A Discussion on Isavasya Upanishad : ( 07/02/2013. )

  ============================= Thursday, November 12, 2020. 10 : 33. AM. ISHAVASYA UPANISHAD 18 Verses on : “The All-Pervading Reality” ------------------------------------------------ PEACE INVOCATION Shanti Mantram "Om Poornamadah Poornamidam Poornaat Poornam-Udachyate; Poornasya Poorna-maadaaya Poorna-mevaa-vasishyate. Om Shaantih! Shaantih! Shaantih!!" ----------------------------------------------------- Tattvam (Essence) : “That is Whole, this is Whole; from the Whole, the Whole becomes manifest, From the Whole, when the Wole is  negated, what remains is  again  the  Whole."  ----------------------------------------------------- “That is Whole, this is Whole; from the Whole, the Whole becomes manifest; from the Whole, when the Whole is negated, the Whole alone is what remains.” --------------------------------------------------------- NEXT : ISHAVASYA UPANISHAD Wave 1: Mantra 1-3 (3 No.) 1. THE THREE PATHS 1.1 THE ULTIMATE PATH ----------------------...

 ============================= Tuesday, November 03, 2020. 08:25. AM. ISHAVASYA UPANISHAD 18 Verses on : “The All-Pervading Reality” ------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTION TO THE UPANISHAD THIS UPANISHAD IS IN the Shukla Yajur Veda. It is part of the Samhitas. It takes itsname from the first word of the first Mantra which means “the dwelling or clothing of the Lord”. There are only 18 Mantras in this text, but it has attracted the most number of commentaries, which suggests the importance of this Upanishad. ----------------------------------- It is usually the first Upanishad taken up in a course of study of Vedanta. The text issplit into five chapters, which we have called “Waves”; each one is a ‘wave’ of Truth. The target reader for this Upanishad could be of two types. The first is the serious student who seeks to be freed from the bondage of this world and to whom renunciation is the most appropriate path to follow in order to pursue Jnana Yoga. The secon...