Mundakopanishad : ( 12/12/2012. )

====================================================================== ======================================================================== Wednesday, September 21, 2022. 06:00 Chapter-1, Section-2, Mantram-7. POST-14. ======================================================================== Mantram-7. Criticism of rituals-devoid of knowledge (upasana) Plavā hy ete adṛḍhā yajña-rūpā aṣṭādaśoktam avaram yeṣu karmā etac chreyo ye'bhinandanti mūḍhāḥ jarā-mṛtyuṁ te punar evāpiyanti (1.2.7).  Unreliable boats are these on which you try to cross the ocean of samsara in the form of yajna, or sacrifice. These boats in the form of yajnas, or sacrifices, are like bubbles. They will burst one day, and you cannot entirely rely on them forever because these forces, called apurva in the language of the Mimamsa Shastra, which are responsible for lifting you up to the region of Indra, or to even higher regions, lose their potency one day. It is like sitting in a rocket going up by using fuel, a...

 ====================================================================== Greetings to all from Chinmaya Vibhooti for Ganesh Chaturthi! Shri Pranav Ganesh Bhagwan ki Jai! Shri Sadhgurunath Maharaj ki Jai! ========================================================================= Tuesday, September 06, 2022. 06:55. Chapter-1, Section-2, Mantram-6. POST-13. ====================================================================== Mantram-6 : Attainment of heaven by performing Agnihotra ritual properly. Ehy-ehīti tam-āhutayas suvarcasaḥ  sūryasya raśmibhir-yajamānaṁ vahanti,  priyāṁ vācam-abhivadantyo'rcayantya,  eṣa vaḥ puṇyas sukṛto brahma-lokaḥ (1.2.6).  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Sun's rays, as the flames of fire, are not dead things; they are consciousness. They speak to you: “Come. Glorious man, here are the flames. Come, come.” The oblations, when offered properly wit...