kasarabada.org

Athato Brahma.....

The Katho Upanishad

In the tradition of conveying a complex subject through the use of a subtle parable the Kathopanishad starts with the story of a Rishi Vajasravas and his son Nachiketa.The dialog of Nachiketa with Lord Yama carries the message of the Upanishad.

Rishi Vajasravas performs 'Viswajit' sacrifice which involves giving away all his wealth. His son Nachiketa notices that his father is giving away gifts( cows) which are of no use. Very much concerned and trying to grab the attention of his father he asks his father to whom will he give 'Nachiketa'. Father being busy with therituals with without realizing says"to death". There upon to keep his fathers word Nachiketa moves to Yama's world. Yama was away when Nachiketa reaches the place. He waits for three nights till Yama returns. Alerted that a Brahman was waiting for him for three days without partaking anything as a guest , Yama offers him three boons for the three nights he waited. For the first boon Nachiketa wants to understand the Fire sacrifice and for the Second boon he wants that his Father be free of anxiety and be happy . Both the boons being granted Nachiketa asks for the third boon the knowledge about "hereafter". Nachiketa says that some say there is life after death some say not and he wants to know what happens after death. Yama tries to dissuade him with all sorts of worldly boons. Nachiketa could not be deterred. Yama tells him even Devas do not know, it is too difficult to understand . Nachiketa still insists on the knowledge then Yama relents.

So the kathopanishad continue into valli two of First Adhyaya ..

Yama continues.

' The good is one thing and pleasant is another. The two have have differentends and bind the man. It is well with him who chooses good . But the one who chooses pleasant missses the True goal.

'Both 'Good' and 'Pleasant' approach the man. The intelligent one understanding fully separates the 'Good' from 'Pleasant' and selects the 'Good'. The unintelligent man for the growth and protection of his body selects 'Pleasant'.

'O Nachiketa you have discarded the 'Pleasant' in favor of 'Good'. The ignorance and the wisdom lead you in opposite directions and you are moving in theright direction. O NachiketaI consider you to be a true aspirant of Knowledge. Fools living in ignorance , yet imagining themselves to be wise go round and round like the blind led by a blind. The thought of 'hereafter' never arises for the ignorant deluded by glamourand wealth. They th ink..

"This world alone is and none other". Thinking like that they fall under my (death) sway again and again. Wonderful is the Teacher who can teach and wonderful is the one who can receive when taught by a Teacher about that (self) which is not available for even hearing for many and many do not understand even while hearing. When taught by a man of inferior understanding the Atman cannot truly be known for it is thought of in many ways. When taught by a teacher who has become identified with it there will be no further doubts if it exists or not..

'O Nachiketa this wisdom cannot be understood by argument. This is truly known only when taught by another (wise) teacher. By your perseverance you have the knowledge to pursue . May we always have questioners like you.'

Om tat Sat

Click here to continue ....

The earlier stories

The Vedas

The Mahavakyas

Upanishads

Kathopanishad 1.1

Kathopanishad1.2

Kathopanishad 1.3

Vedantic Enquiry

Notes from Kathopanishad

Blind leading Blind etc

Welcome to kasarabada.org :

November 23 , 2012

Welcome to Kasarabada.org !!

We are continuing stories from Kathopanishad which Swami Chinmayananda called as Dialog with Death. One more story in the form of notes on Kathopanishad tittled ' Good Vs Pleasant" is presented under "One more thing". Under Athato column we are presenting the Kathopanishad part 2 this week.

As stated this week Ramayan Sundarakanda moves to the 20th Chapter of Sundarakanda! ! In 20th Ravan makes his intentions very clear. Even so he makes it very clear that he will not touch Sita without her consent. Surprising though it may seem Valmiki in fact did not paint in Ravana in very dark colors !!.

The one more thing continues with the notes on Kathopanishad

om tat Sat

_________________________________________________

What is on the kasarabada.org?

For the new visitors we thought of adding a few lines on navigation , so that they may know what is available on Kasarabada.org !

We now have 89 chapters of Dasama Skandha of Bhagavatam. All these chapters (stories on Krishna) are listed by name and are available on a link on the Bhagavatam page.

