Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

MUNDAKOPANISHAD    CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.   Mantram-9. ( Knower  of  Brahmam  becomes  Brahmam. ) Discussion-3. "Knower  of  Brahmam  becomes  Brahmam......" A  drop  of  Sea,  so  long  as  it  is  trembling  at  the  tip  of  my  finger,  is  certainly  separate  from  the  Ocean : - But  the  moment  it  tumbles  off  the  tip  and  falls  into  the  bosom  of  the  Ocean,  thereafter  it  cannot  claim  any  separate  name  or  form  or  personality,  but  certainly  becomes  one  with  the  entire  Ocean. Similarly,  so  long  as  the  Spirit /  Soul /  Atma  /  Self...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD    CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.   Mantram-9. ( Knower  of  Brahmam  becomes  Brahmam. ) Discussion-2. "Rediscovery  of  the  spiritual  centre" Rediscovery  of  the  spiritual  centre  within  oneself  is  at  once  the  experience  of  the  Total  Divine  Spiritual  Presence  everywhere. To  taste  a  piece  of  jiggery  in  any  part  of  the  world  is  sufficient  to  give  us  an  experience  of  the  taste  of  all  the  jaggeries  of  every  part  of  the  world,  in  all   periods  of  time. Thus,  the  Upanishad-s  declare  that  "a  knower  of  Brahmam  becomes  B...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD    CHAPTER-3.     SECTION-2.   Mantram-9. ( Knower  of  Brahmam  becomes  Brahmam. )  Discussion-1. "Knowing ...." Here  the  word  'knowing' is  to  be  understood  as  "Subjectively  experiencing." A  Vedantik  seeker  strives  to  end  his  entire  negative  way   of  living  and  to  renounce  all  his  animal-values  of  life,  which  he  pursued  and  encouraged  during  his  days  of  ignorance. As  he  develops  in  meditation,  he  comes  to  rediscover  himself  to  be  the  Supremely  Divine,  the  Omnipotent  and  Omniscient  Lord  Himself!! All  the  'Vedantik  Sadhana'  ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD   CHAPTER-3.    SECTION-2.  Mantram-9. ( Knower  of  Brahmam  becomes  Brahmam. )  "Sa  yo  ha  vai  tat  paramam  brahma  veda brahmaiva  bhavati  nasya-brahmavit  kule  bhavati, tarati  sokam  tarati  papmanam Guha-granthibhyo  vimukto-mrto  bhavati." sah  =  he; yah  =  who; ha  vai  =  verily; tat  =  that; paramam  =  supreme; brahma  =  the  Brahmam; eva  =  verily; bhavati  =  becomes; na  =  not; asya    his; abrahmavit  =  who  does  not  know  Brahmam; kule  =  in  his  line  ( family ); bhavati  =  is  born; tarati  =  crosses; sokam  =  grief; tarati  =  crosses; papmanam  =  sin; Guh...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD  CHAPTER-3.   SECTION-2.  MANTRAM-8. { Analogy of rivers meeting  ocean  ....  realised-men  gaining Brahmam. }   Discussion-3. "The  state  of  Pure  Awareness  gained  by  a  seeker  ...... " This  natural  phenomenon  is  made  use  of  in  the  scripture  to  explain  to  us  the  state  of  'Pure  Awareness' by  a  seeker  in  the  fulfilment  of  his  goal  of  life. As  long  as  a  seeker  has  a  concept  of  separateness,  which  he  maintains  in  his  false  identifications  with  the  matter-wrappings  about  him,  so  long  in  him  exists  the  'samsarik'  ego...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3.  SECTION-2. MANTRAM-8. { Analogy of rivers meeting  ocean  ....  realised-men  gaining Brahmam. }  Discussions -2. "waters  ...." Again,  even  among  the  rivers  according  to  the  lands  through  which  they  flow,  the  condition  of  their  waters  and  their  mineral  contents,  they  all  have  seperate  personalities  and  different  names. So  long  as  they  are  rivers,  certainly  each  of  them  has  a  distinct  personality  of  its  own : - Ganges  is  not  Mississipi;  Yamuna  is  not  Godavari. But  once  they  all  reach  the  ocean  and  themselves  merge  to  become  one...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3.   SECTION-2. MANTRAM-8. { Analogy of rivers meeting  ocean  ....  realised-men  gaining Brahmam. }  Discussions -1. "waters  ...." The   waters of  the  'Oceans'   in  another  form  become  the  'Cloud'   in  the  sky,  and  they  falling  down  in  'Showers' gain  for  themselves  a  different  name  as  'Rain';   and  again,  when  the  'Rain-waters'  collected  together  flow  down  continuously  in  a  'Stream'  from  the  higher  levels  to  the  'Sea-shore, '    they  are  called  by  a  different  name  as  the  'River.'      Next : Discussion-"Waters " is to be continued  ...   ...

  MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-8. { Analogy of rivers meeting  ocean  ....  realised-men  gaining Brahmam. } "Yatha  nadyah  syanda-manah  samudre- stam  gacchanti  nama-rupe  vihaaya, tatha  vidvan  nama-rupat  vimuktah parat-param  purusham-upaiti  divyam." yatha  =  as; nadyah  =  rivers; syanda-manah  =  flowing; samudre  =  into  the  sea; astam  =  disappear; gacchanti  =  get; nama-rupe  =  name  and  shape; vihaya  =  losing; tatha  =  thus; vidvan  =  the  wise  man; nama-rupat  =  from  name  and  form; vimuktah  =  being  free; parat-param  =  the  highest  of  the  high; purusham  =  Supreme  Divinity; upaiti  =...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD   CHAPTER-3.   SECTION-2.   MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} Discussion-9. Summation. To  a  realized  sage,  any  of  the  effects  of  the  previous  'Karma-s' are  no  more  there  to  live  through.   **And  again  the  realization  of  the  Self  is  gained  only  when  the  sense  of  separative   egoism  is  completely  and  totally  annihilated.** ***"Thus,  this  mantram  declares  that  the  deeds  with  their  reactions  and  the  ego-centre  with  all  its  false  vanities  merge  to  become  ONE  with  the  SUPREME  IMPERISHABLE  BEING."*** Next : Mantram-8. To be continued  ... NO...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD  CHAPTER-3.  SECTION-2.  MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} Discussion-8. "Deeds  and  the  Self-full-knowledge" ... :  When  a  man  with  all  his  organs-of-knowledge  and  organs-of-action  intact,  lives  the  life  of  experiences,  he  cannot  but  live  without  performing  actions. The  one  who   does  actions is  but  the  ego-centre  in  the  individual. The  ego,  we  have  found,  is  but  the  light  of  Awareness  expressed  through  the  conditions  of  the  mind  and  intellect. Hence,  the  expression  used  here  in  this  mantram,  the  "Self-full-of-knowledge,"  stand...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} Discussion- 7. "The  devata-s  ( senses)  enter  ...." "The  devata-s  ( senses )  enter  their  corresponding  deva-s  ( deities )" : -    ( First two  lines  of  this  mantram ) -  We  have  already  seen  that  in  the  vocabulary  of  the  Upanishad-s,   when   they  say  'the  presiding  deities  of  the  sense-organs,'   they  mean  only   'the  powers  of  the  receiving  the  sense  impulses  that  are  located  in  the  respective  sense-organs." For  example,   the  eye  is  considered  in  the   Vedantham     to  be  presided  over ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} Discussion-6. "the  sixteen-faceted  Purushan...." This  explanation  of   'Pippalada'   has  become  very  famous  in  the  ' Bharatiya'  (Hindu)  scriptural  tradition,  and  we  have  very  many  repeated  references  to  the  spiritual  entity  in  us  as "the  Sixteen  faceted  Purushan." In  this  mantram  under  discussion,  the  Sruti  is  trying  to  explain  what  happens  to  the   parts   ( Kala-s ),  when  the  'Purushan' is  realized  by  the  'Yogin'   in  'Samadhi.'  "The  Kala-s  enter  into  their  elements" just  as  the   'Se...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} Discussion-5.  "The Role of the food  taken  in .....  