Chandogya Upanishad: ( 30/03/2013. )

======================================================================== ======================================================================== 21/12/2019. Chapter -1 : Vaishvanara-Vidya -7.. 7. Space as the Body of the Universal Self ======================================================================== Jana Sarkarakshya, the other great man was questioned: "What is the Atman you are meditating upon?" "I meditate on the all-pervading Space, Your Highness." This is also a symbol for meditation. Space is all-pervading. When one cannot think of anything that is all-pervading, what else can one think except Space? Space is a good symbol for meditation, indeed. The king said: "Space is extensive in every respect. You meditate upon it as the ultimate Reality, and so you have extensiveness of everything as a consequence of this meditation. You have plenty of everything in your house—wealth and dear ones. You are glory-incarnate at home and in...

======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25/11/2019. Chapter -1 : Vaishvanara-Vidya -6.. 6. Air as the Breath of the Universal Self ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now, the king asks the third person the same question: "Indradyumna Bhallaveya, What is it that you are meditating upon? What is your Atman, regarding which you have difficulties?" "I meditate upon the Cosmic Air that blows, as the all-pervading Reality, Your Highness." The king said: "Well, so far, so good. As this, the Supreme Being, Vaishvanara, is all-pervading, so is this Air also all-pervading. You have taken this all-pervading Air which moves everywhere as the symbol of Reality. Very good. Due to this meditation on the widespread Air, vay...

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

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

======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/09/2019 Chapter -1 : Vaishvanara-Vidya -3.5. 3. VAISHVANARA, THE UNIVERSAL SELF -5. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap : These great men said: "Well, you are so kind, but there is a different purpose with which we have come to you. We have not come for money; we have not come for wealth. Whatever be the purpose for which a person has come, that he must express. That is his duty. He should not speak something else, nor should he be eager to receive things quite different from that for which he has come. So, our purpose is something else, quite different from what you are speaking of or thinking in your mind." "What is that?" The king was surprised. "What is it tha...

12/07/2019 Chapter -1 : Vaishvanara-Vidya -3.4. 3. VAISHVANARA, THE UNIVERSAL SELF -4. When Brahmanas go to a king, naturally they go for some wealth. That is the usual tradition. The king thought that these people had come expecting some gift. He received them with great respect and honour, made them seated, and, lest they should not accept the gift that he offered to them, he said in his own humble way: “I follow the path of virtue. There is no defect in the administration of my country. I follow the path of simplicity and goodness. And here I am ready to offer you anything that you need by way of gift, if you have come for that.” He received each person separately with due honour. He garlanded them, gave them water to drink and enquired how they were, etc. He was good enough to give them a proper lodging in the palace. The next morning, when he got up and went to his audience, these great men came there, and the first thing that the king spoke was: “There is no thief in my king...

15/06/2019 Chapter -1 : Vaishvanara-Vidya -3.3. 3. VAISHVANARA, THE UNIVERSAL SELF -3. But it was a surprise for Uddalaka to see all these great men coming in a mass to his cottage. They were not ordinary persons. So, he thought within himself, "Why are all these people coming? There must be some great point about it. Evidently they want to put some difficult question to me in regard to the highest Reality. Because they themselves are great men, and when they are all coming together to me, it definitely implies that they want to discuss with me the nature of the ultimate Reality, and I may not be able to answer their questions. Why should I risk my presence in the midst of these great men? So, when they come I shall direct them to somebody else, who, perhaps, will be in a position to answer all the questions." Thus he surmised within his mind that there must be some difficulty, and that he might not be able to swallow any poor show put before them if he attempted t...