Mundakopanishad : ( 12/12/2012. )

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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—sanchit...

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday,  February 27, 2021. 08:54. PM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Post - 23. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capter-II. Sectuion -2. Mantram-8 : Fruits of Realisation of Brahmam. &  9. Self-effulgent Brahmam. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram - (2.2.8):  "Mano-mayah prana-sarira-neta  pratinhito’nne hrdayah sannidhaya." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In anna, which is the physical body, in prana, which is the subtle vibration inside, and in manas, which is the mind, it is fixed and it is operating. Tad vijñanena paripasyanti dhira? ananda-rupam am?ta? yad vibhati: When this ...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursiday,  February 18, 2021. 07:42. AM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Post - 22. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capter-II. Sectuion -2. Mantram-6 : Method of contemplation on Brahmam with the help of Pranavam (AUM). "Ara iva ratha-nabhau samhata yatra nadyah  sa esho’ntaas - carate bahudha jaya-manah,  aum ity evam dhya yath atmanam,  svasti vah paraya tamasah parastat.":  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the nerve currents of the body and the divinities of the cosmos are fixed in this universal consciousness, Brahman, as spokes in a wheel are fixed in the hub of the wheel. This One, in which everything is fixed, is moving inside the heart, and it manifest...

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday,  February 05, 2021. 09 : 05. AM. Mundakopanishad Chapter 2: Section 2, Post - 21. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drona called Yudhishthira. “Come on. What do you see there?” “I see a bird on the tree,” replied Yudhisththira. “No. You are no good. Go to that side,” said Drona. Then he called Bhima. “What do you see?” “I see a bird tied to a branch of a tree.” “No good. Go that side.” Then he tested the other two brothers, and they also failed. Then Arjuna was called and asked, “What do you see?” “I see a black spot, and I see nothing else,” he replied. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That is the concentration that is expected in meditation on Brahman. It has already been mentioned that it is very subtle. H...

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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...