’-Kara

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SIMILARITIES :

9.All-Pervasiveness 10.Superiority 11.Measuring Bowl

9.Precedence 10.Intermediacy 11.Merging

PHALA (FRUITS) :

9.Fulfill All desires 10. Knowledge 11.Know the World

9.Become .Foremost 10.Equal to All 11.See Self in All

10.- Lineage is Realised -

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CONTENT OF Mantras 9-11

Explanation of the Phala or Fruits :

The overall main point to be stressed here is that the fruits for these three Quarters 

are meagre in comparison to the fruit of Turiya. Turiya is the ultimate goal of life, the 

supreme fruit of all spiritual Sadhana. The secondary fruits mentioned in these verses is for 

the sake of praising that Supreme Fruit indirectly.

Any Upasana which will always be accompanied by its fruits. The fruits can be 

renounced, but that is a separate matter. Why are these fruits considered to be secondary? 

In any Upasana, a fruit is stated in order to encourage the person to do that 

Upasana. It is hoped that as the person progresses, his purity enables him to look beyond 

these limited fruits and aim for the infinite fruit of God-realisation. For this reason, these 

fruits are not to be over-emphasised for students of Vedanta.

One general fact about all the fruits is that they follow the lines of the ‘Similarity’ 

that precedes them in the verse. As is the similarity pointed out, so is the nature of the fruit.

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Next

Mantram - 12: ‘Amaatra’ – The Fourth Letter: TURIYA

To be continued

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