KATHA UPANISHAD - 41. Swami Advayananda.

Chinmaya Mission : Bhala Vihar -Matru puja

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Saturday, 04 Nov 2023 06:10.

Chapter 1. Section - 2: (25 Mantras): THE CHOICE:

Mantram-12: The Means to the Supreme Self

Post - 41.

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Mantram-12: The Means to the Supreme Self

1 

Tam door-darsham = The Self is difficult to see, 

goodham anupravishtam  = and is lodged in an inaccessible place.

2 

guhaahitam  = It is ‘located’ in the intellect, and there it is

gahvareshtham puraanam; = seated amidst misery since time immemorial. 

3 

adhyaatma yoga = By means of the science of the inner Self, 

adhigamena devam = the Supreme Deity within is meditated upon.

4 

matvaa dheerah = The wise man who recognises (That Supreme Being), 

harsha shokau jahaati. = comes to renounce both joys and sorrows.

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The Shankara Bhashya describes Nachiketas in these words: “O Nachiketas, what an 

unsurpassable quality you are endowed with!” Nachiketas represents Tivra Mumukshutva, 

i.e. yearning for God at the highest level, with the greatest intensity. 

Yama now drifts along the perimeter of the answer to Nachiketas’s third boon, but 

not until he is reminded of it again, does he actually start imparting that knowledge. 

In this and the next mantram, Yama begins to introduce some idea of the means to 

attain the Goal. The spiritual Sadhana for attaining the Goal is just touched upon in this 

verse. It beautifully singles out the role of the intellect, based on the spiritual science heard 

from the teacher. Once the spiritual purpose of life is understood, the intellect can be put to 

its rightful use in extricating our mind from the world and attaching it to the Self within.

Key Principles of Sadhana:

1 

The Self is Inaccessibly Lodged: This description of where to find the Self tells us 

that it is something which is always there but is intangible to the senses and mind. By using 

expressions like ‘difficult to see’, ‘lodged’, ‘located’, ‘seated’ and ‘inaccessible’, the idea is 

conveyed that the Self is something real even though it cannot be perceived through the 

senses and mind. It needs the “Eye of Intuition” to see the Self. The line indicates the subtle 

nature of the Self.

2 

Guhaahitam: 

Figurative speech is used here to give a location for that which is allpervasive. The Self is thought of as a ‘living being’ dwelling within a ‘cave’ deep within our

inner being. The cave represents the intellect. It is hidden very deep inside us. This is a very 

common simile used in the Upanishads for the ‘location’ of the Self within.

Gahvareshtham: 

The conditions surrounding the Self are now described. It is said to 

be in the “midst of misery”, since It is really infinite, yet is experienced as being finite; It is

really free and unbound, yet is experienced in a state of bondage to the body, senses, mind 

and intellect. To be in such a restricted state must surely feel like being in prison. Hence, 

there is the misery felt by the Self. 

We remind ourselves that the Self is being given these human attributes just for us 

to get some basic idea of It. We are not speaking here of the “indestructible, changeless, allpervasive and attributeless Brahman”. That will come later. Now we are simply getting aquainted with the Self and developing a feel for the spiritual knowledge that Yama is about to begin imparting.

Puraanam: 

“the Ancient”, “from time immemorial”. It is bad enough to be in prison; 

it is worse to be left there in oblivion to rot! The ‘rotting’ of the Self is now being brought 

out. It has been obscured from our experience over such a long period spanning many

births, that Its obscurity has made It seem unreachable, neglected, forgotten and left to rot.

The misery of being in prison is multiplied by the misery of being forgotten.

3 

Adhyaatma Yoga: 

There is a scientific means to realize the Self. This means is 

summarised by Adhigamena, which refers to the process of meditation on the Self. Since 

the meditation is on the Self, the Self is referred to as a Deva or ‘Deity’ being worshipped 

during meditation. The intellect is repeatedly brought to a focus on the inner Being. The 

process is well-known as just meditation, or sometimes as transcendental meditation.

4 

Matvaa: 

When thus “recognized” in deep meditation, the Dheerah or wise man,

has one more condition to fulfill – he has to free himself from all likes and dislikes, joys and 

sorrows. A balanced state of mind is needed before he can begin earnest meditation.