We have complete bouquet of articles on Ramayana Role models from Ramayana namely Srirama , Sita , Hanuman , Jataayu , Sabari , Bharata , Lakshmana. Apart from these there were some special articles namely The Message of Ramayana , Going to the Forests and about Hanuman in "In the thick of the Battle " . Along the same lines are the earlier articles in praise of Hunuman 1 , Hanuman 2 and Valmiki Sundarakanda . Added to this bouquet is the Sundarakanda as a Telugu poem by Pandit Vijayraghavrao. We have also added some downloads specifically for the Sankshipta Sundarakanda ( with Sanskrit slokas) reproduced in different language scripts namely Sanskrit , Telugu , Kannada and Malayalam . There is also a Telugu Sundarakanda Katha for those interested in reading the same as a prose story !!,.

One more thing is a page where we get articles which could be on anything , informative and educative handled with a light heart and a touch of contemporary realities. The page lists all the earlier stories on its page

The last new column is Athato Brahma Jignyasaa . This page is focused on Indian Philosophy /Darsanas.This has been started a few months ago and all its earlier issues are listed on its page

In effect to have a look at what is available from the earlier issues you only need to visit the four pages of Ramayanam , Bhagavatam , one more thing. and Athato Brahma Jignyasaa.Each page of these banner pages carry the list of all earlier articles .

Om Tat Sat ( info@kasarabada.org)

Witty Wisdom

- contributed by Kamaraju Turaga

__________________________________________________

Welcome to Kasarabada.org: ARCHIVES

One More Thing

" Good Vs Pleasant "

and other notes from

Kathopanishad

Some notes from Kathopanishad:

Starting his teaching for Nachiketa Yama starts with the simplest truth.

”Good is one thing and Pleasant is another” - "Both bind men in different ways"

It is that there are two things in life . One is good and other is pleasure. Blessed is the one who chooses ‘good' . The one who chooses pleasure has the pleasure but misses the real goal in life.

This is not a very difficult concept.

It is essentially about choosing immediate gain ( pleasure ) versus long term gain ( good). This is a daily battle. Lots of times people fall for the short term immediate pleasure. The one who chooses the long term good is the one who is really blessed.

Happiness is the goal of every struggle. The motivation to achieve happiness is great. But absolute contentment is when there is no desire. To achieve this state of not desiring anything is the goal. Yamas teaching is towards achieving this goal.

He says the one who chooses “ good” as opposed to pleasure is the " Blessed one". Because choosing pleasure he would be led astray towards more desire. By choosing good he is travelling the path to achieve this state with out desires.

We as individuals also free to chose a life of integrity honesty , piety and truth fullness and consequent inner peace or a choose a life where- in you sacrifice some of these principles and continuously strive for short term happiness of creating more wealth and material comforts.

Nowhere there is any suggestion that choosing “good” is rejecting wealth!!. Choose “good” and if you make wealth in the process , the inner peace by such acquisition is far more superior to the one who sacrifices good ( principles) and achieves the wealth !!

That is an undeniable truth

om tat Sat

to continue move on to the page of ' one more thing " click here

The earlier stories.

Blind leading Blind - from Katha

Upanishad

The story of Ganesh Chaturthi

Manisha Panchakam Sloka 1

Manisha Panchakam

Who are you ??

Leader and the Led

Bhakthi and Self surrender

Why say so many words Part 2

Why say so many words Part 1

Gurus and lessons

Such a Simple message !!

Sundarakanda and the related Beliefs

Remembering Sribhashyam

Appalacharyulu garu

The methods of Elucidation

( Lakshana)

The story of the Jar/Kunda

The story of Devadatta

"Hitam Manohari cha" - revisited

Dasama Nyaya

On the Fortune - a demolition of its traits !!

on the Success

The story of Sabari

Charvaka School of Philosophy

On Vedas from the West

Jayamantram

The story of a Bear ( from Ramayana)

Ramudu-Sugunaabhiraamudu

Sahasavidadhita na kriyam..

... 'no not in a hurry'!

Aham nasyaami .. I destroy !! contributed by Tuaraga Rajendraparasad.

"It is not that the holy waters are not altogether Holy - Krishna

An intelligent man should follow those actions that are consistent and within his realm of action ..( more)

.. I am enquiring , that should be clearly explained! …." Thus spoke Krishna.(more.).

" Peace does not drop from the sky" says Dalai Lama.

Passing away of a stalwart:

Prof Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao

. ............

Unison of thought speech and action

Jewel of jewels'

Who is Poor ?

Green message from Bhagava...

Music in our Epics

what is kasara ?

