Kenopanishad : ( 18/01/2013. )

---------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, August 25, 2020. 8:03. AM. SECTION -1 Mantram -2 Post-5. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mantra 2 : "Srotrasya Srotram manaso mano yad vaco ha vacam sa u pranasya pranah cakshusas-cakshur-atimucyadhirah pretya-smallokad-amarta-bhavanti." ------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : Srotrasya = of the ear; srotram = the ear; manasah = of the mind; manah = the mind; yad vacah = of the speech; ha vacam = this is the speech; sa u = the very same He is; pranasya = of the "life"; pranah = the 'life'; cakshusah = of the eye; cakshuh = the very eye; atimucya = having abandened ( having transcended ); dhirah = the bravely wise; pretya = having gone away; asmanu lokad =  from this world ( of senses ); amruta = Immortal; bhavanti = become. ---------------------------------------------------...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, August 16, 2020. 6:53. AM. SECTION -1 Mantram -1 Post-4. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Self is the controller and the director of the mind, prana and senses. It acts without a body and without a mind. Its action is not a movement, but the law of existence. Its very existence actuates the phenomena of the five external sheaths. These sheaths have borrowed existence and borrowed consciousness. Whatever appears to be good in them belongs to the Self, and whatever imperfection there is, that belongs to the five sheaths. The Self is the cause of external activity even as the sun or the lamp is the cause of worldly work. It is unaffected by actions. It does not do anything, but everything is done because of it. 2. All actions are controlled by the law of Absoluteness. This accounts for the systematic working of Nature. Existence is a...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday,August 03, 2020. 1:03. AM. INTRODUCTION-3  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Even if there is no intimate relationship between Self-knowledge and action, it is possible for the active individual to transcend his active individuality because of the fact that the Self pervades the individual as his very existence.  The relationship between the individual and the Supreme is one of identity and not separation, but the imagined separation allows the possibility of sadhana towards perfection. Though sadhana is an action in the realm of adhyasa (superimposition), it is possible to get rid of individual consciousness through sadhana, because the process of attainment also is connected with the adhyasa.  The conclusion is, therefore, that the attempt for Self-knowledge should be preceded by the longing for the same as the result of renunciation given ri...

Sunday,July 05, 2020. 7:49. AM. INTRODUCTION-2  The Mundaka Upanishad has said that the seeker after knowledge should first investigate the worthlessness of regions which are the effect of actions performed in this world. He should get disgusted with the world through understanding and not merely through tradition. Reason should strengthen faith, logic should supplement intuition. This shall bring about perfect vairagya born of viveka. Vairagya is not possible without a previous conviction, and conviction is not possible without analytical knowledge. This power of analysis comes to a person, first through past meritorious deeds, next through Satsanga, and later through svadhyaya and vichara. Karma and jnana - karma is a modification of the present state into another state, directed by a necessity. Every action is based on a voluntary or involuntary desire, expressed or potential. One does not move without a purpose, and every purpose is a limitation, which shows that the actor is n...

Sunday, June 14, 2020. Introduction-1. 1. Karma and upasana act as steps leading to jnana. The immediate reality experienced by the human being is the physical body connected with the physical world. The function of the body is to act objectively in relation to external existence. It is never possible to keep one’s individuality inactive, because activity is a necessity that urges the individuality to transcend itself in some other state that is superior to the preceding one. Action can be destroyed through action alone, even as iron is cut by iron. Individuality can be transcended through individuality. 2. Upasana is a mental act, while karma may also be a physical act. Mind also is a constituent of individuality. The mind can be transcended through mind itself. The laws of the body and the mind are overcome through karma and upasana. Karma should be done as a necessity of individual life and not as a process of self-satisfaction. This is the distinction between selflessness and selfi...

================================================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, May 04, 2020. 8.Moral of The Yaksha-Upakhyana. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 112. There is the real war inside between the good tendencies and the evil tendencies, between Sattva and Rajas and Tamas, between the lower impure mind and the higher pure mind. 113. The senses, the mind and the Prana begin to fight: We hold together and support this body. Prana gains the victory. 114. Prana, too, is inert. The source for this Prana, also, is Brahman. The senses, the mind and the Prana derive their light and power from Brahman only. 115. Upanishad means knowledge of Brahman or secret doctrine. Disciples sit devotedly round the preceptor for instructions: Upa-nearby, ni-devotedly and Sad-sit. Upanishad means, also the text that treats of Brahman. 116. Austerity, self-control and Sacri...

========================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, May 25, 2020. 7. Liberation at Hand : ----------------------------------------------------------------- 102. Brahma-Jnana destroys ignorance just as light destroys darkness and reveals one's inherent immortal nature. 103. Ignorance is the root cause of all human suffering. 104. If one does not know Brahman, he is caught in the round of births and deaths. 105. Really thirsty aspirants abandon the erroneous notion of I and Mine and turn away with disgust from the world, as everything here is perishable, illusory and transitory. 106. They practise meditation on the Atman and behold the one essence of the Atman in all objects. They realise the oneness of the Self or the unity of the Atman in all, and become immortal. They become Brahman. 107. He who knows that highest Brahman becomes Brahman itself. 108. He w...