Mundakopanishad : ( 12/12/2012. )

====================================== -------------------------------------------------------------- 17/04/2020. Mundakopanishad Chapter-1. Section-2. Mantram 13 : "Instructions to teachers on initiating fit students." --------------------------------------------------------- Mantram: "Tasmai sa vidvan-upasannaya samyak prasanta-cittaya saman-vitaya, yenaksharam purusham veda satyam provaca tam tattvato brahma-vidyam." ---------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : "To that pupil who has thus approached him in a proper manner, whose mind is at rest and whose senses are subdued, let the wise teacher truely teach that Brahma Vidya ( Science of Brahmam ) by which true immortal Purusha is known."  --------------------------------------------------------- Discourse - To such a sincere disciple who humbly approaches the Master with restrained mind, with no desires whatsoever, endowed with sama, dama...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15/03/2020. Mundakopanishad Chapter-1. Section-2. Mantram 12 : Mantram 12 : "A seeker seeing meaninglessness, of the worldly and heavenly pleasures advised to approach a teacher and seek Supreme Knowledge." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram-12. "Parikshya lokan karma-citan brahmano nirvedam-dyan-nasty-akrtah krtena, tad-vijnan-artham sa guru-mevabhi-gacchet samit-panih srotriyam brahma-nishtham." (1.2.12). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #Nasty akrtah krtena :  *That which is not the product of any kind of action cannot be reached by actions, which are products. Acti...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/03/2020. Mundakopanishad Chapter-1. Section-2. Mantram 12 : "A seeker seeing meaningless-ness, of the worldly and heavenly pleasures advised to approach a teacher and seek Supreme Knowledge." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram-12. "Parikshya lokan karma-citan brahmano nirvedam-dyan-nasty-akrtah krtena, tad-vijnan-artham sa guru-mevabhi-gacchet samit-panih srotriyam brahma-nishtham." (1.2.12). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post-1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. #Having given...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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...