Mundakopanishad : ( 12/12/2012. )

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, January 27, 2021.12 : 11:36. AM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Mantram-2. : Instructions on contemplation upon Brahmam : "Yad-arcimad yad-anubhyo- nu ca yasmin-loka nihita lokinas ca, tad-etad aksharam brahmo sa pranas -tadu vah-manah tad-etat satyam tad-amrtam tat ved-dhavvam somya viddhi." Post - 20. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tad-etat satyam tad-amrtam tat ved-dhavvam somya viddhi." That imperishable being is the target which you have to hit with this arrow of your mind, struck and discharged by the bow of Upanishadic knowledge, and bent with tremendous strength arisen from your longing for liberation. This is the meaning of the third mantra. The Upanishad is the knowledge which gives you the strength to embark on this great adventure of spiritual experience. That...

----------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, January 15, 2021.12 : 47. PM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Mantram-2. : Instructions on contemplation upon Brahmam : Post - 19. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tad etad ak?aram brahma: This it is that they call the Imperishable Brahman. Sa pr??a?: That also is the vitality of the cosmos, as well as the individual. Tad u v??: That also is the reason why we speak. The energy that is necessary for the modulation of the vocal cords in the articulation of sounds is itself manifested in one form. Tad u v?? mana?: That is the mind that thinks. Tad etat satyam: It is the law, it is the rule, it is the regulation, it is the system, it is the order that maintains this cosmos—satyam. Satyameva jayathe: This great order is the Truth of truths. It is the will of the Absolute. It reigns supreme, triumphs always, and anything other than that cannot triumph. Tad am?tam: It is ...

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, January 08, 2021. 09 : 33. AM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Mantram-2. : Instructions on contemplation upon Brahmam : Post - 18. --------------------------- In the Kenopanishad, the student asks the Guru, “How do we adore Brahman?” We should adore Brahman as lovable. Actually, the mind will not concentrate on God unless He is beautiful, attractive and lovable. If He terrible and fearsome, the mind will not concentrate on Him. We cannot work by fear; we can work only by love. This applies not only to factories and offices, but also to the work called meditation in the spiritual field. God cannot threaten us so that we may worship Him. God can only attract us. ------------------------------ It is Aristotle who mentioned in his metaphysics that God pulls the world towards Himself as the beloved pulls the lover. These are examples and illustrations which defy logical considerations and mathem...

---------------------------- Saturday, December 05, 2020. 06 : 01. PM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Mantram- 1. Brahmam and the Universe are one,  Knowing Brahmam destroysthe knots of Ignorance. Post - 17. --------------------------- Chapter-2, Section -2. Mantram-1. (Pointers to the nature of Brahmam and advice how to know it. Avih sannihitam guhacaram nama, mahat padam - atraitat samarpitam,  ejat pranan - mnimisac-  ca yad etat- janatha sad - asad  varenyam param vijñanad yad - variishtam prajanam (2.2.1).  ------------------- Manifest outside is this very thing that is the deepest source of our aspirations. Verily, in front of our eyes is manifest that very thing which is otherwise inconceivable. The deepest within is also there as the perceivable form before the senses. It is deepest in the heart, no doubt, but it is also capable of appearing before our very eyes as the thing that we see. This Brahman is the great manifested support of all beings. ...

----------------------------------------------- Monday, November 16, 2020. 02 : 12. PM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 1, Mantram- 10. Brahmam and the Universe are one,  Knowing Brahmam destroysthe knots of Ignorance. Post - 16 . ------------------------------------------------ Mantram-10 : "Puruṣa evedaṁ visvam karma  tapo brahma paramrparatam,  etad yo veda nihitaṁ guhayaṁ  so’vidya-granthim vikiratīha, saumya"  ---------------------------------------- The whole cosmos is this Purusha only. We are seeing nothing but that in front of us. Karma tapo brahma parāmṛtam: Our actions, our austerities, our studies, and the fruits of our actions are all included in this vast manifestation. Puruṣa evedaṁ sarvam (P.S. 2). It is the Purusha Sukta speaking through the Upanishad, as it were. --------------------------- Etad yo veda nihitaṁ guhayam so’vidya-granthim vikiratīha, saumya :  The Guru speaks, “My dear disciple, listen! Whoever knows this secret that I ha...

  ------------------------------------------------ Saturday, November 07, 2020. 11: 17. AM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 1, Mantram- 9. Mountains, rivers, plants, etc. are also born of Brahmam. Post - 15. ------------------------------------------------- Mantram - 9 : "Atas samudra girayas ca sarve asmat  syandante sindhavas sarva-rupah, atas ca sarva osadhayo rasas ca  yenaisa bhutais - tisthate hy - antar-atma."  ----------------------------------------------- This inner Atman, appearing as Brahman outside and the kutastha tattva inside us, is the cause of even the mighty oceans and the towering Himalayan mountains. The rivers flow in a particular direction only, and not in another direction. The Sun rises only in one direction, and not elsewhere. The stars scintillate and maintain their positions not in any other manner, only because of terror of the operation of the system of law and order of Brahman tapas. All the trees and plants grow only because of the ...

  ------------------------------------------------ Saturday, October 17, 2020. 12:00.PM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 1, Mantram-8.Objects, Organs and their presiding deities are also creation of Brahmam.  Post-14 ------------------------------------------------- Mantram-8. Discourse is continued ... Life is a prayer. The sense organs, in their greed for their objects, are actually praying for relief from the agony, or the involvement, in this grizzly action of their longings for things. There is a deity operating inside the ear as a point of consciousness at the back of the nervous system and the eardrum, etc., that appear to be the causes of the sounds that we hear. So is the case with all the other sense organs. If we ignore the presence of these consciousness points called divinities, we would be paying disrespect to them, and the agnihotra sacrifice would not then be performed. Those who eat without offering to the gods first as a sacrament are actually thieves, say...