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Kathopanishad 2.3 Valli 6

( Note- This is continuation of our Kathopanishad series . the last one kathopanishad 2.2 covered valli 5. This is the last valli number 6 . This is being covered in two parts. this is the part 2)

Yama takes Nachiketa through an inward pilgrimage beyond the senses beyond the self to the unmanifest and innermost essence. That is the attainment of immortality. But this travel is experiencing and attaining not seeing.

Yama continues:

“His form is not to be seen. No one can see him with eye. He is perceived by Heart, by the intellect and by mind. They who know this become immortal

When the five organs of perception become still, together with mind and when intellect becomes calm that is called the highest state.

The firm holding back of the senses is known as Yoga. Then one becomes free from all vagaries of mind. Yoga is subject to growth and decay “.

Control senses organs do not mean merely taking our sense organs from their sense objects. That is only half the battle. Success can be achieved in self control (Yoga) only when our minds are fixed firmly in concentration and meditation upon Atman. A true student of Vedanta knows full well that unless one is careful the control gained over senses might any time get lost in the tide of severe temptations.

Yama continues

“The self cannot be attained by speech, nor by mind, nor even by the eye, how can it be realized except by him who says ‘it exists'! “

No amount of arguments can help a seeker to reach the Absolute Truth of Atman. Every seeker will have to start his own pilgrimage with courage of conviction. When he realize the truth then he will say ‘it exists'! Self cannot be reached in any other way. The sense organs working under the control of Atman cannot turn themselves upon the very same atman and know him as one of the objects of cognition.

Yama continues

“The self is to be realized as existing and then as it really is. Of these the real nature of the self which is known as merely existing without any attributes becomes only evident to the seeker “

Existence as is or as manifested with form is known and understood. Realizing the existence of the unmanifest form of Atman or the pure state of being is the essence of self realization moment. He who reaches the state reaches the supreme goal.

Yam continues

“When all desires dwelling in the heart cease then the mortal becomes immortal and attains Brahman even in this form..When all the ties of the heart are asunder here, then the mortal becomes immortal. Such is the teaching of all Upanishads”

When the human being during his life time breaks asunder these bonds he in fact ends ignorance. This is “jeevan mukti” advocated by Advaita.

Yama continues

“There are hundred and one nerves of the heart. One of them penetrates the center of the head. Going upward through it one attains immortality. The other one hundred nerves lead in departing to different worlds. The Purusha the inner self of the size of the thumb is ever seated in the heart of all living beings. With perseverance man should draw him out from his body as one draws stalk from the blade of grass. One should know Him as pure and death less”.

Thus Nachiketa having acquired this wisdom taught by the King of death, together with all rules of Yoga free from impurity and death attained Brahman.

So also will it be with others who like wise know the nature of the Self.

May he protect us both? May he be pleased with us? May we acquire strength? May our study bring us illumination? May there be no enmity among us

Om Santih Santih Santih

Om tat sat !!!

(*) References

1 "The Upanishads" Vol 1 by Swami Nikhilananda , Published by Advaita Ashrama, Kolkatta.

2 "Eight Upanishads" Vol 1, by Swami Gambhirananda, Published by Advaita Ashrama, Kolkatta.

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- Blind leading Blind etc

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That we love Sanskrit is more than evident from the web site. Though Sanskrit is "ours" from antiquity, there was a (re) discovery of Sanskrit in 18th and 19th Century by the Europeans which resulted in fresh look at linguistic studies. New areas of linguistic studies started. The coinage of Indo - European languages came about. Even a proto Indo - European language which fathered Sanskrit, Greek Latin etc was postulated . So when we came across a old book( 1899) by an Oxford Scholar on the History of Sanskrit Literature , we were tempted to carry some extracts. These appear under "one more thing" !!

