Kenopanishad : ( 18/01/2013. )

========================================================================= ========================================================================= Saturday, June 18, 2022. 21:30. SECTION 1 : MANTRAM 1. ========================================================================= SECTION 1 : MANTRAM 1. The Disciple’s Questions ========================================================================= "kena ishitam patati  preshitam manah, kena pranah prathamah praiti yuktah; kena ishitaam vaacham imaam vadanti, chakshuh shrotram kah u devah yunakti." The Disciple Asks: ============================================ 1 kena ishitam patati  preshitam manah, = By whom willed and directed does the mind alight upon its objects? 2 kena pranah prathamah praiti yuktah; = Commanded by whom does the main vital air proceed to function? 3 kena ishitaam vaacham imaam vadanti, = By whose will and direction do men utter speech? 4 chakshuh shrotram kah u devah yunakti. = The eyes and the ears – (tow...

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== Monday, May 30.05.2022. 19:30. 1. INTRODUCTORY - 2. ========================================================================= 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 not complete in himself. But knowledge is not an action. Knowledge is being. If knowledge is an action it should be a means to some other end, but we do not find any end to be reached beyond knowledge. Knowledge is something like attaining to oneself, which, if it is called a process, would contradict experience. One cannot reach oneself or attain oneself or move towards oneself except by knowing oneself. A person who is asle...

 ============================================================== =============================================================== Monday, May 09.05.2022. 20:30. 1. INTRODUCTORY - 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. 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...

 ============================================================= ============================================================== 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 ...

 ============================================================== ============================================================== 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? ------------------...

 =============================================================== ============================================================== Saturday,February 19, 2022.. 18:00. Chapter -1. Mantrams -  8. (Numbers) The Nature of Brahmam : =============================================================== Mantram 1.2 - The Guru Introduces the Idea of Self : =============================================================== The Guru answers: ================================================================   Mantram : 1.2 1 shrotasya shrotram,  manasah manah yad, 2 vaachah ha vaacham,  sa u praanasya praanah, 3 chakshushah chakshuh; atimuchya dheeraah, 4 pretya asmaat lokaat  amritaah bhavanti. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 shrotasya shrotram,  manasah manah yad,       = It is the Ear of the ear,  the Mind of the Mind; 2 vaachah ha vaacham,  sa u praanasy...

 =========================================================== ============================================================== Sunday, January 23, 2022.. 18:00. Chapter -1. Mantrams -  8. (Numbers) The Nature of Brahmam : ============================================================== The Disciple Questions The Guru : The Disciple Asks: Mantram-1. "1 kena ishitam patati  preshitam manah, 2 kena praanah prathamah  praiti yuktah; 3 kena ishitaam  vaacham imaam vadanti, 4 chakshuh shrotram  kah u devah."  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 kena ishitam patati  preshitam manah,      =  By whom willed and directed  does the mind alight upon its objects? 2 kena praanah prathamah  praiti yuktah;    =  Commanded by whom does the main vital air proceed to function? 3 kena ishitaam  vaacham imaam vadanti,   =  By...