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1/Out of the six systems of philosophy of #Hinduism, the #Vedanta system is the most popular one & its canonical works are #Upanishads, #Brahmasutras, & #BhagavadGita, considered as SRUTIS by #Hindus (Primary Scriptures revealed by GOD & passed on to generations by vsrious sages.
2/The Smritis are secondary scriptures recorded through memory by human origin ).
The four great #Vedas have two portions, Karma-Kanda(sacrificial/ ritual portion) & Gnana-Kanda(Wisdom portion, known as Vedanta that prepares for Higher Spiritual Vision/ attainment)
3/The Upanishads are known as Vedanta( which means Final Goal of wisdom. Veda is wisdom & Anta means end)
The ONENESS of Soul and GOD lies at the very root of all Vedic thought. It is the IDEAL OF UNITY OF ALL LIFE & ONENESS OF TRUTH, makes UPANISHADS appealing to modern minds.
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One day #MahaPeriyava described #MandukyaUpanishad the one among the 108 Upanishads. The root of Mandukya is sometimes considered as Manduka in Sanskrit meaning frog. The version of many pundits is that since this Upanishad does not directly tell the meaning and it jumps here and
there and tells the meaning it is called as Manduga Upanishad but Mahaperiyava has a different view. The frog is in the habit of jumping from the first step to the fourth step. Having this in mind Sri Maha periyava says that the word Om is divided into four parts. Three parts are
in the form of sounds and one is without sound. The parts of sounds are A karam, Oo karam, M karam so A, Oo and M are together Om. The fourth position is ‘Thuriyam’. Atma is Brahma and is divided into four parts. When Atma is attached to physical body it is called as Vishvan. It
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