#ŚrutiGītā means the song of the Śruti ~ Đ Upaniṣhads singing in ecstasy!
The very name 'Śruti Gītā' is significant.
It is not a dry philosophical treatise but a song or poetry about the Eternal.
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Hence Rṣi Bhrigu calls the language of an enlightened Master as 'Samādhi Bhāsā'.
Upaniṣhads are Not mere books,
'Upa' means very near & 'Nishad' indicates abidance.
It is thr Knowledge which makes you abide in The Self ~
Đ Eternal,
Đ Immortal,
Đ Blissful,
Đ Whole.
When an intimate contact happens with an Enlightened Master,
The Upaniṣhads work like magic herbs.
Hence the very meeting of a disciple with the Master is termed 'Upanayana'.
Divine destiny leads the seeker to the intimacy of the Rṣi,
& there his 'Upa-nayana'~Inner Eye Opens.
चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः।
(श्री गुरुगीता-24)
"The Master looks at the disciple not with the sense organ eye, but with the Supreme Infinite eye."
Hence the Vedas say,
सूर्यस्य त्वा चक्षु षानविक्षे।
"I behold you through the eye of the Sun".
उत्तिष्ठ ब्रुहन्भव।
Wake Up! Do not languish as this finite being.
Become the Infinite!
Wake Up, You are the Eternal.
(Taittiriya Aranyakam~4.3)
द्वितीयाद्वै भयं भवति।
(Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad)
Fear leaves only when one knows that there is no Duality.
So the very purpose of
the Upaniṣhads is to remove duality.
Then & only then are all sufferings erased.
Over the last few centuries, due to the influence of Tarka-Śāstra & later accretions,
Đ whole Vedānta-Śāstra has become very complex.
But there is No complexity at all in the Upaniṣhads themselves.
They are simple, very very simple.
As Swami Vivekananda says
'Truth is Simple. It is simple like your own existence.'
The very purpose of the Upaniṣhads is to reveal the Ātman.
A disciple goes to the Master, & the master guides the disciple to go Inward & recognise Đ Truth.
That is what unfolds in the Upaniṣhads.
In Taittiriya Upaniṣhad, Bhrigu goes to Varuna & requests him to teach Brāhmaṇ.
Varuna says 'go & do Tapas, & through Tapas you will find it.'
Here, Tapas means deep enquiry with one's whole being.
Enquire Within & find wherefrom all
these elements have come.
That in which the world remains & unto which it goes back ;
यतो व इमानी भूतानी जयन्ते।
येन जतानी जिवंती।।
(Taittiriya Upaniṣhad~3.2.1)
But not satisfied with finding matter as the source,
He goes back & enquires deeper.
Each time he comes back &
reports Prāṇa (energy),
then Manaḥ (Mind),
then Vijñāna (insight or intelligence).
He remains unsatisfied with these as well.
Ultimately, He goes deep & touches the spring of Ānanda,
& the person no more comes back.
There he was established in the Infinite Peace;
परमे व्योमन् प्रतिष्ठिता।
(Taittiriya Upaniṣhad~3.6.1)
'Whoever listens to this teaching will also get established in the Supreme Peace,' says Śruti.
य एवं वेद प्रतिष्ठाति:।
Whoever knows this, will also get established like Bhrigu.'
Thus the fruition of Spiritual quest is in the bliss of absolute fulfilment.
That should be the only goal of a Seeker.
to be Continued.,,
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।। जयतु सनातन धर्मः।।🙏
Link for the खण्डः-i ii iii iv & v of Śruti Gītā 👇
Manki learns a Lesson:
In the Mokṣa-parva of the Mahābhārata, Bhishma pitamah narrates an insightful kathā of a person called Manki.
Manki was a merchant whose only wealth was a bullock cart and two bullocks.
Once, while traveling to the market with his cart heavily laden
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with grains, Manki started daydreaming. He dreamt that he had become vry wealthy with all the profit from selling the grains.
