Kena Upanishad Sriloy mohanty

BNYS

Existance Of Soul

Three essential components for making an effort to acquire any knowledge, particularly spiritual knowledge are:

– The Sadguru refers to the guiding energy in the form of mother, father, acharya, spiritual mentor

– Shastras refers to the body of knowledge (Vedic literature)

– Anubhava means the experience of the seeker

Vedic Triadic Approach to Seek

Spiritual Knowledge

Eventually, the seeker should advance towards spiritual enlightenment.

Vedic Knowledge as an Inverted Tree

Integrated knowledge of Spirituality and Science

Bramhan - God Non - Dual Reality

Vedic literature

4 Vedas

Samhita, Bramhana and Aranyakas form the Vedas

Vedas are classified as Rik, Yajus, Sama and Atharva.

Maharishi Vyasa classified them, hence Veda Vyasa.

There are large number of Upanishads

(108, 32, 10)

Vedic Literature

Upanishads refers to the spiritual knowledge obtained by disciples sitting near the realized Guru, that destroys the ignorance of disciples. Upanishads are the Vedanta (essence of the Vedas)

Upanishads

Upanishads are essentially in the form of stories and dialogues such as those of Yama-Nachiketa, Varuna-Bhrigu, Yajnavalkya-Maitreyi, etc.

Upanishads are the super conscious experiences of Atman by several rishis and they form the foundation of SanatanaDharma.

The other two are Bramha Sutras and Bhagavadgita

Ten Upanishads are considered as major ones.

Rigveda ---Aitareya

Sukla Yajurveda ---Isavasya and Brihadaranyaka

Krishna Yajurveda --Katha and Taittiriya

Samaveda ---Kena and Chandogya

Atharva ---Prasna, Mundaka and Mandukya

Principal Upanishads

•Concept of bramhan•Small in size (18 verses)• Mystical experience of ubiquitous Atman.• Karma yoga

Isavasya Upanishad

Katha Upanishad

Mrutyu rahasya

Dialogue of Yama-Nachiketa

Sacred fire and yajna

mortal body and immortal soul

role of yoga and discipline

Katha upanishat

Sense organs

mindIntelect

soul

Body Sense object

Kathopanishad

Nothing is superior to Purusa

Purusa

Unmanifested

Atman

Intellect

Mind

Object

Senses

Kathopanishadsays…

Secret of pranaString of questions to rishi Pippalada by

Sukesi,Satyakama, Gargya,Aswalayana, Bhargava and Kabandhi

Systematic presentation through questions and answers“When is all this that is visible”-(Kabandhi)“Who is the Purusha with sixteen kalas”-(Sukesha)\

Prasna Upanishad

•Refers to the visions and experiences of Samnyasis

•Para and Apara Vidya

•Cosmology

•Karma and Jnana yoga

Mundaka Upanishad

Mandukya Upanishat

•Avasta traya viveka

•Four levels of consciousness (wakeful, dream,

deep sleep, fourth (samadhi))

•OM : its various aspects

TuryaBramhan

•Ethics, learning and advice at the end of studies

•Sheaths of Bramhan

•Levels and scale of happiness (bliss)

•Dialogue of Varuna and Bhrigu about Bramhan

•Ecstatic expressions of experience of Bramhan

Taittiriya Upanishad

•Panchakosha viveka and ananda mimamsa

•Creation of world through Viraj (ananda mimamsa)

•Philosophy of the births (panchakosha)

•Nature of Atman

•Gurukula system-samavartana ceremony

Tatrya Upanishad

Chandogya Upanishad

Yajna and upasana

Raikva, Satyakama Jabala, Usasti

Pravahana (Life after death), Narada (Para and Apara)

Bramhachari (worship of Prana), Indra (about Atman)

Thus spake Uddalaka Aruni

Brihdaranyaka Upanishat•Karma (Soma sacrifice)

•Creation of Universe and four varnas

•Gargi-Yanjnavalkya, Balaki-Ajatashatru,

•Bramhan as Antaryamin

•Thus spake Yajnavalkya

Brihdaranyaka Upanishad

•Definition of consciousness

•Subjective (psychological-spiritual) and objective

(cosmological) approaches to proof of Atman.

•Atman as Ultimate Reality

•Omnipotence of Atman (Uma, the Goddess and Indra)

Kena upanishadBy

Shri Aurobindo

By whom desired and set forth does the mind, flow towards its object ? At whose bidding again does the chief prana proceed to its function ? By whom wished do men utter the speech ? What effulgent one, indeed, directs the eye or the ear ?

The preceptor:-It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, he is also the prana of the prana, the eye of the eye. Knowing thus, the wise, having relinquished all false identification of the self with the senses, become immortal, when departed from this world

There goes neither the eye, nor speech nor mind ; we know it not : nor do we see how to teach one about it. Different it is from all that are known, and is beyond the unknown as well,---thus we have heard from the ancient seers who explained that to us

What no speech can express, but what expresses speech, know that alone as Bramhan and not this which people here worship

What none can comprehend with the mind , but by which, the sages say, the mind is comprehended, know that alone as brahmanand not this they worship here

That none can see with eyes, but by which one sees the function of the eyes, know that alone as the bramhan and not this they worship here

What none can hear by the ears, but by which the hearing is perceived,--- know that alone as bramhanand not this they worship here

What none can breath with breath but by which the breath is directed know that alone as bramhan and not this they worship here

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