Home Valmiki Ramayanam Srimad Bhagavatam Trust Contacts

	Athato Brahma..... Kathopanishad - Part 2 The *Katho Upanishad* In the tradition of conveying a complex subject through the use of a subtle parable the Kathopanishad starts with the story of a Rishi Vajasravas and his son Nachiketa.The dialog of Nachiketa with Lord Yama carries the message of the Upanishad. Rishi Vajasravas performs 'Viswajit' sacrifice which involves giving away all his wealth. His son Nachiketa notices that his father is giving away gifts( cows) which are of no use. Very much concerned and trying to grab the attention of his father he asks his father to whom will he give 'Nachiketa'. Father being busy with therituals with without realizing says"to death". There upon to keep his fathers word Nachiketa moves to Yama's world. Yama was away when Nachiketa reaches the place. He waits for three nights till Yama returns. Alerted that a Brahman was waiting for him for three days without partaking anything as a guest , Yama offers him three boons for the three nights he waited. For the first boon Nachiketa wants to understand the Fire sacrifice and for the Second boon he wants that his Father be free of anxiety and be happy . Both the boons being granted Nachiketa asks for the third boon the knowledge about "hereafter". Nachiketa says that some say there is life after death some say not and he wants to know what happens after death. Yama tries to dissuade him with all sorts of worldly boons. Nachiketa could not be deterred. Yama tells him even Devas do not know, it is too difficult to understand . Nachiketa still insists on the knowledge then Yama relents. So the kathopanishad continue into valli two of First Adhyaya .. Yama continues. ' The good is one thing and pleasant is another. The two have have differentends and bind the man. It is well with him who chooses good . But the one who chooses pleasant missses the True goal. 'Both 'Good' and 'Pleasant' approach the man. The intelligent one understanding fully separates the 'Good' from 'Pleasant' and selects the 'Good'. The unintelligent man for the growth and protection of his body selects 'Pleasant'. 'O Nachiketa you have discarded the 'Pleasant' in favor of 'Good'. The ignorance and the wisdom lead you in opposite directions and you are moving in theright direction. O NachiketaI consider you to be a true aspirant of Knowledge. Fools living in ignorance , yet imagining themselves to be wise go round and round like the blind led by a blind. The thought of 'hereafter' never arises for the ignorant deluded by glamourand wealth. They th ink.. "This world alone is and none other". Thinking like that they fall under my (death) sway again and again. Wonderful is the Teacher who can teach and wonderful is the one who can receive when taught by a Teacher about that (self) which is not available for even hearing for many and many do not understand even while hearing. When taught by a man of inferior understanding the Atman cannot truly be known for it is thought of in many ways. When taught by a teacher who has become identified with it there will be no further doubts if it exists or not.. 'O Nachiketa this wisdom cannot be understood by argument. This is truly known only when taught by another (wise) teacher. By your perseverance you have the knowledge to pursue . May we always have questioners like you.' Om tat Sat Click here to continue .... The earlier stories The Vedas The Mahavakyas Upanishads Kathopanishad 1.1 Kathopanishad1.2 Kathopanishad 1.3 Vedantic Enquiry Notes from Kathopanishad Blind leading Blind etc	Welcome to kasarabada.org : November 23 , 2012 Welcome to Kasarabada.org !! We are continuing stories from Kathopanishad which Swami Chinmayananda called as Dialog with Death. One more story in the form of notes on Kathopanishad tittled ' Good Vs Pleasant" is presented under "One more thing". Under Athato column we are presenting the Kathopanishad part 2 this week. As stated this week Ramayan Sundarakanda moves to the 20th Chapter of Sundarakanda! ! In 20th Ravan makes his intentions very clear. Even so he makes it very clear that he will not touch Sita without her consent. Surprising though it may seem Valmiki in fact did not paint in Ravana in very dark colors !!. The one more thing continues with the notes on Kathopanishad om tat Sat _________________________________________________ What is on the kasarabada.org? For the new visitors we thought of adding a few lines on navigation , so that they may know what is available on Kasarabada.org ! We now have 89 chapters of Dasama Skandha of Bhagavatam. All these chapters (stories on Krishna) are listed by name and are available on a link on the Bhagavatam page. We have complete bouquet of articles on Ramayana Role models from Ramayana namely Srirama , Sita , Hanuman , Jataayu , Sabari , Bharata , Lakshmana. Apart from these there were some