Kenopanishad : ( 18/01/2013. )

 ============================================================= ============================================================== Thursday, March 31, 2022.. 20:00. Chapter -1. Mantrams -  8. (Numbers) The Nature of Brahmam : ================================================================ MANTRAM 1. 3b. : "Beyond the Known and Unknown." 5 anyad eva tad viditad 6 atho aviditad adhi;  7 iti shushruma purvesham, 8 ye nastad vyacha-chakshire.  Translation : 5 anyad eva tad viditat              = That is surely distinct from the known; 6 atho aviditad adhi;                 = And again, from the unknown, It is above. 7 iti shushruma purveshaam,    = Thus have we heard from the Preceptors of 8 ye nastad vyacha-chakshire.  =  the past who taught That to us. Commentary : Brahman is Neither Known Nor Unknown : ============================================ 5 The Teacher’s “beyond the known” really means that he does not know it as an object in the ordinary sense in which things are normally

 ============================================================== ============================================================== Saturday, March 12, 2022.. 21:00. Chapter -1. Mantrams -  8. (Numbers) The Nature of Brahmam : =============================================================== MANTRAM -  1.3a : Beyond the Senses and Mind 1. na tatra chakshuh gacchhati, 2.  na vaag gacchhati na manah; 3. na vidyah  na vijaaneemah, 4.  yathaa etad anushishyaat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSLATION : 1 na tatra chakshuh gachati,   = The eye does not go there; 2 na vag gacchhati na manah;   = Nor speech; nor the mind; 3 na vidyah  na vijanemah,     =  We have no overall knowledge (of That),  nor know It in all its details; 4 yatha etad anushishyat.       =  How can we give instructions about it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTARY : Br