Then he dreamt that he had become a village chieftain; then he dreamt of owning an army; then of bcoming a vassal & so on.
Thus his imagination ran riot.
Ultimately, his dream took him up to emperorship even though his possessions were only the bullock cart and the two bulls. Preoccupied with his fantastic dream, Manki failed to notice a huge camel lying in the middle of the road. When the cart hit the camel, the camel stood up.
Leaving everything & going for the great forest from his father's home, Ṛṣi Shukadeva (son of Veda Vyasa) rightly said:
"He who achieves all that he wishes & he who just gives up all his wishes - who is better? Giving up is better than achieving all wishes."
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Nobody has ever reached the end of all desires. A fool is he whose desire for his body and life always increases.
O my desirous mind!
Abstain from all desires. Obtain peace by becoming detached.
You have been cheated many times & still, you are not detached from desires.
O mind, greedy for wealth! If you do not want to destroy me & if you want to live happily with me, do not unnecessarily unite me with greed.
The wealth that you preserved, again & again, was lost again & again. O fool, lusting after wealth!
When will you give up the desire for
The mind has lost its power to discriminate; it has become a devout servant to the ego & the senses and is constantly running behind pursuits to satisfy its sensory cravings.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa bhagavān says,
मोघं पार्थ स जीवति।
such a life becomes meaningless, vain, empty, useless.
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We are all searching for meaning & fulfillment in life.
Here bhagavān says that if we break this cycle, life becomes meaningless.
It is sheer selfishness born of ignorance to think one can lead an independent life.
No one can do that. The entire cosmos is interlinked.
Everyone must do their part of service; we must do whatever dharma is given to us.
Our body itself is made for this dharma.
When it takes part in this dharma, the entire system becomes harmonious.
Every cell vibrates in harmony, so much so that a divine orchestra
🧵Go to a village, observe the farmer working from the morning onwards till late in the evening.
He comes home, takes a bath, has his dinner,
& thereafter he takes his drum and the singing & dancing of the village folks goes on until midnight.
#आत्मचिंतनĀŚ
Smiling & laughing, he is hale and hearty, he is not at all tired.
Being scientifically minded, let us analyse how much energy that you and I in the secretariat spend as against the farmer in his field.
When analysed, we meet with an amazing contradiction!
Take an individual who is working in the secretariat.
Early in the morning he gets up at six o’clock, and then what happens?
He says “as soon as I get up, I am worried because my tea was not given in time.
After the tea, Swamiji, I went and took my bath and washed myself,
#ŚrīRamanaMahaṛṣi
The question as to whether we are mere puppets in the hands of destiny or whether we can conquer destiny by our self-effort, has been tormenting mankind since time immemorial.
Self-effort & destiny are factual when considered from the point of view of the 1/4
individual ego.
When the illusory nature of the ego is realized, the question regarding self-effort vs destiny will vanish & the pure, ever free existence will reveal itself.
Prārabdha is destiny.
Āgāmi & Sānchita are self-effort.
The body is in the realm of destiny; the mind is
is in the plane of self-effort.
Self-effort will change into destiny, and destiny will also affect self-effort.
This is perplexing, isn't it?
This is the problem if questions are asked within the realm of Māya, which is itself illogical.
We strive all our life to reform ourselves, to end all conflicting chapters & to begin a new chapter in life where one is free & peaceful.
This is the dream of all - 'When will that day come when my life is free of problems & my struggles are all over?' 1/6
We expect this to happen at some point in the future, but it must happen now, here, Iha.
The Upaniṣad urges us, "If you know it HERE, you have won over life. If you fail to recognise it NOW, eternity will be lost."
Thus, HERE & NOW are highly potent words.
End creation, end all movements, end all involvements, end the movement of 'I' within - HERE, you find peace.
Let the mind become quiet HERE.
Let the activities go on outside while you abide in the state of no-action - Naishkarmya sthiti.
The actions are not yours.