This week Ramayan Sundarakanda moves to the 34th Chapter. 34th Chapter means we are midway through Sundarakanda. It seems like we started this only yesterday! Completing the Sundarakanda will be our goal. There are myths surrounding Sundarakanda parayana and we do wish all the readers benefit of those myths. Each of the chapters 33 to 39 are lengthy and we are ensuring the shortened summary we are uploading covers all the dialogs.

This week Athato completes the Kathopanishad 2nd Adhyaya Part 3 or valli 6 We had started the Kathopanishad because it is exciting. It is a dialog on death. Also it is Yama himself teaching !! . So far we have covered Nachiketa's boon in Valli 1, Yama's teaching on good and pleasant as well as the word “om” in Valli 2, Knowledge of Atman in Valli2 (Sloka 21-25) and Valli 3 (Sloka 1-9). Valli 4 went through again nature of Self leading to perception and attainment of Unity. Valli 5 covered more of the nature of inner soul. Then we also added some more notes " good vs pleasant " , "Blind leading Blind" from Kathopanishad

om tat Sat

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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 now 33 chapters of Sundarakanda and also complete bouquet of articles on Ramayana. These articles include "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 .

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Sanskrit literature - Extracts from " the History of Sanskrit Literature - by Arthur Anthony Macdonnel

SANSKRIT LITERATURE

( From the History of Sanskrit literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell . .)

To start with a few lines.!

"Since the Renaissance there has been no event of such world-wide significance in the history of culture as the discovery of Sanskrit literature in the latter part of the eighteenth century "

"..the whole range of Sanskrit literature, which in quantity exceeds that of Greece and Rome put together, has been explored"

"There has long been at the service of scholars a Sanskrit dictionary, larger and more scientific than any in either of the classical languages ( Greek and Roman) yet possesses….,".

"Among all the ancient literatures, that of India is undoubtedly in intrinsic value and æsthetic merit second only to that of Greece. To the latter it is, as a source for the study of human evolution, even superior "

"The discovery of the Sanskrit language led to the foundation of the science of Comparative Philology , an acquaintance with the literature of the Vedas resulted in the foundation of the science of Comparative Mythology by Adalbert Kuhn and Max Müller "

" The Indians, moreover, developed independently several systems of philosophy which bear evidence of high speculative powers. The great interest, however, which these two subjects must have for us lies, not so much in the results they attained, as in the fact that every step in the evolution of religion and philosophy can be traced in Sanskrit literature."

" No other country except China can trace back its language and literature, its religious beliefs and rites, its domestic and social customs, through an uninterrupted development of more than three thousand years ".

"A Vedic stanza of immemorial antiquity, addressed to the sun-god Savitr, is still recited in the daily worship of the Hindus".

"The wedding ceremony of the modern Hindu, to single out but one social custom, is essentially the same as it was long before the Christian era".

"...the unparalleled conciseness of one of the forms of prose .. " ( referring to Sutra style)

"This complete ( Brahmi alphabet, which was evidently worked out by learned Brahmans on phonetic principles, must have existed by 500 B.C.",

"It not only represents all the sounds of the Sanskrit language, but is arranged on a thoroughly scientific method, the simple vowels (short and long) coming first, then the diphthongs, and lastly the consonants in uniform groups according to the organs of speech with which they are pronounced. Thus the dental consonants appear together as t , th , d , dh , n and the labials as p , ph , b , bh , m ".

“We Europeans, on the other hand, 2500 years later, and in a scientific age, still employ an alphabet which is not only inadequate to represent all the sounds of our languages, but even preserves the random order in which vowels and consonants are jumbled up as they were in the Greek adaptation of the primitive Semitic arrangement of 3000 years ago”.

Now read on…

om tat Sat

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Who are you ??

