Ch 2, Anuvakaha # 7, shlokas # 1: In the beginning was verily this non-existence. From that existent was born. That created Itself by Itself. Therefore, it is called the self-made or the well made. (shloka 1) Continuing his teaching of the Upanishad, Swamiji said, We are in chapter 2, Anuvakaha 7 that begins with […]
Chapter 2, Anuvakaha # 6, Shloka # 3: He desired, “ I shall become many and be born. He performed tapas; having performed tapas, He created all this whatsoever (we perceive). Having created it, He entered into it. He became the manifest and the unmanifest, the defined and undefined, the housed and the houseless, knowledge […]
Greetings All, Chapter 2, Anuvakaha # 6, Shloka # 3: He desired, “ I shall become many and be born. He performed tapas; having performed tapas, He created all this whatsoever (we perceive). Having created it, He entered into it. He became the manifest and the unmanifest, the defined and undefined, the housed and the […]
Chapter 2, Anuvakaha # 6, Shloka # 3: He desired, “ I shall become many and be born. He performed tapas; having performed tapas, He created all this whatsoever (we perceive). Having created it, He entered into it. He became the manifest and the unmanifest, the defined and undefined, the housed and the houseless, knowledge […]
Greetings All, Ch 2, anuvakaha # 6,shloka #1: If he knows Brahman as non-existent, he becomes himself non-existent. If he knows Brahman as existent, then (they) the world knows him to be existent. Of the former (anandamaya kosa), the Self is the essence. Swamiji said, with the end of anuvakaha # 6, the Upanishad concludes […]
Greetings All, Ch 2, Anuvakhaha 5, Shloka # 2: Of that, of the former, this one is verily is the embodied self. Different from this self made up of intellect (vignanamaya) is another self within., formed of bliss (anandamaya). By this, that is filled (by anandamaya the vignanamaya is full). It also has the shape […]
Greetings All, Chapter 2, Anuvakaha # 4, Shloka # 2: Different from that made up of mind (manas) is another inner soul made up of intelligence (Vignana) and by that this (manomaya-self) is filled. It also has the shape of man. According to the human shape of the previous, is the human shape of this […]
Greetings All, Chapter 2, Anuvaka 3, shloka 2: Of that former annamaya, this pranamaya is the atman. Different from this pranamaya-self made up of pranas, there is another self constituted of the mind. With that self, made of mind, the pranamaya is full. This is also of the form of man. Its human form is […]
Greetings All, Chapter 2, Anuvakaha # 2, Shloka # 2. Other than that (soul) made up of the essence of food there is an inner soul (sheath) made up of Prana. With it this is filled. This (pranamaya) is of the same form as the previous. Its human form is exactly as human form of […]
Chapter 2, Anuvakaha # 2, Shloka # 1. All beings that exist on earth are born of food. They, hereafter, live by food; again, they ultimately go back to it and merge to become food. So, verily, food is the eldest of all creatures. On that ground it is called the medicament for all. Those […]