Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

=================================================================================== Monday 02, December 2024, 06:30. Article:  Scriptures: The Kathopanishad:  Swami Krishnananda Post-5. =================================================================================== If there is even a single desire, rebirth is unavoidable for the fulfilment of that desire. If we have fulfilled all our desires in this birth itself and nothing more is left, that would be good for us. Paryāpta-kāmasya kṛtātmanas tu ihaiva sarve pravilīyanti kāmāḥ (M.U. 3.2.2) says the Mundaka Upanishad. All our desires melt here itself in the light of the Self. No desire can stand before the blaze of the knowledge of the Self. As the cloud of mist cannot stand before the blaze of the sun, this muddle of the cloud of desires cannot stand before the light of the Self, which is the Atman. Therefore, what happens to the soul after death is the question raised by Nachiketas. The answer is that ordinarily rebirth takes place