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Kena Upanishad Sriloy mohanty
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Existance Of Soul
Three essential components for making an effort to acquire any knowledge, particularly spiritual knowledge are:
– The Sadguru refers to the guiding energy in the form of mother, father, acharya, spiritual mentor
– Shastras refers to the body of knowledge (Vedic literature)
– Anubhava means the experience of the seeker
Vedic Triadic Approach to Seek
Spiritual Knowledge
Eventually, the seeker should advance towards spiritual enlightenment.
Vedic Knowledge as an Inverted Tree
Integrated knowledge of Spirituality and Science
Bramhan - God Non - Dual Reality
Vedic literature
4 Vedas
Samhita, Bramhana and Aranyakas form the Vedas
Vedas are classified as Rik, Yajus, Sama and Atharva.
Maharishi Vyasa classified them, hence Veda Vyasa.
There are large number of Upanishads
(108, 32, 10)
Vedic Literature
Upanishads refers to the spiritual knowledge obtained by disciples sitting near the realized Guru, that destroys the ignorance of disciples. Upanishads are the Vedanta (essence of the Vedas)
Upanishads
Upanishads are essentially in the form of stories and dialogues such as those of Yama-Nachiketa, Varuna-Bhrigu, Yajnavalkya-Maitreyi, etc.
Upanishads are the super conscious experiences of Atman by several rishis and they form the foundation of SanatanaDharma.
The other two are Bramha Sutras and Bhagavadgita
Ten Upanishads are considered as major ones.
Rigveda ---Aitareya
Sukla Yajurveda ---Isavasya and Brihadaranyaka
Krishna Yajurveda --Katha and Taittiriya
Samaveda ---Kena and Chandogya
Atharva ---Prasna, Mundaka and Mandukya
Principal Upanishads
•Concept of bramhan•Small in size (18 verses)• Mystical experience of ubiquitous Atman.• Karma yoga
Isavasya Upanishad
Katha Upanishad
Mrutyu rahasya
Dialogue of Yama-Nachiketa
Sacred fire and yajna
mortal body and immortal soul
role of yoga and discipline
Katha upanishat
Sense organs
mindIntelect
soul
Body Sense object
Kathopanishad
Nothing is superior to Purusa
Purusa
Unmanifested
Atman
Intellect
Mind
Object
Senses
Kathopanishadsays…
Secret of pranaString of questions to rishi Pippalada by
Sukesi,Satyakama, Gargya,Aswalayana, Bhargava and Kabandhi
Systematic presentation through questions and answers“When is all this that is visible”-(Kabandhi)“Who is the Purusha with sixteen kalas”-(Sukesha)\
Prasna Upanishad
•Refers to the visions and experiences of Samnyasis
•Para and Apara Vidya
•Cosmology
•Karma and Jnana yoga
Mundaka Upanishad
Mandukya Upanishat
•Avasta traya viveka
•Four levels of consciousness (wakeful, dream,
deep sleep, fourth (samadhi))
•OM : its various aspects
TuryaBramhan
•Ethics, learning and advice at the end of studies
•Sheaths of Bramhan
•Levels and scale of happiness (bliss)
•Dialogue of Varuna and Bhrigu about Bramhan
•Ecstatic expressions of experience of Bramhan
Taittiriya Upanishad
•Panchakosha viveka and ananda mimamsa
•Creation of world through Viraj (ananda mimamsa)
•Philosophy of the births (panchakosha)
•Nature of Atman
•Gurukula system-samavartana ceremony
Tatrya Upanishad
Chandogya Upanishad
Yajna and upasana
Raikva, Satyakama Jabala, Usasti
Pravahana (Life after death), Narada (Para and Apara)
Bramhachari (worship of Prana), Indra (about Atman)
Thus spake Uddalaka Aruni
Brihdaranyaka Upanishat•Karma (Soma sacrifice)
•Creation of Universe and four varnas
•Gargi-Yanjnavalkya, Balaki-Ajatashatru,
•Bramhan as Antaryamin
•Thus spake Yajnavalkya
Brihdaranyaka Upanishad
•Definition of consciousness
•Subjective (psychological-spiritual) and objective
(cosmological) approaches to proof of Atman.
•Atman as Ultimate Reality
•Omnipotence of Atman (Uma, the Goddess and Indra)
Kena upanishadBy
Shri Aurobindo
By whom desired and set forth does the mind, flow towards its object ? At whose bidding again does the chief prana proceed to its function ? By whom wished do men utter the speech ? What effulgent one, indeed, directs the eye or the ear ?
The preceptor:-It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, he is also the prana of the prana, the eye of the eye. Knowing thus, the wise, having relinquished all false identification of the self with the senses, become immortal, when departed from this world
There goes neither the eye, nor speech nor mind ; we know it not : nor do we see how to teach one about it. Different it is from all that are known, and is beyond the unknown as well,---thus we have heard from the ancient seers who explained that to us
What no speech can express, but what expresses speech, know that alone as Bramhan and not this which people here worship
What none can comprehend with the mind , but by which, the sages say, the mind is comprehended, know that alone as brahmanand not this they worship here
That none can see with eyes, but by which one sees the function of the eyes, know that alone as the bramhan and not this they worship here
What none can hear by the ears, but by which the hearing is perceived,--- know that alone as bramhanand not this they worship here
What none can breath with breath but by which the breath is directed know that alone as bramhan and not this they worship here
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