Chandogya Upanishad: ( 30/03/2013. )

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, May 23, 2021. 6:28. PM. Chapter Two: Uddalaka's Teaching Concerning the Oneness of the Self SECTION 11: THE INDWELLING SPIRIT (CONTINUED)—ILLUSTRATION OF A TREE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asya, saumya mahato vrkshasya yo mule'bhyahanyat, jivan sravet; yo madhye'bhyahanyat, jivan sravet yo'gre 'bhyahanyat, jivan sravet, sa esha jivenatmana'nuprabhutah pepiyamano modamana-stishthati. There must have been a huge tree in front of the kutir of Uddalaka. So he says, "Look at this big tree in front of our kutir." Suppose some one lays an axe on one of its branches, it will immediately demonstrate that it has got life. Juice will flow from that cut part-jivan sravet. Because there is life, it will exude the essence from its body. This will happen if it is cut in any other part of it...

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, May 13, 2021. 08:39. PM. Chapter Two: Uddalaka's Teaching Concerning the Oneness of the Self SECTION 10: THE INDWELLING SPIRIT (CONTINUED)—ILLUSTRATION OF RIVERS AND THE OCEAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sa ya esho 'nima aitadatmyam idam sarvam, tat satyam, sa atma, tat-tvam-asi, svetaketo, iti; bhuya eva ma bhagavan, vijnapayatv-iti; tatha saumya, iti hovacha. "O Svetaketu, you are That," instructs the father, Uddalaka. "Please explain further," says the boy. He is not satisfied. "I shall explain to you further," replies the father. SECTION 10: THE INDWELLING SPIRIT (CONTINUED)—ILLUSTRATION OF RIVERS AND THE OCEAN Imah, saumya, nadyah purastat pracyah syandante, pascat praticyah tah samudrat samudram evapiyanti, sa samudra eva bhavati, ta yatha yatra na viduh, iyam aham asmi, iyam aham asmiti. There ...

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, May 06, 2021. 08:55. PM. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter Two: Uddalaka's Teaching Concerning the Oneness of the Self SECTION 9: THE INDWELLING SPIRIT-2. Post-2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the case of the entry of the individual into the state of pure Being, there is an important point to note. There can be two types of entries, an unconscious entry and a conscious entry. In deep sleep one does contact the nature of this pure Being. One just stumbles upon it, as it were. One is unconscious of it and does not really get absorbed into it. But one does contact it in some mysterious manner. One's individuality-consciousness is abolished no doubt, but it does not become veritable universal consciousness. It becomes as though unconsciousness.  There is something that is common...

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, April 26, 2021. 07:57. PM. Chapter Two: Uddalaka's Teaching Concerning the Oneness of the Self SECTION 9: THE INDWELLING SPIRIT-1. Post-1. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Yatha, saumya, madhu madhukrto nistishthanti, nanatyayanam vrkshanam rasan samavaharam katam rasam gamaynti." "Te yatha tatra na vivekam labhante, amushyaham vrkshasya raso'smi, amushyaham vrkshasya rasosmiti, evam eva khalu, saumya, imah sarvah prajah sati sampadya na viduh, sati sampadyamaha iti." What happens to all individuals when they reach Being? The explanation is given through an analogy. "You see," says the father to the son, "honeybees go to different flowers, collect the essence of the flowers and convert it into a jelly by certain chemical processes that take place within their own bodies. Thus is formed what is called honey. ...

 The Chhandogya Upanishad - CH-2, SEC-8, POST-5. Swami Krishnananda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, April 19, 2021. 10:49. AM. Chapter Two: Uddalaka's Teaching Concerning the Oneness of the Self SECTION 8: CONCERNING SLEEP, HUNGER, THIRST AND DYING-5. POST-5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The whole difficulty is to locate where that Self is. Is It inside or outside, is It in me or in you, or is It somewhere else? This is a point which will be discussed in the next chapter of this Upanishad. This movement of the world and the tendency of things to move, the whole process of the absorption of the effect into the cause, is ultimately an indication that everything is pulled by the Self towards Itself. The subtlest of all things is the Being, pure and simple, and this Being which we call Sat is also the Atman of all things. There is a hint given here as to where the Self i...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, March 31, 2021. 11:10. AM. Chapter Two: Uddalaka's Teaching Concerning the Oneness of the Self SECTION 8: CONCERNING SLEEP, HUNGER, THIRST AND DYING POST-4. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- San-mulam anviccha: If we find out and discover the cause of everything in pure Being, we will not find the ultimate cause of anything in any other thing, except in that Being, pure and simple, in which the effects are rooted in an undistinguishable manner. Imah sarvah prajah sadayatanah: All this variety of creation is rooted in Being which is incapable of further absorption into any higher cause, because nothing can be greater than Being. Everything is an effect of It. Everything is an expression of It, but It Itself is not an expression of anything else. The generality of existence that is behind the particularity of objects is what is called Sat or ...

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, March 22, 2021. 11:29. AM. Chapter Two: Uddalaka's Teaching Concerning the Oneness of the Self SECTION 8: CONCERNING SLEEP, HUNGER, THIRST AND DYING POST-3. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Tasya kva mulam syad anyatrannat, evam evakhalu saumya annena sungenapo mulam anviccha adbhih saumya sungena tejo mulam anvichha, tejasa saumya sungena san mulam anvichha, san mulah saumya imah sarvah prajah sad-ayatanah, satpratisthah.". "Atha yatraitat purushah pipasati nama teja eva tat pitam nayate, tad-yatha gonayo-asvanayah purushanaya ityevam tat-teja achashta udanyeti tatraitad-eva sungam utpatitam saumya vijanihi nedam amulam bhavishyati iti." "This absorption of the food into the water element inside your body is an indication that some subtle force is working in you, other than...