Friday, August 8, 2014

Upanishads the greatest treasure

Kena Upanishad says something very important.
iha cet avedI atha satyam asti na cet iha avedIt mahatI vinashTi.
If reality is not known , the loss is mahati, or total.
Loss is limitless explained SDSji in his kena talks.
Not knowing the reality is the problem of samsara.
Viewing people, situations, objects with the lens of likes and dislikes life become a race.And a constant struggle against what is desirable vs non desirable.
Knowledge releases one from this spell.Since understanding of reality is entirely different in the vision of the upanishads. In the upanishads vision, isavaasyam idam sarvam.
Hence the crucial decision to use the upanishad pramana. A valid MEANS of knowledge of the reality as it truly is.
Upanishad pramana is like a potion that is available in a chalice in front of you. You wont drink it, till you are convinced you have no other choice. That readiness to drink it is nothing but the process of gaining S4.
Here mandukya says :
parIkShya lokAn.h karmachitAn.h brAhmaNo
nirvedamAyAnnAstyakR^itaH kR^itena |
tadvij~nAnArthaM sa gurumevAbhigachChet.h
samitpANiH shrotriyaM brahmaniShTham.h || 12||
So our upanishads are a treasure, the greatest treasure that is there.
Harih om shri gurubhyo namaha.

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