SANTI PATHA :

ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

or  


VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD 


SANTI   PATHA -


(  PEACE - INVOCATION )



 Final discussion 'summation' ...


Thus, both the Guru and the disciples, at the opening of each day's lessons, reminded themselves of their own Real Nature and thus tuned themselves to the Truth.

Any attempt in making oneself fully attuned to the Divine, through a recapitulation and remembrance of the glories of the form and qualities of the Divine, is the true "Prayer".



In thus praying together, they invoked between them the greatest blessing of the Eternal Truth and thus humbly submitted to its grace to shower upon them saftey from adverse circumstances and inward mental disturbances.



This Prayer-Mantram is always followed by a triple invocation of peace.

This repetition of peace-invocation three times is being explained by great Acharyas as invocations raised by seekers demanding peace from the three "possible sources of obstacles"  that may hamper the study of the scriptures at the feet of the Master.



A set of obstacles could come from "sources unseen", another set could come from "sourcec known"and yet another set of obstacles could rise up from "within ourselves".

Here all these sources of obstacles are being compelled to radiate nothing but peace for the time being so that our study may be fruitfully concluded without any obstacles.



After this "peace-invocation"the teacher starts to give out his great declarations on his own realised Truth-experiences.

And this constitutes the entire bulk of the "Upanishads,"

Next : Mantram-1.

To be continued  ..