Showing posts with label upanishat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label upanishat. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Bhagavat Purana

A seed is sown in the soil and watered ,it springs into a tree with a strong stem ,branches ,leaves and Flowers . It will be laden with Fruits . Ripe sweet Fruits are the essence of the Tree in toto . The Fruit which has been bit [tasted]by  a Parrot is particularly [assuredly] very  sweet. Tasting such sweet fruit brings sense of pleasure and immense bliss.This is what is known in the world about the trees to us.

In philosophical world [vedic vangmaya] there is a Kalpavriksha tree which grows :

When seed of gnyana is sown in the soil[field of mind] and nourished with Bhakthi [devotion] , trunk named Vedas spring up ,with barks as upanishats and branches as rig, yajus ,sama ,atharva and many shakhas , upavedas and leaves of innumerable shastras [ when taken shelter under it, it gives cool shade and solace ] ,It has fragrant flowers of many Vidyas  and puranas as Fruits ,which contain the entire essence of Vedas . Of these various puranas , some are very ripe, And that which has been bit[tasted] by the Parrot named Shukamuni is assuredly very sweet ,It is Bhagavata Purana because it gives immense bliss named MOKSHA.

Note : Shukacharya ,son of Vedavyasa had a face of that of parrot , He was the first to learn Bhagavat and first to give discourse on it to Parikshit Grandson of Arjun , WHo after listening to it in seven days attained Moksha.

Krishnarpanamastu

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Akaash

  • There are two akaash 1.Bhutaakaash 2. Avyakta Akaasha.
  • Bhutakaash is one of the panchabhutas and is within the bramhanda.
  • Avyakta akaash is outside the boundary or periphery of bramhanda
  • Bhutaakaash is presided by Ganapati , Brihaspati and vasudeva.
  • Avyaktaakash is presided by Laxmi devi and Narayana.
  • Bhutaakaash  is primarily responsible for support of the lokas.
  • Vasudeva in akaash supports the lokas.
  • Bhutakaash manifests in shabda .
  • Shabda exhibits the Akshara
  • These also exist in shrotrendriya
  • Both akaash and shabda are present in the ear.
  • Akaash upachayen Shabdotpatti [ movement/disturbance in space gives rise to sound]
  • Thus Blessings of Ganapathy is neccessary to success in study of shabdashatra.
  • Ganapati can also be appeased by meditating in the akaash linga ie ,space between eyebrows and throat , or just above the jivhamula.
  • Mind is also made of akaash
  • Akaash takes the shape that which is rendered to it.
  • Thus thoughts are modifications or impressions on  akaash
  • Thus there can be as many thoughts as possible
  • The thoughts can change as quickly as possible
  • If for any reason akaash in the mind is stabda [still] the last impression becomes stagnant in the mind and man becomes unrealistic.[Manoroga]
  • Thus for a good mind and sound study let us all pray Ganapathy antargata mukhyapranantargata Vishwambhar moorthy .

krishnarpana.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Aitareyopanishat-Three Births

Narayana enters the human body through food.This food becomes retas in the MAN . This retas is the essence of the man arising out of all of his limbs. It is held within oneself.

When this retas is sprinkled in a woman ,It is the first birth.This becomes a part of the woman as her other limbs .hence She should not be troubled by the husband. Woman should take care of her womb as the presence of divine in her.A woman who thinks thus ,should be taken care of.He who respects the mother and the son in the womb ,worships God present in the womb obtains all the wishes.

The birth of the son is the second birth from the womb onto the earth.The God in the son remains on the earth for sometime doing karma on behalf of the father. Then the God present in the father leaves him along with the jeeva and attains urdhwa loka.

When he is born in another place ,it is the third birth. Thus Vishnu protects the jeeva all through his births.

Note : When a man leaves  his retas in a woman , a part of him enters the woman , woman carries her husband's amsha. This is pratham janma . When woman gives birth , son born though a different jeeva also carries his father's amsha . Thus child is the father. This dwitiya janma . Here this amsha remains in the son and it is because of this amsha , whatever man does karma it is also distributed or experienced by the father. When father leaves this world , his amsha leaves with him ,remains with him in all the swarga and other lokas.When he is born elsewhere it is the third janma . But earlier amshas continue to reap benefits of the karma ,Thus god enables one to reap the karma through progeny in all the janma and runanubandha remains intact even if he is born elsewhere. The shraddha that he performs reaches him though he is born elsewhere and is unconnected physically ,his amsha stays connected with the help of Pitru devatas.

srikrishnarpanamastu.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

OM-Pranava

  • Om means one who is complete [sampoorna].
  • OM is made up of letters A U M .
  • A represents the state of awakening
  • U represents the state of sleep
  • M represents the state of dead
  • A is the vishwa
  • U is the taijas
  • M is the Pragnya
  • There is also a fourth state known as Turiya .
  • All these states are under the control of the God
  • Infact OM has eight syllables according to Shruti
  • Now eight syllables  A U M Naad Bindu Ghosh Shaant Atishant
  • These syllables are the manifestation of the rupas of Narayana
  • They are Vishwa Taijas Pragnya Turiya Atma  Antaratma Gyanatma Paramatma .
  • Realisation of the OM with respect to entire eight rupas only entitles one to Moksha
  • OM CONVEYS ENTIRE VEDAS.
  • From Om emanates entire syllables
  • Akshara that emanate from OM like A E U ..... Ll Ksha etc are all Hari rupa .
  • A is Ajaay namaha .............Ll is Llalukaya namaha
  • Only sanyasi is ordained to meditate on OM the Pranav Mantra.