Leader and the Led

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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

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Charvaka School of Philosophy

On Vedas from the West

Jayamantram

The story of a Bear ( from Ramayana)

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	Athato Brahma..... Kathopanishad - 2.3 (valli 6) Kathopanishad 2.3 Valli 6 ( Note- This is continuation of our Kathopanishad series . the last one kathopanishad 2.2 covered valli 5. This is the last valli number 6 . This is being covered in two parts. this is the part 2) Yama takes Nachiketa through an inward pilgrimage beyond the senses beyond the self to the unmanifest and innermost essence. That is the attainment of immortality. But this travel is experiencing and attaining not seeing. Yama continues: “His form is not to be seen. No one can see him with eye. He is perceived by Heart, by the intellect and by mind. They who know this become immortal When the five organs of perception become still, together with mind and when intellect becomes calm that is called the highest state. The firm holding back of the senses is known as Yoga. Then one becomes free from all vagaries of mind. Yoga is subject to growth and decay “. Control senses organs do not mean merely taking our sense organs from their sense objects. That is only half the battle. Success can be achieved in self control (Yoga) only when our minds are fixed firmly in concentration and meditation upon Atman. A true student of Vedanta knows full well that unless one is careful the control gained over senses might any time get lost in the tide of severe temptations. Yama continues “The self cannot be attained by speech, nor by mind, nor even by the eye, how can it be realized except by him who says ‘it exists'! “ No amount of arguments can help a seeker to reach the Absolute Truth of Atman. Every seeker will have to start his own pilgrimage with courage of conviction. When he realize the truth then he will say ‘it exists'! Self cannot be reached in any other way. The sense organs working under the control of Atman cannot turn themselves upon the very same atman and know him as one of the objects of cognition. Yama continues “The self is to be realized as existing and then as it really is. Of these the real nature of the self which is known as merely existing without any attributes becomes only evident to the seeker “ Existence as is or as manifested with form is known and understood. Realizing the existence of the unmanifest form of Atman or the pure state of being is the essence of self realization moment. He who reaches the state reaches the supreme goal. Yam continues “When all desires dwelling in the heart cease then the mortal becomes immortal and attains Brahman even in this form..When all the ties of the heart are asunder here, then the mortal becomes immortal. Such is the teaching of all Upanishads” When the human being during his life time breaks asunder these bonds he in fact ends ignorance. This is “jeevan mukti” advocated by Advaita. Yama continues “There are hundred and one nerves of the heart. One of them penetrates the center of the head. Going upward through it one attains immortality. The other one hundred nerves lead in departing to different worlds. The Purusha the inner self of the size of the thumb is ever seated in the heart of all living beings. With perseverance man should draw him out from his body as one draws stalk from the blade of grass. One should know Him as pure and death less”. Thus Nachiketa having acquired this wisdom taught by the King of death, together with all rules of Yoga free from impurity and death attained Brahman. So also will it be with others who like wise know the nature of the Self. May he protect us both? May he be pleased with us? May we acquire strength? May our study bring us illumination? May there be no enmity among us Om Santih Santih Santih Om tat sat !!! *() References 1 "The Upanishads" Vol 1 by Swami Nikhilananda , Published by Advaita Ashrama, Kolkatta. 2 "Eight Upanishads" Vol 1, by Swami Gambhirananda, Published by Advaita Ashrama, Kolkatta. Click here to continue .... The earlier stories The Vedas The Mahavakyas Upanishads Vedantic Enquiry Kathopanishad 1.1 Kathopanishad**1.2 Kathopanishad 1.3 Kathopanishad 2.1 Kathopanishad 2.2 Notes from Kathopanishad - Blind leading Blind etc - Good Vs Pleasant	Welcome to kasarabada.org : March 1 st , 2013 Welcome to Kasarabada.org That we love Sanskrit is more than evident from the web site. Though Sanskrit is "ours" from antiquity, there was a (re) discovery of Sanskrit in 18th and 19th Century by the Europeans which resulted in fresh look at linguistic studies. New areas of linguistic studies started. The coinage of Indo - European languages came about. Even a proto Indo - European language which fathered Sanskrit, Greek Latin etc was postulated . So when we came across a old book( 1899) by an Oxford Scholar on the History of Sanskrit Literature , we were tempted to carry some extracts. These appear under "one more thing" !! This week Ramayan Sundarakanda moves to the 34th Chapter. 