Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

================================================================================ Sunday 19, May 2024. 07:30. Taittiriya Upanishad Part-2. BRAHMANANDA VALLI PART 2: 9 No. Anuvakas (Chapters) THE BLISS THAT IS BRAHMAN Post - 56. ================================================================================== UPANISHAD SARA SANGRAH  Anuvaka 2.1  The Essence of the Upanishads: ================================================================================== “Satyam, Jnaanam, Anantam, Brahman”  Bhashya A:  “On the Nature of BRAHMAN”  Coverage:   Mantram - 2.1.2 (3 Padas) ================================================================================= INTRODUCTORY LINK TO THE FIVE KOSHAS: The above completes Bhashya A. At Sandeepany, Bhashya A was a compulsory class  assignment for every student. That’s how important it is to grasp the nature of Reality.  We have given Anantam scant attention so far. That is what we we now take up.  Infinity may be seen from three standpoints: namely, Sp

================================================================================== Saturday 18, May 2024. 07:00. 6 Chapters (64 Mantras) 4. PENETRATING BRAHMAN (Mantras - 33-43, 11 no.) triteeya mundake, prathamah khandah –  Here begins the first Section of the Third Canto. 5. THE “TWO BIRDS” METAPHOR # (Mantras - 44-53, 10 no.)*  THE SPIRITUAL ACCESSORIES Mantram - 5.8: Purification Done; Meditation Begun  Post - 52. ================================================================================= Mantram - 5.8: Purification Done; Meditation Begun:   1  na chakshushaa grihyate, na = Not perceivable by the eyes,  api vaachaa, = nor even describable through words;  2  na anyaih devaih, = Not grasped by the senses, tapasaa karmanaa vaa; =  nor (obtained) by austerities or activities;  3  jnana prasaadena, =  Knowledge comes as a gift bestowed  vishuddha sattvah, = by a mind (intellect) that is calm, pure and refined;  4  tatah tu, = Then alone:   tam pashyate nishkalam = is seen or reali

=================================================================================== Friday 17, May 2024. 08:25. MANDUKYA UPANISHAD  GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA Agama Prakarana – “The Scriptural Treatise” =================================================================================== PART 1: Agama Prakarana (Mantras-29.) THE SYLLABLES OF “OM” Upanishad Section 3:  The SANKHYANS Refuted  Karika Section 4.2:    mantras 9-13  (5 No.)  Post-25. =================================================================================== The SANKHYANS Refuted:  Karika Section 4.2:   mantras 9-13 (5 No.)  THE ABOVE SECTION gives us an insight into the wise way of approaching disputes  in philosophical matters. Using it as our foundation, we now build upon it the solid  arguments that are needed to protect the philosophy of Non-duality against all the  opposition that it is bound to encounter. We see that on fundamentals it is not possible to  compromise on the Truth. This aspect of the debate has been touch

=================================================================================== Thursday 16 May 2024 07:40. Chapter 1.3:   17 Mantras:  THE JOURNEY AHEAD Mantram - 2:  Summary Statement of Chapters 1 & 2  Post - 56. =================================================================================== 1.3.2:  Summary Statement of Chapters 1 & 2: 1  Yah setuh eejaanaanaam = There is a “Bridge” i) for the performers of sacrifice; and  2  aksharam brahma yat param; = ii) for reaching the indestructible Highest Brahman.  3a  abhayam, = (The latter) takes one beyond all Fear (to Non-duality); 3b  titeershataam paaram. =    wheras beyond sorrow to the ‘other’ shore (the heavens)  4  naachiketam shakemahi. =  leads the ‘Nachiketas Fire’ which we have already learnt. ================================================================================== Two distinct requirements for two distinct seekers have been addressed so far. The  following facts are stated in order to prepare us for

================================================================================== Wednesday 15, May 2024 07:30. Chapter 7: The Secret of Sadhana -3. ================================================================================== There is eternal daylight there, says the Upanishad. “Sakrit vibhato hi brahmalokah.” In Brahmaloka, which is the Indian counterpart of the Garden of Eden in the Bible, there is eternal day—no night there. It is all blazing radiance. This blazing radiance does not come from some object hanging in the skies, as it is the case here in this world. The radiance of Brahmaloka is not the effect of a light coming from some lamp, not even a lamp like the sun or the moon. It is self-radiance. It is the light emanating from everything that is there. It is light shining upon its own self, and not shining on some other object which cannot shine. This is the Kingdom of God, this is the Garden of Eden, this is Brahmaloka, this is the world of the angels, the gods, the ce

=================================================================================== Tuesday 14, May 2024. 06:30. The First Mundaka: First Khanda Mantras: 4 & 5. POST-58. =================================================================================== Mantram - No. 4: To him he said: “Two kinds of knowledge have to be acquired: thus the Knowers of Brahman have declared. These are (i) the lower and (ii) the higher.” Mantram - No. 5: Of these the lower one consists of the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda, the Atharva Veda, phonetics, rituals, grammar, etymology, prosody and astronomy. But the higher one is that through which the Imperishable is attained. Angiras tries to explain the lower Vidya in the beginning, though the question of Saunaka is regarding the higher Vidya. There may be a general doubt in the mind of the aspirant as to whether the lower Vidya has got any value or not. Angiras anticipates such doubts likely to be experienced by the disciple and says that the l

  ================================================================================== Monday 13, May 2024. 06:50. Article Scriptures Post-2. ================================================================================== 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 affectionately clinging to something that is other than our own self, then love does not exist in this world. If love means asking for something other than one's own self, clinging to something other than one's self, feeling happy with that which is not one's self – if that is the definition of love, then love is hypocrisy; it does not exist. But if we say that love does not always mean love for something other than one's own self – it should be love for one's own self – who will love one's own self? That i