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

========================================================================= ======================================================================== Wednesday, November 23, 2022. 08:00.   MANTRAS 12 TO 14 Post-14. ========================================================================= MANTRAS 12 TO 14 : andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye'sambhūtim upāsate, tato bhuya iva te tamo ya u sambhutyāṁ ratāḥ (12) ------------------------------------------------------------ anyad evahūḥ sambhavād anyad āhur asambhavāt, iti śuśruma dhīrāṇām ye nas tad vicacakṣire (13) ------------------------------------------------------------- sambhūtiṁ ca vināśaṁ ca yas tad vedobhayaṁ saha vināśena mṛtyuṁ tīrtvā sambhūtyā amṛtam aśnute (14) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above three slokas 12, 13 & 14 also must be taken together for study for the same reason for which the last set of three was taken together for di...

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================= Thursday, November 03, 2022. 08:00.   MANTRAS-9 TO 11. Post-13. ========================================================================= MANTRAS 9 TO 11. Into dense darkness they enter, who worship avidya, into greater darkness, as it were, they enter, who worship vidya. The results achieved through the worship of vidya and avidya are different from each other. One who knows vidya and avidya together crosses over death through avidya and becomes immortal through vidya. Avidya is lack of knowledge of the Self, giving rise to desire and action. It is ignorance which extends through various degrees in the world of manifestation. Absence of Self-knowledge always expresses itself as a desire or a wish for something external, whether seen or unseen. The experiences of those who believe in the reality of these phenomenal worlds are al...