Greetings All, Swamiji continued his talks on Prasna Upanishad. Second Question, Shloka # 7: Swamiji says all mantras from #5 to # 13 are all Prana Devata Sruthi or praise. Glorification is done at both Subjective (Adhyathmika) level as well as Objective ( Adhi Daivika) level. Prana is the Shakthi animating the ten gyanendriyas such […]
Greetings All, Swamiji continued his talks on Prasna Upanishad. Second Question, Shloka # 6:, Swamiji said all mantras from #5 to # 13 are Prana Devata Sruthi or praise. Refreshing our memory on Shloka 6, he says all 10 Gyanendriyas are able to function because of Prana Shakthi. At Samashti (cosmic) level each Gyanendriya is […]
Questions: What are the principles sustaining the body: Gyanendriayam, karmandhriyam panca boodha and andhagraganam (intellect.). 19 principles and 24 including panca pranas. But pranas are excluded as they will be introduced as the most superior. Who all glorify themselves. All 19 principles (except panca prana) glorify themselves. Among all the sustaining principles which is most […]
Important points made by first section: Shristi is the first point: Life and death are not opposite but complementary pair of nature; similar is growth and decay. We must accept the pair. Shrusti as a form of mithunam. Five shristies mentioned in the first section are: Mithuna shristy Loka shrishty Kala shristy Anna Shristy Prajapathi […]
Prasna Upanishad, Class 6 – Dec 20, 2015 Continuation of explanation of verse 11. [divah: bhuvarlOkha. pare: beyond] SuryalOkha is in a place beyond bhuvarlokha. (bhUlOkha is earth, bhuverlOkha is intermediate, suverlOkha is in a higher space). Adhithya is also purishinam (plenty of water). Why? Sun alone is responsible for rain. Some sages glorify the […]
Rayee and prana are conceptual pairs. Prajapathi alone comes as conceptual pairs of rayee and prana. Samvatsara, consisting of dakshinayana and utharayana (kala) is prajapathhi. Krishna kathi and chukla kathi are subtle or divine road through which a jiva travels to other logas. Krishna kathi leads to Chandra loga and chukla kathi leads surya loga […]
I had difficulty in comprehending and digesting this class and summarized as best as I can. I greatly appreciate any corrections, additions and comments to my summary. In the last class, Swamiji stated that Rayee is a non translatable word. For my own sake of understanding this Upsanishad, I equate Rayee to matter and Prana […]
Greetings All, Swamiji continued his talks on Prasna Upanishad. Shloka # 1: Refreshing our memory on Shloka 1, he says, this Upanishad begins with an introduction of Guru and Shishyas. It is similar to other Upanishads. The six qualified students are named and described. The way they were qualified is as follows: They were committed […]
On November 8, 2015, the Vedantic Study Group of HTGC started to listen to Prasna Upanishad by Swami Paramarthananda. Swamiji started the class with the meaning of Vedanta: Vedantaha: Because this comes at the end portion of vedas, brahma vidhya because this deals with the knowledge of Brahman gyana kandaha: In this part of vedas […]
Swamiji as part of his closing remarks on Katho Upanishad reminded us of the essence of second chapter. Valli 1, Mantras 1 to 3: Yama discussed disciplines, one of them being control of senses. Sense organs are outward looking. It is not acquired. It is instinctive. So, we are fighting our own nature. It needs […]