special articles namely The Message of Ramayana , Going to the Forests and about Hanuman in "In the thick of the Battle " . Along the same lines are the earlier articles in praise of Hunuman 1 , Hanuman 2 and Valmiki Sundarakanda . Added to this bouquet is the Sundarakanda as a Telugu poem by Pandit Vijayraghavrao. We have also added some downloads specifically for the Sankshipta Sundarakanda ( with Sanskrit slokas) reproduced in different language scripts namely Sanskrit , Telugu , Kannada and Malayalam . There is also a Telugu Sundarakanda Katha for those interested in reading the same as a prose story !!,. One more thing is a page where we get articles which could be on anything , informative and educative handled with a light heart and a touch of contemporary realities. The page lists all the earlier stories on its page The last new column is Athato Brahma Jignyasaa . This page is focused on Indian Philosophy /Darsanas.This has been started a few months ago and all its earlier issues are listed on its page In effect to have a look at what is available from the earlier issues you only need to visit the four pages of Ramayanam , Bhagavatam , one more thing. and Athato Brahma Jignyasaa.Each page of these banner pages carry the list of all earlier articles . Om Tat Sat ( info@kasarabada.org) Witty Wisdom - contributed by Kamaraju Turaga __________________________________________________ Welcome to Kasarabada.org: ARCHIVES	One More Thing " Good Vs Pleasant " and other notes from Kathopanishad Some notes from Kathopanishad: Starting his teaching for Nachiketa Yama starts with the simplest truth. ”Good is one thing and Pleasant is another” - "Both bind men in different ways" It is that there are two things in life . One is good and other is pleasure. Blessed is the one who chooses ‘good' . The one who chooses pleasure has the pleasure but misses the real goal in life. This is not a very difficult concept. It is essentially about choosing immediate gain ( pleasure ) versus long term gain ( good). This is a daily battle. Lots of times people fall for the short term immediate pleasure. The one who chooses the long term good is the one who is really blessed. Happiness is the goal of every struggle. The motivation to achieve happiness is great. But absolute contentment is when there is no desire. To achieve this state of not desiring anything is the goal. Yamas teaching is towards achieving this goal. He says the one who chooses “ good” as opposed to pleasure is the " Blessed one". Because choosing pleasure he would be led astray towards more desire. By choosing good he is travelling the path to achieve this state with out desires. We as individuals also free to chose a life of integrity honesty , piety and truth fullness and consequent inner peace or a choose a life where- in you sacrifice some of these principles and continuously strive for short term happiness of creating more wealth and material comforts. Nowhere there is any suggestion that choosing “good” is rejecting wealth!!. Choose “good” and if you make wealth in the process , the inner peace by such acquisition is far more superior to the one who sacrifices good ( principles) and achieves the wealth !! That is an undeniable truth om tat Sat *to continue move on to the page of ' one more thing " click here* The earlier stories. Blind leading Blind - from Katha Upanishad The story of Ganesh Chaturthi Manisha Panchakam Sloka 1 Manisha Panchakam Who are you ?? Leader and the Led Bhakthi and Self surrender Why say so many words Part 2 Why say so many words Part 1 Gurus and lessons Such a Simple message !! Sundarakanda and the related Beliefs Remembering Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu garu The methods of Elucidation ( Lakshana) The story of the Jar/Kunda The story of Devadatta "Hitam Manohari cha" - revisited Dasama Nyaya On the Fortune - a demolition of its traits !! on the Success The story of Sabari Charvaka School of Philosophy On Vedas from the West Jayamantram The story of a Bear ( from Ramayana) Ramudu-Sugunaabhiraamudu Sahasavidadhita na kriyam.. ... 'no not in a hurry'! Aham nasyaami .. I destroy !! contributed by Tuaraga Rajendraparasad. "It is not that the holy waters are not altogether Holy - Krishna *An intelligent man should follow those actions that are consistent and within his realm of action* ..( more) *.. I am enquiring , that should be clearly explained! …."* Thus spoke Krishna.(more.). " Peace does not drop from the sky" says Dalai Lama. *Passing away of a stalwart:* Prof Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao . ............ Unison of thought speech and action Jewel of jewels' Who is Poor ? Green message from Bhagava... Music in our Epics what is kasara ?
Copyright (c) 2011 kasarabada.org. All rights reserved.

Athato Brahma.....

Welcome to kasarabada.org :

November 23 , 2012

Witty Wisdom

One More Thing