krishnarpanamastu

Monday, December 29, 2008

Births Births & Births

A soul after coming to srujya avastha ,initially wanders in the yoni of [sthavar jangam lata vela] plants and  insects  [krimikitadi] and pashupakshyadi yonis. It takes roughly 100 crores of births in each to come out of this inferior births to assume human forms for the soul. In the human form it takes births into barbar ,kirat ,mlechha,yavanadi  jatis many a times [over 100 crores births in each ] to get a janma in Bharath varsha .Here again taking births chronologically in chaturvarna ,[in crores of births each ] One is born as  a vaishnava . In vaishnava kula ,the urge to study shastras in absent for many a crores of births. After such repeated births in vaishnav kula one fine day soul seeks the guidance of guru to teach him shastra. After obtaining teachings in one lakh births he tries to think about God. He develops bhakti in another thousand births ,After bhakti he starts his sadhana towards moksha , after 10000 births he attains the knowledge to perform Nishkaam karma , he prefers to become a sanyasi. 3000 such births entitle him to the path of Mokshha. This is just the beginning towards Aparoksha Gyana.

everytime he fails to obtain higher births ,he undergoes same process of dwelling in 84 lakhs yonis ,[what a colossal waste of time] , So make hay when sun shines . Utilise your human birth to consolidate |Vishnu sarvottamatva gyana  and speedily progress towards Moksha .

||Sanchitarthavu matte baradu ,munche madierokarmava ||Govinda Namo GovindaNamo Govinda Narayana ||Govardhana Girina ettida Govinda namma rakship||

Krishnarpana

Friday, December 26, 2008

This world is real.

This world created by God is real. the experience of each of us stands testimony to us.This experience cannot be false. The non existence of world is never experienced. Neither can be seen its unreal nature.

If experiences of the soul in this real world are false and unreal then the thought to come out of this unreal to some imaginary real should also be unreal.

Because , such thoughts have occurred here in this world, these thoughts should also be unreal .

How can there be pursuit of the real from a unreal thoughts?

The world, if it is maya [unreal] , whom is it binding?

is the agent[soul], it is binding, real? If it is real then how a real entity is bound by unreal?

If there is only one [soul/Bramha] , then who is Bramha?

Is this Bramha all knowing or ignorant?

If he is all knowing then why he has to make efforts to come out of ignorance?[ if at all , all souls are one and equivalent to Bramha]

Thus soul cannot be equal to Bramha for he has to come out of ignorance . Paramatma [Bramha ]is all knowing and creator distinctly different from Atma.

There is no equality [eikya] between Parmatma and Atma.

Soul can be subjected to maya and creation is a chance for him to come out of this to attain moksha.

Even in this case also his subjection to maya and subsequent sufferings are real [vexed with it ,he makes an attempt for Moksha].

if it is unreal then, his getting vexed and efforts to attain moksha will also be unreal .why would one make a unreal efforts to attain happiness.

If his efforts are unreal and his sins in maya are also unreal then words of Veda to prohibit sins and encourage Merits [punya] will also become false and unreal.[ also meaningless].

Selectively declaring few verses as right and real and others as unreal also renders Vedas meaningless.

Thus Vedas rightly declares World is real ,World is real, World is real.

Vishnu is the only God ,neither equal or greater than HIM.

all others are souls[atman/jeevas] distinctly different from him and dependent on him.

 

krishnarpana

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Aitereyopanishat

Once King Visala and his wife Itara devi performed penace to get a Son. Lord Narayana revealed himself as their son. He once went to a yagna where devatas and chaturmukha bramha were presiding. These devatas could not bear the lustre of Lord Narayana ,chaturmukha Bramha offered prayers to the son of Itara , He enabled them to see him.They all became his devotees. As greats like Ramadevi,Bramha,Indra,devatas became his dasa[devotees] He came to be known as Mahidasa [mahin: dasa: asyeti  Mahidasa:] He then preached Aitereya hymns to all of them .

Thus Aitereya devata is Mahidasa ,rishi is also mahidasa,this is part of ashvalayan shakha of Rigved ,a chapter2 and3 of Aitereya aranyaka is upanishat. It conveys Supreme Glory of Vishnu ,hence is known as Mahavibhuti.

  1. Hari:OM  Sankarshana is the path ,Anirudha is karma, Vasudev is Bramha ,Pradyumna is Satya.
  2. One must not abandon Him ,[one must not transgress Truth ,as god himself is truth that leads to HIM].
  3. This answers the question as to
        1. why truth should be followed in this world ,
        2. why cannot we live as we feel like  ,
        3. why are there path of spirituality ,
        4. what it leads to ,
        5. who has put all these restrictions?
  4. This also specially shows vedas are theistic.
  5. Three transgress HIM
      1. Pishachas[those who roam in Akasha]
      2. Rakshasas[Those who eat human flesh]
      3. Asuras [ among dharma gyan vairagya and aishwarya ,these have only aishwarya]
  6. Three did not transgress
      1. Manushyottama
      2. Rishis
      3. Devatas
  7. They meditated on HIM as
      1. in Arka
      2. in Brihat
      3. Pavamana
  8. Men prayed through Agni
  9. Rishis prayed God as present in Aditya
  10. Devatas in vayu and Dishas[all quarters].

Narayana is Supreme . Madhvacharya had a special liking to this Upanishad which can be seen from that fact that

  • He taught this upanishat to his Guru as Guru Dakshina
  • He gave a special discourse on this in eminent sabhas
  • His last discourse before retiring to Himalayas was on Aitereya Upanishat which was attended by Devatas  in Ananteshwar temple UDIPI.

krishnarpana.