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The Chandogya Upanishad : 5. : Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27/09/2019 Chapter -1 : Vaishvanara-Vidya -5.. 5.The Sun as the Eye of the Universal Self : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now, the king puts another question to the other sage: "Satyayajna Paulushi, what is the Atman that you are meditating upon?" "I meditate on the Sun, Your Highness, the most brilliant object conceivable. It is the Supreme Being for me. I regard the Sun, surya, as the symbol of the Absolute. That is the Atman on which I am meditating." The king said: "Satyayajna, you meditate on the Sun as the Supreme Atman. Well, this is a part of the Vaishvanara's Body. Because it is a part of this Great Being, and you meditate upon it as if it is the al

The Chandogya Upanishad : 4. : Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/10/2019 Chapter -1 : Vaishvanara-Vidya -4.. 4. Heaven as the Head of the Universal Self : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.1. The king questioned them one by one, "What is it that you are meditating upon already? Why is it that you are in difficulty?" Now, each one was asked this question. The first question to be put was to the first among them. "Aupamanyava, which Atman are you meditating upon? You are certainly meditating on the Atman. It is a great surprise. How is it that everyone is meditating on the Atman and, yet, one differs from the other in the technique? What is the sort of Atman, or the kind of Atman that you are thinking of in your mind?" "I