MIND" The  food  yields  strength  or  vitality  in  us. When  a  mind  is  thus  well  fed  and  full  of  vitality,  thoughts  manifest;  and  a  very  controlled  and  regulated  thought-flow  over  a  chosen  subject-matter  is  called  "Reflection " ( Mantram). Mantram  is  a  formula  or  symbol  repeated  often  in  order  to  facilitate  the  above-mentioned  process  of  Reflection. And  Mantra-s  chanted  in  a  certain  sequence  accompanied  by  the  various  rituals,  constitute  th...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} Discussion-4. "Synchronizing  and  coordinating  factor...." When  we  have  thus  the  five  different  sense-organs  to  perceive  the  five  independent  and  heterogeneous  qualities,  unless  there  is  synchronizing  and  coordinating  factor,  we  could  not  have  the  organized  and  synthetic  knowledge  of  objects;  hence,  the  mind . "Mind  is  produced  out  of  the  subtler  aspects  of  the  food  taken  in."   Next : Discussion-5.  "The Role of the food  taken  in .....  MIND" To be continued  ....

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} Discussion-3. "When  the ...." In  brief,  the  creative  urge  in  us  must  first  of  all  create  in  us  a  quality  of  faith  before  it  can  express  itself. When  the  Creator  gains  faith,  the  grosser  five  great  elements  are  born  as  1. Space, 2. Air, 3. Fire, 4. Water and  5. Earth. The  perceivers  of  qualities  of  these  five  elements  are  the  five  sense-organs. 1. Ear  to  perceive  the  quality  of  akasam ( space ), the  sound; 2. Skin  to  perceive  the  qualities  of  air,  the  touch; 3. Eye  for  the  quality  of ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.}  Discussion-3. "2. Faith ......" Without  a  certain  amount  of   faith ,  none  of  us  can  conceive  of  or  act  in  or  accomplish  anything  in  this  world. Even  to  be  a  typist,  and  get  a  job  somewhere,  the  individual  must  certainly  have  a  certain  amount  of   faith  in  his  own  capacities . A lunatic  is  he,  who  has  no  faith  even  in  himself. When  walking  on  the  road  he  probably  would  avoid  and  walk  around  a  pebble,  for  he  has  no  faith  that  he  can  walk ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} Discussion-2. "The sequence of above  said  kala-s .....1. Prana : -..." The  Lord  first  created  the  Prana :  'Prana'  :    meaning  the  total  prana  ---  technically  called  in  Vedantham  as   the  'Sutratma'    or  the   ' Hiranyagarbha'     ( Brahmaji,  the  Creator ).   Thus,  subjectively  prana  stands  for the  Creator  in  us,  meaning  the   creative  urge      in  man's  physical,  mental  and  intellectual  personalities. Next : Discussion-3. "2. Faith ......" To be continued  .... History Hide Out 

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} Discussion-1. "Fifteen Kala-s" .... Fifteen  Kala-s : - In  the   *Prasnopanishad,* we  have  this  discussion  about  Kala-s. There,  while  giving  a  complete  answer  to  the  question  of   'Sukesa' ,   'Pippalada  Rishi'  had  explained  the  Sixteen  kala-s  as  follows  : - 1. Prans,  2. Faith,  3. Akasam ( Ether ),  4. Air,  5. Fire,  6. Water,  7. Earth,  8. Senses,  9. Mind,  10. Food,  11. Strength,  12. Penance  ( Self-Control ),  13. Mantra-s,  14. Karma-s,  15. World-s,  16. and  in  the  world-s,  Names  also. This  above  enumerated  list  may  read  a  mad-man's  diary  unl...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM -7.{ Nature  of  Liberation.