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Mundakopanishad : Chapter-3. Section-1. Mantram-1. Post - 1- Swami Krishnananda.

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  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday,  March 25, 2021. 11:25. AM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 3: Section 1, Post - 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now we go to Section 1 of Chapter 3. The same verse that occurred earlier, of the illustration of two birds perching on a single tree, is before us. Mantram-1.Another method of pointing to Brahmam.-Two birds staying on the same tree : "Dvau suparna sayuja sakhaya  samanam vrksham parisasvajate  tayoranyah: pippalam svadv atty-  anasnannanyo abhicakas iti" (3.1.1 ):  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tatvam (Essence) of Mantram : Two inseparable companions of fine plumage perch on the self-same tree. One of the two feeds on the delicious fruit. The other not tasting of it looks on. ----------------------------------------------------------------

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-2. Summary. Post - 25. Swami Krishnananda.

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday,  March 10, 2021. 02:47. PM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Post - 25. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capter-II. Sectuion -2. SUMMARY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Na tatra sūryo bhāti, na candra-tārakam, nemā vidyuto bhānti, kuto’yam agniḥ :  All the luminaries borrow light from that Eternity, as it were. A fraction of the intense incalculable frequency of the eternal radiance is responsible for the lights that are considered as great lights in this world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jyotiṣām jyotih :  That is the light of all lights. There are lights in the world, no doubt, but that is the light of even these lights. Due to the light of that Eternal Being, everything shines. We are able to cogni

Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-2. Mantram-9 & 10.Post - 23. Swami Krishnananda.

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  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday,  March 10, 2021. 02:47. PM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Post - 24. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capter-II. Sectuion -2. Mantram- 9. (Self effulgent Brahmam) & Mantram-10. (All Illuminating Brahmam.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here the word ‘karma’ is used in the plural. A controversy has arisen by commentators interpreting the word ‘karma’ as plural. How many karmas are there? Plural implies more than two. In Sanskrit grammar, plural is not dual, it is more than dual. In the English language, more than one is plural. But in Sanskrit, more than one is dual, and more than dual is plural. Here karm??i is plural, which means more than two. Does it mean that more than two karmas are destroyed, or are only two karmas destroyed? There are three kinds of karma—sanchita, agami