Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

Sunday, July 19, 2020. 5:18.AM. Chapter 2: The Atman-5. When we say that the Atman alone is, we assert the One alone, to the exclusion of the many; and when we speak of the One becoming the many, we are conscious of the One and the many at the same time. Then comes the level of thinking where we are aware only of the many, and not the One. That is the dividing wall between the One and the many. The original drama was an envisagement of the many by the One. That is the grand creation. But when the curtain falls, the One is cut off from the many; or rather, the concept or the consciousness of the One is isolated from the consciousness of the many. Then there is what we call the manifestation of diversity in a literal sense. Then comes the necessity for one individual to cognise or to perceive the presence of another individual. But, before this took place, the original Cause has taken care to see that it does not lose control over this manifestation completely. This is another aspect of ...

========================================= Friday, July 10, 2020.7:27.AM. Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary : Upanishad Mantram-7. Karika Slokam-s 10 to 18. Karika Slokam-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam-17. "Prapanco yadi vidyeta  nivarteta na saṃsayaḥ, maya-matram-idaṃ dvaitam advaitaṃ para-marthataḥ." ------------------------------------------------ Slokam Translation : Prapancah = the world; yadi vidyeta  = if had existence; nivarteta = would disappear; na saṃsayaḥ = there is no doubt; maya-matram = mere illusion; idaṃ dvaitam = this duality; advaitaṃ = non-duality; para-marthataḥ. = Supreme Reality. ------------------------------------------------------ Tattvam ( Essence ) : of slokam-17. "If the perceived manifold were real then certainly it would disappear. This duality (that is cognized) is mere illusion (Maya). Non-duality is (alone) the Sup...