Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

06/02/2019 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Mantram : 6. "Prabhavah sarva-bhavanam satamiti viniscayah, sarvam janayati pranas-cetomsun-purushah prthak." prabhavah = birth (is); sarva-bhavanam = for all objects; satam = which are existent; iti = thus; viniscayah = is well established; sarvam = everything; pranah janayati = unmanifest creates; cetah-amsun = conscious beings; purushah = purusha ( The Absolute ); prathak = distinctly. " It is well established that something can come out as an effect only from a cause that is existent ( not non-existent ). The Prana manifests all insentient things; the Purusha ( The Lord ) creates separatively the conscious beings, the egoes, in their manifold forms.." Discussion : 1. Here Gaudapada is getting into a digression to explain the idea of Creation. When we start our enquiery of t...

05/02/2019 2. "Na va are patyuh kamaya patih priyo bhavati, atmanas tu kamaya patih priyo bhavati; na va are jayayai kamaya jaya priya bhavati; atmanas tu kamaya jaya priya bhavati; na va are sarvasya kamaya sarvam priyam bhavati; atmanas tu kamaya sarvam priyam bhavati."  (Bri.U. 2.4.5) : Nobody loves anything for its own sake. Here is a masterstroke of genius from Yajnavalkya, the great sage: Nobody loves anything for its own sake. We are accustomed to this slogan of love, and we consider that as something very pre-eminent in our daily life. We love people, we love wealth, we love land, we love property. There is such a thing called love in this world, but who does love want, and what is the purpose of this love? Psychologically, as well as metaphysically and philosophically, there seems to be an error in our notion that anything can be loved at all. The word ‘love’ becomes a misnomer when we investigate into its essences. If by love we mean affectionate...