The Aitareya Upanishad -5.



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Saturday, May 01, 2021. 08:19. PM.
The Aitareya Upanishad -5.
Chapter 3.
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1. "Who is he whom we all worship as the self ?" He by whom one sees, one hears, one smells the various odors, one is able to speak, one is able to distinguish the tasty from the tasteless.

2. That which is the heart, the mind, it is consciousness, perception, discrimination, intelligence, mental brilliance, vision, determination, thought power, thoughtfulness, impulse, memory, decision, goal, life, desire, control. All these are the different names of intelligence only.

3. He is Brahma, he is Indra, he is Prajapati. He is all these gods. He is the five elements, namely the earth, air, ether, water and light, a combination of which forms into seeds of different kinds, the ones born out of eggs, the ones born out of wombs, the ones born from sweat, the ones born from sprouts, horses, cows, people, and elephants, all the creatures that breath here, moving, flying or stationary. All this is led by intelligence. The world is led by intelligence, is established in intelligence. The world is led by intelligence. The support is intelligence. Brahman is intelligence.

4. He with this intelligent self soared upward from this world and having enjoyed all the desires in that heavenly world became immortal. Yes he became immortal.

This chapter contains the famous saying (mahavakya),"Prajnanam Brahma," or Brahman is  intelligence. In the previous chapters we learned how the body was created, how the controllers or deities of various organs were established, how hunger and food were created to ensure the continuation or preservation of the being in the mortal world. We also learned that the body was created from waters, an archaic reference to the Undifferentiated Nature of Primal Prakrit. In this chapter we learn that in the body, Brahman is reprsented by intelligence, which is higher than even the breathe. Intelligence is the supreme controller of the being. Thoughts, desires, memories, impulses, etc., are all different forms of the same Intelligence. From this the dualists may infer that this chapter draws a clear distinction between the Atman , the individual Self and Brahman, the Supreme Self. If the soul is the breathing one in the body, Intelligence is the Supreme Self.

Aitareya Upanishad - An Introduction

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