Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram- 4. { Cosmic  form  of  'Brahmam' - the 'Indweller' of  all  living  beings } Discussion - 4. "description  of  the  Infinite  in  terms  of  the  finite ........." In  Vedantham,  in  its  own  technical  language,  it  says  that  the  eye  is  presided  over  by  the  deity,  the  Quarters. It  is  such  statements  that  upset  the  Western  reader  and  their  Eastern  products  viz.  ourselves. When  Vedantha-Sastram  says  that  the  eye  is  blessed  by  the  grace  of  Sun,  it  only  means  that  in  a  medium  of  light  alone  can  the  eyes  functio...

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram- 4. { Cosmic  form  of  'Brahmam' - the 'Indweller' of  all  living  beings } Discussion - 3. "the  heaven  is  His  head ............space  His  ears, " It  is  the  realisation  of  every  great  saint  or  prophet    in  all  religions  of  the  world,  tht  the  individual  separative  concept  of  a  self-arrogating  ego  is  a  myth  and  a  false  glory. From  the  beginning  to  the  end,  the  one  continuous  labour  in  Vedantham  is  to  prove  to  its  faithful  followers  that  the  Microsom  ( individual )  is  nothing  other  than  the  Macrosom  ( t...

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram- 4. { Cosmic  form  of  'Brahmam' - the 'Indweller' of  all  living  beings } Discussion-2. "Visva  and  Virat ........." Technically  the  Supreme,  identifying  with  an  individual  physical  structure,  as  we  always  do  in  our  waking  state  of  Consciousness,  is  called  "VISVA." And,  the  'Reality  or  the  Self, '  identifying  with  the  entire  world  of  gross  forms  is,  in  'VEDANTHAM,'  called  "VIRAT." In  this  mantram  is  the  description  of  "Virat" form  of  the "formless  Reality." Next : Discussion - 3. "the  heaven  is  His  head ............space  His  ears, " To be continued ...

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram- 4. { Cosmic  form  of  'Brahmam' - the 'Indweller' of  all  living  beings } "Agnir - murdha  cakshui  candra - suryau disah  srotre  vag  vivrtasca  vedah, vayuh  prano  hrdayam  visva - masya padbhyam  prthivi  hyesa  sarva - bhutani - ratma." agnih  =  Fire  ( the  celestial  region  called  Dyuloka ); murdha  =  ( is )  the  head; cakshusi  =  the  two  eyes; candra - suryau  =  the  moon  and  the  sun; disah  =  directions,  quarters  of  the  sky; srotre  =  the  two  ears; vak  =  ( His )  speech; vivrtah  =  declared; ca  =  and; vedah  =  veda-s; vayuh  =  the  air  or  the ...

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram- 3. { "Brahmam - the Supreme  cause  of  all" }. Discussion-3. Eternal  wisdom  is  that  Knowledge,   "Knowing  which  every  other  knowledge  becomes  known"  ... Removing  all  the  cotton,  neither  the  cloth  nor  the  pattern  can  remain. In  cotton  it  exists,  out  of  cotton  it  has  come  and  into  cotton  alone  can  it  merge  back. Similarly  the  Pure  Consciousness,  the  external  Pure  Wisdom  is : ' That  Knowledge,'  - -    " Knowing  which  every  other  knowledge  becomes  Known";  out  of  this  'Absolute  Knowledge' has  all  the  world  of  na...

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram- 3. { "Brahmam - the Supreme  cause  of  all" }. Discussion-2. "Analogy"  ...... In  Vedantam,  this  idea  is  explained  by  means  of  analogy  of  a  piece  of  clth  in  which  some  patterns  and  forms  are  woven  in  by  the  same  thread  as  that  of  the  cloth. So  long  as  the  cloth  is  observed as  such,  the  names  and  forms  represented  in  it  are  true  and  real. But  when  we  drew  out  the  thread  we  find  that  all  the  names  and  forms  merge  themselves  to  form  a  bundle  of  threads;  and  if ...

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram- 3. { "Brahmam - the Supreme  cause  of  all" }. Discussion-1. "From  the  Supreme  Reality  explained  in  the  previous  mantram,  was  created  the  entire  world,  knowable  and  knowing  objects " ..... Thus  here,  we  have  the  enumeration  explaining  that  the  five  elements,  the  ten  senses,  the  'Prana' and  the  'mind' came  out  of  "Brahmam." It  is  a  Sastrik  declaration  that  the  form  ---  quality  of  creation  has  camr  out  of  seventeen tattva-s. Also,  it  declares  that  the  entire  world  of  activity  ( prana),  of  feelings  (mind),  of  cog...