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...

--------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, October 22, 2020. 09 : 10. AM. Mantrams : 1 to 18. Pot-1. ------------------------------------------------------------- Snanti Patha ( Peace Invocation ) : Ōm pūrṇam adaḥ, pūrṇam idam, pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate | pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate || That is Full; this is full. From the Full does the Full proceed. After the coming of the Full from the full, the Full alone remains. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram-1 : Om īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam yat kiṁ ca jagatyāṁ jagat | tena tyaktena bhuñjitha, ma gṛdhaḥ kasyasvid dhanam ||1|| OM. All this – whatsoever moves on the earth – should be covered by the Lord. Protect (your Self) through that detachment. Do not covet anybody’s wealth. (or – Do not covet, for whose is wealth?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram-2 : kurvann eveha karmāṇi jijīviṣet śataṁ samāḥ ...

28/05/2019 Upanishads—A Treasure of Wisdom 3. Significance And Ideal There are four Vedas, viz., Rig, Yajur, Saman and Atharvan. The word "Veda" comes from the root "Vid", "to know". It means a book of wisdom. The Vedas are eternal, not the books but the Ideas contained in the Vedas. They have come out of the mouth of the Lord. Each Veda consists of Mantras, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads. The Mantras are hymns in praise of the gods such as Indra, Varuna, Agni, etc. They are all collected, and the collections are known as the Samhitas. The Brahmanas deal with the performance of sacrificial rites. The Upanishads contain the philosophy of Vedanta or ancient wisdom of the Rishis (Jnana). Knowledge of the Upanishads destroys ignorance, the seed of Samsara. "Shad" means to "shatter" or "destroy". By having knowledge of the Upanishads, one is able to sit near Brahman, i.e., to attain Self-realisation. Hence the...

29/01/2019 Upanishads—A Treasure of Wisdom 2. Origin of The Upanishads The Upanishads are metaphysical treatises which are replete with sublime conceptions of Vedanta and with intuitions of universal truths. The Indian Rishis and seers of yore endeavoured to grasp the fundamental truths of being. They tried to solve the problems of the origin, the nature and the destiny of man and of the universe. They attempted to grasp the meaning and value of knowing and being. They endeavoured to find a solution for the problems of the means of life, and the world, and of the relation of the individual to the ‘Unseen’, or the Supreme Soul. They sought earnestly satisfactory solutions to these profound questions: Who am I? What is this universe or Samsara? Whence are we born? On what do we rest? Where do we go? Is there any such thing as immortality, freedom, perfection, eternal bliss, everlasting peace, Atman, Brahman, or the Self, Supreme Soul, which is birthless, deathless, changeless, s...

18/09/2018 "OM DEDICATED TO THE SEERS OF THE UPANISHADS AND JAGAT-GURU SRI SANKARACHARYA OM" Upanishads—A Treasure of Wisdom 1. Prostrations to Satchidananda Parabrahman, who is the prop, basis and source for everything! Salutations to all Brahmavidya-Gurus or the preceptors of the knowledge of the Brahman! There is no book in the whole world that is so thrilling, soul-stirring and inspiring as the Upanishads. The philosophy taught by the Upanishads has been the source of solace for many, both in the East and the West. The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads. The Upanishads contain the essence of the Vedas. They are the source of the Vedanta philosophy. Profound, original, lofty and sublime thoughts arise from every verse. They contain the direct spiritual experiences or revelations of seers, or sages, the Rishis. They are the products of the highest w...

Mantrm-18. (Last mantram in Isavasya upanisad)- 1. In this concluding mantram of this Upanisad, which represents the seventh and the last wave-of-thought in it, both the Guru and the Sishya pray together to guide them by the right path towards the great goal -- the "wealth", it is not the money you mean, but it is "the riches of the spiritual seeker", the mukti or anandam. 2. Prayer proceeded further to remove the crooked attraction of sin from them. 3. Prayer ends in surrender of all false conceptions in them. It is an active dynamic spiritual giving up and a becoming into the NEW AWARENESS. ENDS.