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Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-2. Mantram-8 & 9.Post - 23. Swami Krishnananda.

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  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday,  February 27, 2021. 08:54. PM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Post - 23. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capter-II. Sectuion -2. Mantram-8 : Fruits of Realisation of Brahmam. &  9. Self-effulgent Brahmam. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram - (2.2.8):  "Mano-mayah prana-sarira-neta  pratinhito’nne hrdayah sannidhaya." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In anna, which is the physical body, in prana, which is the subtle vibration inside, and in manas, which is the mind, it is fixed and it is operating. Tad vijñanena paripasyanti dhira? ananda-rupam am?ta? yad vibhati: When this glory is behel

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-2. Mantram-6&7. Post - 22. Swami Krishnananda.

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursiday,  February 18, 2021. 07:42. AM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Post - 22. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capter-II. Sectuion -2. Mantram-6 : Method of contemplation on Brahmam with the help of Pranavam (AUM). "Ara iva ratha-nabhau samhata yatra nadyah  sa esho’ntaas - carate bahudha jaya-manah,  aum ity evam dhya yath atmanam,  svasti vah paraya tamasah parastat.":  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the nerve currents of the body and the divinities of the cosmos are fixed in this universal consciousness, Brahman, as spokes in a wheel are fixed in the hub of the wheel. This One, in which everything is fixed, is moving inside the heart, and it manifests itself in va

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-2. Mantram-2. Post - 21. Swami Krishnananda

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  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday,  February 05, 2021. 09 : 05. AM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Post - 21. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drona called Yudhishthira. “Come on. What do you see there?” “I see a bird on the tree,” replied Yudhisththira. “No. You are no good. Go to that side,” said Drona. Then he called Bhima. “What do you see?” “I see a bird tied to a branch of a tree.” “No good. Go that side.” Then he tested the other two brothers, and they also failed. Then Arjuna was called and asked, “What do you see?” “I see a black spot, and I see nothing else,” he replied. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That is the concentration that is expected in meditation on Brahman. It has already been mentioned that it is very subtle. How can th