Chandogya Upanishad: ( 30/03/2013. )

========================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 22, 2020. *Chapter One: Vaishvanara-Vidya --------------------------------------------------------- Last part - Thus, the Upanishad point of view is that a rightly conducted human activity, such as the one in the form of the intake of food, with a meditation on the universal implication of one's existence, will touch the corners of creation. And, the satisfaction of the individual, the performer of meditation of this kind, the performer of the Vaishvanara-Agnihotra-Vidya, shall be for the blessedness of all mankind, nay, the whole creation. That is why there is the tradition that the satisfaction that we bring to a person endowed with such knowledge is inclusive of the other lower satisfactions. This is the tradition behind the feeding of learned people, spiritual adepts, etc.; because they are not regarded...

========================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, May 09, 2020. *Chapter One: Vaishvanara-Vidya *The Five Pranas - 1. *1. Prana *The Five Pranas - 2,3,4,5. *2.Vyana. *3. Apana *4. Samana *5. Udana -------------------------------------------------------------------------- .*2.Vyana. #So is the case with every other morsel that we eat. The second morsel that we take in should be for the satisfaction of vyana, the other aspect of energy: Vyanaya svaha, "May vyana, the all-pervading force within me be satisfied," vyana which is responsible for the movement of the blood-stream in the canals, etc. Thus, should one meditate with the next morsel of food. There are internal connections mentioned here, again, mystically. ##The ears are satisfied when the vyana is satisfied. If the ears are satisfied, everything that is around us in the form of the directions ...

======================================================== #Road Bridge over *Godavari River at *Bhadrachalam. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *25/04/2020. *Chapter One: Vaishvanara-Vidya *The Five Pranas - 1. *1. Prana ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. *The five pranas are like the five tongues of a flaming fire.  *It is one single force that is working as five different vital energies.  #So, each tongue of the fire, each flame, is satisfied by the offering of a particular oblation, as it is done in the external sacrifice. Pranaya svaha, is the invocation, which means to say, "May the prana be satisfied."  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. *This is to be inwardly recited while eating the first morsel. Here, it is not merely an utterance that is emphasised, but...

====================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/04/2020. Chapter One: Vaishvanara-Vidya The Self as the Universal Whole (Continued) Post-13. --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The specific action that is taken up for discussion here is, what is called in the language of the sacred lore, Prana-agnihotra, or the sacrificial offering to the Universal Fire. The food that we take every day is a holy oblation to the All-pervading Vital Fire. This meditation is Prana-agnihotra. Agnihotra is the consecrated offering into the sacred Fire. Ritualistically or exoterically conceived, this means the daily performance of the yajna, or sacrifice, by a householder.  #The Upanishad makes out that this agnihotra is perpetually taking place in our own bodies, of which we have to be conscious in our meditation. The external sacrifice ceases to be external any more. Viewing ev...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/03/2020. Chapter One: Vaishvanara-Vidya The Self as the Universal Whole (Continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #Now, having described the cosmic aspect of the Vaishvanara-Atman as the Supreme Object of meditation, the Upanishad introduces us to an immediate consequence that follows from such meditation. The meditator cannot stand outside this Great Object of meditation.  ##This is very clear. Because of the comprehensiveness of the Object, the Universality of the Vaishvanara-Atman, the meditator has already undergone a transmutation of personality, entered into the bosom of Reality. And whatever one does, then, becomes an action of the Vaishvanara-Atman.  ...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24/02/2020. Chapter One: Vaishvanara-Vidya The Self as the Universal Whole (Continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #"There is no need to pour water and put manure on every leaf of the tree if you want to tend a tree. You have to water the root, that is sufficient.  *If you want to take care of a huge tree, what do you do?  *Do you go to the top of the tree and count every leaf and sprinkle manure over it, one by one, water every leaf, every flower, every fruit?  ##No. You concern yourself with the root of the tree, and then you see there is an efflorescence of every part of the tree, automatically Whatever you have obtained through these discrete forms...

======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/02/2020. Chapter -1 : Vaishvanara-Vidya -10 10. The Self as the Universal Whole ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. This is what the king said in answer to the representations made by all the six great men.  "My dear friends," spoke the king: "All of you are very sincere in your meditations, and honest, indeed. Because of your honesty and sincerity and tenacity in meditation, you enjoy plenty of everything in your houses and in your families and within yourselves.  But you do not know that you have committed errors in your meditations. Ultimately, some trouble would have come to you as a consequence. It is good that you all came to me. In the beginning, every...