Aitareya Upanishad

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 ======================================================================= ======================================================================== Thursday, August 11. 2022. 10:10.  Chapter I -  Section 2 :  Cosmic Powers in the Human Body Post - 6. ======================================================================= atha aitareyopanishadi prathamadhyaye dvitiyah khandah Chapter I.  Section 2 :  Cosmic Powers in the Human Body =========================================================================   Mantra 1 : "ta eta devatah srishta asmin mahatyarnave prapatan  tam-asanaya pipasabhyam-anvavarjat, ta enam-abruvann-ayatanam nah prajanihi  yasmin pratishthita annam-adameti ." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commentary : These deities, thus created, fell into this great ocean.  He, the Creator, subjected the Person (Virat in the form of a lum...

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================= Friday, July 29. 2022. 19:30.  Chapter I - Section 1  Origin of the Universe & Man   Post - 5. ======================================================================== Mantram-4 : tamabhyatapattasyabhitaptasya mukha.n nirabhidyata yatha.andam  mukhadvagvacho.agnirnasike nirabhidyeta.n nasikabhyam pranah ..  pranadvayurakshini nirabhidyetamakshibhya.n chakshushchakshusha  adityah karnau nirabhidyeta.n karnabhya.n shrotra.n  shrotraddishastva~nnirabhidyata tvacho lomani lomabhya oshadhivanaspatayo  hridaya.n nirabhidyata hridayanmano manasashchandrama nabhirnirabhidyata  nabhya apano.apananmrityuh  shishna.n nirabhidyata shishnadreto retasa apah .. 4..  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commen...

 ====================================================================== ======================================================================== Thursday, July 21. 2022. 19:30.  Origin of the Universe & Man   (Part-1)   Post - 4. ======================================================================== Mantram - 2 . "Sa ima.n llokanasrijata . ambho marichirmapo.ado.ambhah parena diva.n dyauh  pratishtha.antariksham marichayah .. prithivi maro ya adhastatta apah."  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commentary : He created these worlds: Ambhah, the world of water-bearing clouds, Marichi, the  world of the solar rays, Mara, the world of mortals and Ap, the world of waters.  Yon is Ambhah, above heaven; heaven is its support. The Marichis are the  interspace. Mara is the earth. What is underneath is Ap.  It should be kept in mind that at the ...

 =============================================================== =============================================================== Thursday, May 26. 2022. 19:00.  Origin of the Universe & Man   (Part-1)  - 3. =============================================================== ============================================================== Mantram- 1.  "Om atma va idameka evagra asinnanyatki.nchana mishat.h . sa ikshata lokannu srija iti ."  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation of the slokam : In the beginning all this verily was Atman (Absolute Self) only, one and without a second. There was nothing else that winked. He (Atman) willed Himself: "Let Me now create the worlds".  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commentary : It is the common experience that change can take place only upon a change...

 ============================================================== ============================================================== Thursday, May 05. 2022. 19:00.  Origin of the Universe & Man   (Part-1)  - 2 ============================================================== Introduction  to the Aitareya Upanishad  =============================================================== Positive tendencies are created by constant repetition. Even in spirituality - nama japa - repeating the name of the lord, has the greatest place. We often hear of depression, dejection, anger and frustration as being some of the emotions that keep one from attaining their higher goal – happiness. We are often also advised to keep the mind busy with some positive activity. Keeping the mind involved in nobler and higher thoughts and actions is one of the easiest ways to keep the mind busy. Take the name of the Lord – any name, and chant the same to fill up the vacant and idle mind. - ...

=================================== ================================== Saturday, January 08. 2022. 7:00. PM. Origin of the Universe & Man   (Part-1)  - ================================= Preamble : Aitareya Upanishad is a common ground for philosophy and physics. It contains the mahavakya, the great aphorism  “prajnanam brahma”, Consciousness is Brahman. Aitareya Upanishad identifies  Consciousness  as the First Cause  of  creation.  This is forerunner of ‘Unified Field Theory’ or a  ‘Theory of Everything’ which the modern physicists are trying to discover although  the modern science does not recognize Consciousness as a factor in  creation of the universe.   One of the oldest pastimes of man is to run the search engine of his contemplative and analytical faculties to  find out the final answer  to the riddle  of  creation of the universe. This question is not merely academic but  it also ...