Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

MUNDAKOPANISHAD     CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.    Mantram-10. { Instructions  on  transfer  of  this  Supreme  Wisdom}. Discussion -13. "wrong  interpretations  ...   continuity of  discussion -12 " Too  literal  a  translation  has  brought  about  such  fantastic  interpretations,  ridiculous  and  laughable,  not  only  into  'Hinduism' but  into  almost  all  the  religious  literature  of  the  world  today. A  true  and  discriminate  understanding  of  the  expression  could  never  be  that  one  should  learn,  and  of  all  things  the  most  difficult  Science  of  Sciences,  the  Brahma-Vidya,  with  a  pot  ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD     CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.    Mantram-10. { Instructions  on  transfer  of  this  Supreme  Wisdom}. Discussion-12. "Sirovrta"..... : He  who  has  performed  the  observance  mentioned  in  the  Atharva  Veda,  the  chief  feature  of  which  is  the  carrying  of  a  bowl-of -fire  on  the  head. A local  pandita  in  one  of  his  endless  anonymous  mails  to  me  during  this  Yajna  has  argued  that  I  have  no  rights  to  teach  this  Upanishad  unless  the  students  are  ready  to  carry  pots  of  fire  on  their  head! Certainly,  the  pandita  who  wrote ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD     CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.    Mantram-10. { Instructions  on  transfer  of  this  Supreme  Wisdom}. Discussion-11. " This  is  modern  convenient  and  comfortable  Hinduism!  ...." And  Quite  modern  and  very  Convenient  too!! But  the  Rishi-s  of  ancient  period  did  not  recognize  this  as  a  part  of  their  term  "Religion." This  is  only  a  creation  of  our  own  'idiocy,  birth-right  of  fools  living  through  an  age  of  Superstition! ( Majority of Bharatiya  are  living  in  this  way  now ) . In  order  to  avoid  such  misunderstandings,  here  the  Mother  Sruti, ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD     CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.    Mantram-10. { Instructions  on  transfer  of  this  Supreme  Wisdom}. Discussion-10. ( Qualification-4. "Who  possess  faith" : ( 'Sraddha-yantah'   last term   third  line  of  this  Mantram. )  and 5. "Who  offer  oblations  himself" :  ( 'Svayam  juhvate'    first  two  terms, third  line  of  this  Mantram ) ...... is  continued Please read connecting the previous  discussion :- You  could  have  at  that  moment  brushed  me  down  with  a  feather! In  utter  despair  I  heard  myself  asking  him,  "Why  ....  how  is  it  Sir?  .....28.  years?  .....????"  Then  came  the  explanati...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD     CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.    Mantram-10. { Instructions  on  transfer  of  this  Supreme  Wisdom}. Discussion-10. ( Qualification-4. "Who  possess  faith" : ( 'Sraddha-yantah'   last term   third  line  of  this  Mantram. )  and 5. "Who  offer  oblations  himself" :  ( 'Svayam  juhvate'    first  two  terms, third  line  of  this  Mantram ) Qualification-4. "Who  possess  faith" : ( 'Sraddha-yantah'   last term   third  line  of   this  Mantram. ) The  power  of  faith  and  necessity  of  faith  for  any  great  achievement  have  already  been  exhaustively  discussed  by  us. Qualification-5. "Who  offer  oblations  himself" :  ( 'Sv...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD     CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.    Mantram-10. { Instructions  on  transfer  of  this  Supreme  Wisdom}. Discussion-9. Qualification-3. "Who  pursue  the  meditation  on  Brahmam"  ( 'brahma-nishtah' next term ( last ) in the second line of  this  Mantram ) The  word  used  here  is  "Brahma-nishtah." Because  here  we  are  having  a  description  of  the  qualities  necessary  in  a  seeker,  we  must  understand  this  term  not  as   one  established  in  the  "Awareness  of  Brahmam"   but  as  "one  who  is  meditating  upon  that  goal  of  life  pointed  out  by  the  Sruti-literature." In  short,  a ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD     CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.    Mantram-10. { Instructions  on  transfer  of  this  Supreme  Wisdom}. Discussion-8. Qualification-2. "Well  versed  in  the  Upanishadik  literature"   ( 'Srotriya' next term second  line  of  this  Mantram ) :- When  a  seeker  has  practiced  for  long  the  ritualistic  worship,  he  develops,  by  his  life  of  self-control,  concentration  and  purity,  more  and  more  in  his  capacities  of  the  mind  and  intellect. These  are  to  be  brought  into  full  play  in  the  study  of  the  Jnana-kandam,  meaning  the  Upanishad-s. Mere  spiritual  practices,  withou...