Mundakopanishad : ( 12/12/2012. )

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15/02/2020. MANTRAM-11.2 : #What men with knowledge ( Upanishad ) attain! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANTRAM- (1.2.11). "Tapah sraddhe ye hy upavasanty aranye santa vidvamso bhaiksacaryam carantah, surya-dvarena te virajah prayanti yatramrtah sa puruso hy avyayatma."  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part-2. Discussion  continued .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #It will be difficult for a socially oriented mind to understand how loneliness can be a spiritual condition, and ho...

======================================================================== ======================================================================= 14/01/2020. Mantram-s  - 8 to 10 : Description of the sad state of knowledge-less ( devoid of Upasana ) ritualists- Mantram-10. ======================================================================= Ishtapurtam manyamana varishtam nanyac chreyo vedayante pramudhaḥ, naksaya prsthe te sukrte’nubhutvemam lokam hinataram va vishanti (1.2.10). ======================================================================= 1. So it is very, very unsafe to rely on certain temporary experiences through which you are passing in this world. You may be a king, of course, but you shall not be a king always, because kings can be beggars the next day. It does not take much time for them to fall, and all the kings have fallen. Empires are broken. Therefore, nothing can be relied upon in this world finally, so beware. Not only will you be born ...

======================================================================== ======================================================================== 28/12/2016. Mantram-s  - 8 to 10 : Description of the sad state of knowledge-less ( devoid of Upasana ) ritualists- Mantram-10. ======================================================================== Ishtapurtam manyamana varishtam nanyac chreyo vedayante pramudhaḥ, naksaya prsthe te sukrte’nubhutvemam lokam hinataram va vishanti (1.2.10). ======================================================================= 1. Many of these verses sound like the verses of the Bhagavadgita, in the Ninth Chapter, where it is said that after enjoying the glories of heaven you come back due to the exhaustion of the merits accumulated by good deeds. Ishta and purta are two types of good deeds that people do in this world. Sacrifices along the lines of the Vedic injunctions are called ishta. Other philanthropic deeds such as distributin...

======================================================================== ======================================================================= 30/11/2019. Mantram-s  - 8 to 10 : Description of the sad state of knowledge-less ( devoid of Upasana ) ritualists- Mantram-9. ======================================================================= Mantram - (1.2.9): "Avidyayam bahudha vartamana vayam krtartha ity abhi-manyanti balah, yat karmiṇo na pravedayanti rāgāt tenāturāḥ kṣīṇalokāś cyavante." Translation : "Engrossed in the many ways of the ignorant, these people childishly think that they have gained the ends ( goal ) of life. But being subject to passions and attachment. they never attain Knowledge, and, therefore, they fall down wretched, when the fruits of their good deeds are exhausted."  ====================================================================== Discussion : Children with no understanding imagine that they have achieved ever...

======================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26/10/2019 Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter-1: Section-2. Mantram-8&9. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avidyayam antare vartamanah svayam dhirah panditam manya-manah, janghanya-manah pariyanti mudhah, andhenaiva niyamana yathandhah (Chapter-1.Section-2.Mantram-8). Sunk in ignorance of the true values of life, imagining that they are very intelligent, wise, they are really wiseacres. Dhirah panditam manya-manah : These ritualists imagine that they know everything in the world, that they are omniscient, that they know what is good and that others do not know anything. Such is the astounding profundity of human ignorance. Janghanya-manah : They suffer afterwards as a consequence of this ign...

======================================================================= NAVA-RATHRI : MAHA-NAVAMI : VIJAYA-DASHMI : I wholehearted welcome all children to Akshara Brahmam. Today millions of children in Kerala irrespective of caste, creed and gender will get initiated into Akshara (school education) On Rice or on sand they are made to write - Hari Shree Ganapathaye Namaha. An Acharya who initiates the children will write the above mantra on the child’s tongue. This culture has been followed since time immemorial. People of other religions too follow this due to its significance . Let us look at what Hari Shree means. This is a reminder to all children regarding the two assets that they have in Life. First is Hari and next is Shree. Something that no one can ever remove from our Life .... what is that? They are the various skills like .....positive mind, humility and clarity in communication. If one is capable of developing these skills , there will always be plenty of o...

======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/09/2019 Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 2.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.1 A book that has fifteen chapters is called Panchadasi.  Similarly, Indian mystics such as the Alvars, who wrote the Nalayira Divya Prabandham. They are all astounding proclamations of the rapture of the soul in an experience which should be considered as entry into Brahmaloka itself. They were all masters of language who used words in order to break through the words and find the very soul in the essence of language itself. Mystical literature is actually the voice of the soul expressed in human tongue. Such is called Brahmaloka. It will simply shake your soul even to imagine what that experience cou...