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

 ============================================================ =========================================================== Monday, February 14, 2022. 22:00. Santhi Mantram : ============================================================ That is full; this is full. From the full the full proceeds. Taking the full from the full, the full alone remains. That Absolute is full. This created being is also full. Brahman is infinitude and is therefore full. That which proceeds from the full or the infinite must be either real or unreal. If it is real, it must also be full, because a part cannot be ever-enduring, and that which is not always enduring is not real. If it is unreal, nothing proceeds at all. This means to say that either infinity is the product of infinity or nothing proceeds from infinity. Infinity cannot proceed from infinity, because, thereby, there would be two infinities. Hence, the proceeding of infinity from infinity does not change infinity, because infinity alone remains ...

 =============================================================== =================================================================== Friday, January 07, 2022. 08:20.PM. Post-3. =================================================================== There was a Rishi, it is told, who was sitting on the shore of the ocean and contemplating this great subject as to how God could have created this world, and in what manner. The story goes that while the saint was contemplating on this subject and wanting to get an answer, suddenly a boy appeared nearby—a divine being, who came to instruct this saint. The boy held a mud pot that had several holes at the bottom, and he was using it to scoop up water from the sea and throw it on the bank. He was doing it continuously—a hundred and twenty times he went on scooping and pouring. The saint asked, “Hey, little boy, what are you doing?” “I am emptying the ocean,” replied the boy. “Have you any sense?” asked the saint. “Firstly, the ocean cannot be ...

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, January 09, 2021. 07:31. AM. Post-2. -------------------------- The first doctrine is called Arambhavada. A creation out of something and producing something totally new is the doctrine of Arambhavada, which involves multiplicity and duality in creation. As I mentioned, the assumption of a duality between God and the material of creation would limit God to a finite existence and He would be mortal like anybody else. He would no more be immortal. This is the reason why the Parinama doctrine, which is the second one, the transformation theory, was conceived by certain philosophers. God has become this universe, as milk has become curd. ------------------------- However, there was a third set of philosophers who thought that this is also not a very reasonable way of arguing the case. How can God modify Himself? That would mean He transforms Himself into something else. Milk can never become milk again, aft...

Friday, December 18, 2020. 11:25. AM. Post-1.  Of the many Upanishads, I mentioned the names of ten that are very important. Among these ten, one is known as the Isavasya Upanishad. Inasmuch as it occurs in the mantra portion, or the Samhita part of the Vedas, it is also called the Mantra Upanishad. Though it is very short, it is a very important Upanishad. ------------------------- In a sense, this Isavasya Upanishad gives us four important instructions. Four types of knowledge are imparted to us by this Upanishad. Firstly, the Creator pervades the whole of creation. Secondly, everyone is to do one's duty. Thirdly, knowledge and action have to be combined and not be considered as opposites. Fourthly, we should view God and the world as being in a state of harmony, not as opposed to each other. ---------------------------- Isavasyam idam sarvam yat kim ca jagatyam jagat, tena tyaktena bhunjitha, ma gridhah kasyasvid dhanam (Isa 1) is the first mantra of the Isavasya Upanishad. This...

  ============================= 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 ...