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Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram-10. Post - 16. Swami Krishnananda.

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----------------------------------------------- Monday, November 16, 2020. 02 : 12. PM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 1, Mantram- 10. Brahmam and the Universe are one,  Knowing Brahmam destroysthe knots of Ignorance. Post - 16 . ------------------------------------------------ Mantram-10 : "Puruṣa evedaṁ visvam karma  tapo brahma paramrparatam,  etad yo veda nihitaṁ guhayaṁ  so’vidya-granthim vikiratīha, saumya"  ---------------------------------------- The whole cosmos is this Purusha only. We are seeing nothing but that in front of us. Karma tapo brahma parāmṛtam: Our actions, our austerities, our studies, and the fruits of our actions are all included in this vast manifestation. Puruṣa evedaṁ sarvam (P.S. 2). It is the Purusha Sukta speaking through the Upanishad, as it were. --------------------------- Etad yo veda nihitaṁ guhayam so’vidya-granthim vikiratīha, saumya :  The Guru speaks, “My dear disciple, listen! Whoever knows this secret that I ha...

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram-9. Post - 15. Swami Krishnananda

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  ------------------------------------------------ Saturday, November 07, 2020. 11: 17. AM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 1, Mantram- 9. Mountains, rivers, plants, etc. are also born of Brahmam. Post - 15. ------------------------------------------------- Mantram - 9 : "Atas samudra girayas ca sarve asmat  syandante sindhavas sarva-rupah, atas ca sarva osadhayo rasas ca  yenaisa bhutais - tisthate hy - antar-atma."  ----------------------------------------------- This inner Atman, appearing as Brahman outside and the kutastha tattva inside us, is the cause of even the mighty oceans and the towering Himalayan mountains. The rivers flow in a particular direction only, and not in another direction. The Sun rises only in one direction, and not elsewhere. The stars scintillate and maintain their positions not in any other manner, only because of terror of the operation of the system of law and order of Brahman tapas. All the trees and plants grow only because of the ...