Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-1 "Harih  Aum,  Aum,-ityetad-aksharam-idam  sarvam tasyopa-vyakhyanam  bhutam  bhavad-bhavisyad  iti sarvam-onkara  eva,  yac-canyat-trikalatitam tad-apy-onkara  eva." Harih  Aum  =  symbol  of  para Brahmam; Aum  iti  =  Omkara  ( iti )  thus; etat  aksharam  =  this  syllable; idam  sarvam  =  ( is )  all  this; tasya  =  of  that  ( Omkara ); upa-vyakhyanam  =  a  clear  exposition; bhutam  =  the  past; bhavat  =  the  present; bhavishyat  =  ( and )  the  future; iti  =  thus  ( belonging  to ); sarvam  =  all  this; Omkara  eva  =  ( is )  Omkara  only; yat  = ...

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-1 "Harih  Aum,  Aum,-ityetad-aksharam-idam  sarvam tasyopa-vyakhyanam  bhutam  bhavad-bhavisyad  iti sarvam-onkara  eva,  yac-canyat-trikalatitam tad-apy-onkara  eva." Harih  Aum  =  symbol  of  para Brahmam; Aum  iti  =  Omkara  ( iti )  thus; etat  aksharam  =  this  syllable; idam  sarvam  =  ( is )  all  this; tasya  =  of  that  ( Omkara ); upa-vyakhyanam  =  a  clear  exposition; bhutam  =  the  past; bhavat  =  the  present; bhavishyat  =  ( and )  the  future; iti  =  thus  ( belonging  to ); sarvam  =  all  this; Omkara  eva  =  ( is )  Omkara  only; yat ...

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-1 "Harih  Aum,  Aum,-ityetad-aksharam-idam  sarvam tasyopa-vyakhyanam  bhutam  bhavad-bhavisyad  iti sarvam-onkara  eva,  yac-canyat-trikalatitam tad-apy-onkara  eva." Harih  Aum  =  symbol  of  para Brahmam; Aum  iti  =  Omkara  ( iti )  thus; etat  aksharam  =  this  syllable; idam  sarvam  =  ( is )  all  this; tasya  =  of  that  ( Omkara ); upa-vyakhyanam  =  a  clear  exposition; bhutam  =  the  past; bhavat  =  the  present; bhavishyat  =  ( and )  the  future; iti  =  thus  ( belonging  to ); sarvam  =  all  this; Omkara  eva  =  ( is )  Omkara  only; yat  =...

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-1 "Harih  Aum,  Aum,-ityetad-aksharam-idam  sarvam tasyopa-vyakhyanam  bhutam  bhavad-bhavisyad  iti sarvam-onkara  eva,  yac-canyat-trikalatitam tad-apy-onkara  eva." Harih  Aum  =  symbol  of  para Brahmam; Aum  iti  =  Omkara  ( iti )  thus; etat  aksharam  =  this  syllable; idam  sarvam  =  ( is )  all  this; tasya  =  of  that  ( Omkara ); upa-vyakhyanam  =  a  clear  exposition; bhutam  =  the  past; bhavat  =  the  present; bhavishyat  =  ( and )  the  future; iti  =  thus  ( belonging  to ); sarvam  =  all  this; Omkara  eva  =  ( is )  Omkara  only; yat  = ...

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) INTRODUCTION-5. A book of categories : -  Parakarana is a book of instructions ( "Upadesa Grantham" )  and true to its name in our text book, we find that every chapter is closed with useful and powerful instructions upon how an aspirant can grow to his maturity, and come to face and realise the Absolute Truth, the Subject -matter of the Scripture. Gaudapada, taking the Scripture as the foundation, analyses the three states of Consciousness and their experiences to bring to our intellectual grasp the Eternal Truth that lies beyond the wakinh, dream, and deep sleep states  ----- the Turiya. The End. Next -Mantram-1 To be continued  ....