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Next

1.2.13: Details of the Sadhana Process

To be continued

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###OPINION: PEOPLE OF BHARATHAM POSITIVE:

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1. SANATANA DHARMA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HINDUISM IS ETERNAL, WHOLE UNIVERSE IS EXISTING IN THIS TRUTH

2.  EVER EXISTING

3.  THERE IS NO SPACE FOR ADHARMA

4. ALL DEMONIC ELEMENTS DEMOLISHED BY DHARMA

5. SO NO QUESTION EVIL ASURIC DEMONIC FRAGMENT'S BARKING, THEY WILL BE   ULTIMATELY BURNED AND DESTROYED BY NATURE.

6. PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS DIVINE AND SUPREME, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS

7. NATURE IS ABOVE ALL, EVER EXISTING, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS.

8. THE CONTENT OF SO-CALLED HOLY BOOK IS NO HOLY AT ALL, AS IT PREACHES HATRED AND DESTRUCTION OF OTHER MANKIND, RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS AND LIES OF UNCIVILIZED MATERIALS

9. CHRISTIANITY IS EQUALLY DEMONSTRATED CRUELTY, THE SO CALLED HOLY BOOK FULL OF LIES

10. BOTH ARE NOT RELIGIONS BUT SAMPRADAYA (ILLITERATE MAN MADE, NOT BASED ON DHARMA

11. THE CULTURE OF BHARATHAM BASED ON UPANISHADS AND FULL OF  REALISATION TEXTS ARE PRODUCED BY GREAT RISHIS OF BHARATHAM

12. IN THIS MATERIALISTIC DESTRUCTIVE MINDED UNIVERSE, NO RELIGIONS COMPARABLE OR ABOVE SANATANA DHARMA OF BHARATHAM.

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Opinion : 

1.( i.n.d.i.a.)all stupid "GHAMMANDY"union of idiots, dynasty rascals, feudalists, congress, communists, latest announcement the caste census, is dangerous and divisive Hindus politics, and Muslim Christians vote bank politics, people of Bharat awake and stop this attempt by kick these parties out of politics.( nehru of congress used this Adharma since independence followed by dynasty politics indira,rajiv,italian bahu, and now her stupid son and daughter) 

1.1. Congress, a donkey party, its so called daydreaming stupid leader Rahul Vinci, Rahul Gandi, frequent visit to foreign countries, to abuse PM of this Nation, and Sanatana Dharma -exceeded all limits this time, his party and his family to be "condemned" and kicked away from politics, people should awake and realize the danger.

2. Congress & Communists destroyed this holy Nation Sanatana Dharama; the imported stupid secularism degenerated this Nation Ancient Culture and Civilization

3. Till 2014 nation was ruled by corrupt idiots,and all regions too, Dynasty rule dominated than Nation interests.

4. Brushing away mainstream population sides and Muslims and Christians become political parties vote banks.

5. Communists openly abused our ancient culture, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavtham and daites.

6. The communists next donkey group, latest stunt of America visit and the comedy programmed namely Kerala sabha!? these buggers destroyed Kerala in all and joining with radical Islam soon they will be eliminated, people of Kerala get up from donkey thoughts, otherwise Kerala shrink to extinct in all way.

7. Communists are danger to our civilization, their lunatic theories disappeared throughout the world, Time has come crush them, and eliminate them from our nation, they are danger to this holy nation.

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NOTE:

1. POLITICIANS (THOSE IGNORANT AND DEMONIC NATURED) ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY TO OPEN THEIR UGLY FOUL MOUTH AND UTTER NONSENSE UPON SANATHANA DHARMAM.

2. THE NONSENSE COMMENDY ALLIANCE ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY ON SANATHA DHARMAM.

3. DK, DMK. AIADMKA AND ALL NONSENSE POLITICIANS BEWARE YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY WASHED OUT SOON.

4. COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS ARE THE ENEMY TO MANKIND DESTROY THEM.

5.ALL SANATHANA DHARMAM FOLLOWERS (WHICH EVER YOUR POLITICAL INTEREST BE: YOUR POLITICAL MINDSET) TAKE AN OATH THAT YOU STAND AGAINST ALL EVIL MINDSET AGAINST SANATHANA DHARMAM!!!

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######6. CRUSH THE ANTI NATIONAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS CONGRESS, COMMUNISTS, LEFT LIBERALS, URBAN NAXALS, TAMILNADU REGIONAL ANTI NATIONAL CUM ANTI SOCIAL POLITICAL PARTIES (DK, DMK, AIADMK, ALL SILLY SELF-APPOINTED CASTE GROUPS), NEVER ALLOW THESE BUGGERS RAISE THER VOICE/HEADS. CRUSH THEM UNDER YOUR FEET.

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JAI HIND
JAI BHARATHAM
VANDHE MADHARAM
BHARAT MATHA KI JAI.

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