34th Chapter means we are midway through Sundarakanda. It seems like we started this only yesterday! Completing the Sundarakanda will be our goal. There are myths surrounding Sundarakanda parayana and we do wish all the readers benefit of those myths. Each of the chapters 33 to 39 are lengthy and we are ensuring the shortened summary we are uploading covers all the dialogs. This week Athato completes the Kathopanishad 2nd Adhyaya Part 3 or valli 6 We had started the Kathopanishad because it is exciting. It is a dialog on death. Also it is Yama himself teaching !! . So far we have covered Nachiketa's boon in Valli 1, Yama's teaching on good and pleasant as well as the word “om” in Valli 2, Knowledge of Atman in Valli2 (Sloka 21-25) and Valli 3 (Sloka 1-9). Valli 4 went through again nature of Self leading to perception and attainment of Unity. Valli 5 covered more of the nature of inner soul. Then we also added some more notes " good vs pleasant " , "Blind leading Blind" from 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 now 33 chapters of Sundarakanda and also complete bouquet of articles on Ramayana. These articles include "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 Sanskrit literature - Extracts from " the History of Sanskrit Literature - by Arthur Anthony Macdonnel SANSKRIT LITERATURE ( From the History of Sanskrit literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell . .) To start with a few lines.! "Since the Renaissance there has been no event of such world-wide significance in the history of culture as the discovery of Sanskrit literature in the latter part of the eighteenth century " "..the whole range of Sanskrit literature, which in quantity exceeds that of Greece and Rome put together, has been explored" "There has long been at the service of scholars a Sanskrit dictionary, larger and more scientific than any in either of the classical languages ( Greek and Roman) yet possesses….,". "Among all the ancient literatures, that of India is undoubtedly in intrinsic value and æsthetic merit second only to that of Greece. To the latter it is, as a source for the study of human evolution, even superior " "The discovery of the Sanskrit language led to the foundation of the science of Comparative Philology , an acquaintance with the literature of the Vedas resulted in the foundation of the science of Comparative Mythology by Adalbert Kuhn and Max Müller " " The Indians, moreover, developed independently several systems of philosophy which bear evidence of high speculative powers. The great interest, however, which these two subjects must have for us lies, not so much in the results they attained, as in the fact that every step in the evolution of religion and philosophy can be traced in Sanskrit literature." " No other country except China can trace back its language and literature, its religious beliefs and rites, its domestic and social customs, through an uninterrupted development of more than three thousand years ". "A Vedic stanza of immemorial antiquity, addressed to the sun-god Savitr, is still recited in the daily worship of the Hindus". "The wedding ceremony of the modern Hindu, to single out but one social custom, is essentially the same as it was long before the Christian era". "...the unparalleled conciseness of one of the forms of prose .. " ( referring to Sutra style) "This complete ( Brahmi alphabet, which was evidently worked out by learned Brahmans on phonetic principles, must have existed by 500 B.C.", "It not only represents all the sounds of the Sanskrit language, but is arranged on a thoroughly scientific method, the simple vowels (short and long) coming first, then the diphthongs, and lastly the consonants in uniform groups according to the organs of speech with which they are pronounced. Thus the dental consonants appear together as t , th , d , dh , n and the labials as p , ph , b , bh , m ". “We Europeans, on the other hand, 2500 years later, and in a scientific age, still employ an alphabet which is not only inadequate to represent all the sounds of our languages, but even preserves the random order in which vowels and consonants are jumbled up as they were in the Greek adaptation of the primitive Semitic arrangement of 3000 years ago”. Now read on… om tat Sat *to continue move on to the page of ' one more thing " click here* The earlier stories. Vurdhva mula madhassaakham ... more .. notes from Kathopanishad - Self as the master of the Chariot -notes from kathopanishad Good Vs Pleasant from kathopanishad 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 ?
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