} "Gatah  kalah  pancadasa  pratistha devasca  sarve  prati-devatasu, karmani  vijnana-mayas-ca  atma pare-vyaye  sarva  eki-bhavanti." gatah  =  gone  away  or  enter  into; kalah  =  parts  ( phases ); pancadasa  =  fifteen; pratisthah  =  sources,  elements; devah  ca  =  and  Devata-s  ( senses ); sarve  =  all; prati-devatasu  =  in  the  corresponding  Deva-s  ( deities ); karman-  =  deeds; vijnana-mayah  =  full  of  knowledge; ca  =  and; atma  =  Paramatma ( jivatma )  that  is, Brahmam; pare  =  supreme,  highest; avyaye  =imperishable; sarva  =  all; eki-bhavanti  = ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-6. { Liberation  is  their's  who  gain  clear  understanding} Discussion-13. "Summation...." According  to  Swami Sri Adi  Sankaracharya  then,  the  death  mentioned  here  is  only  the  death  of  false  vanities  and  the  delusive  ego-sense. When  the  little  'I'   dies,  what  remains  is  the  Godly  and  the  all-pervading  Spiritual  'I'. "Die  to  live  the  life  of  Divine."   Seems  to  be  non-stop  call  of  Vedantham  to  every  generation. Where  ego  ends,  there Godhood  starts.    God  becoming  egoistic  is  the  deluded  mortal;  a  mortal  fro...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-6. { Liberation  is  their's  who  gain  clear  understanding} Discussion-12. "Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya's explanations....." In  this  interesting  controversy,  to  every  impartial  intellect  the  arguments  of  Swami Sri Adi  Sankaracharya  and  Swamiji's  conclusions  should  be  convincing  beyond  all  traces  of  doubt. According  to  Swamiji,  Jivan-Mukti  is  possible  and  it  is  exactly  that  state   that  is  meant  by  the  Sruti,  for,  if  such  a  status  is  not  possible,  Swamiji  argues,  we  could  not  have  a  *perfect  Guru*   in  this  world  to  teach  u...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-6. { Liberation  is  their's  who  gain  clear  understanding}  Discussion-11. "prantakale  parimucyanti   .... " "prantakale  parimucyanti"  meaning  - "At  the  time  of  death  become  fully  liberated"  : - We  have  already  discussed  the  great  controversy  in  the  Bharatiya ( Hindu )  philosophic  discussions  on  whether  a  mortal  can  experience  Godhood  fully  in  this  very  life  or  not. There   is   a  school  of  thought  which,  on  the  literal  interpretation  of  texts,  like  the  one  here  under  discussion,  "believes  and  declares  that  complete  and ...

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-6. { Liberation  is  their's  who  gain  clear  understanding} Discussion-10. "The Infinite exists not : the  finite  is....." From  the  Infinite,  when  viewed,  the  finite  exists  not  : -   the  finite  is  but  a  super - imposition  upon  the  Infinite. From  the  "standpoint  of  the  post,  the  ghost  never  existed,  cannot  exist  and  shall  never  exists." Considered  from  the  reality  of  the  'rope',   no  'serpent'  has  ever  emerged  out  to  frighten  the  deluded. Next : Discussion-11. "prantakale  parimucyanti   .... " To be continued  ....

MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-6. { Liberation  is  their's  who  gain  clear  understanding} Discussion-9. "World  of  Brahmam..." "Thus,  the   Upanishad  here  says  that  one  who  has  realized  his  Self  attains  or  successfully   finds  his  identity  with  all  the  spiritual  centres  in  every  name  and  form. " "In  short,  the   "Worlds  of  Brahmam" mean  only  the   spiritual  centre  presiding  over  every  known   mass-of-matter  or  every  known   thought  or  emotion ." "Though  it  is  expressed  here  as  different,  in  actual  experiencing,  a  seeker  cannot  but  have  the...