Mundakopanishad : ( 12/12/2012. )

========================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 1, Mantram-2. The Absolute nature of Brahamam. Post-3 -------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram-2. "Divyo hy amurtah purushah sa bahyabhyantaro hy ajah aprano hyamanah subhro hy-aksharat paratah parah."      ----------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : divyah = self-resplendent; hi = verily amurtah = formless; purushah = Purusha ( Brahmam); sa bahya-bhyantaro = (that all- pervading Being) is both within and without; hi = verily; ajah = unoriginated; apranah = (anterior to) without life; hi = verly; amanah = without mind; sah = he; subrah = pure; hi = veril; aksharat = from the indestructible; paratah parah = He transcends even the transcendent. ------------------------...

============================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, May 14, 2020. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 1, Mantram-1. Birth of all beings from Brahmam, like sparks from fire. Post-2 ------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram-1. continued from Post-1. The illustration of the fire and sparks is to indicate for the student’s comprehension that there is some quality in us which will enable us to reach God. If the effect is totally disconnected from the cause—if there is nothing in the effect which can be called similar to the essence of the cause—there will be no relationship between them. This is to indicate that in spite of our separation from God, our fall from Brahman, as it were, we are still endowed with that potential for returning to Brahman, because the feet of Brahman are planted in our own heart. The Atman that we are is an indicat...