Wisdom & Its Significance
Mind is superior to the senses, intellect is superior to the mind, Mahat is superior to the intellect and unmanifest is superior to Mahat. And Purusha is superior to unmanifest. It is all-pervading and attributeless. On knowing That, the mortal is free and attains immortality. Subtlety can be measured by control and pervasiveness. Currently, everyone…
A wise man knowing well the separate existence of the senses and their rise and fall as separate (from Brahman), grieves not. The wise man is not affected by the senses. He has vairagya, dispassion, towards the sense objects. Sense objects have no meaning without the senses. The rise and fall of the senses refers…
Q: When, why, and how does one stagnate in the spiritual field, and what is the process to measure oneself? A: When one is performing the same action daily and a sense of boredom, fatigue, or monotony can set in, then it is a clear sign of stagnation. When the action does not inspire or…
Kathopanishad: Conversation between Lord Yama and Nachiketa If here — one can comprehend (Brahman) before the death of the body (is liberated), if not, one is fit to take a body in the worlds of creation. A human being alone has the capacity to comprehend Brahman and can attain the ultimate goal of liberation within…
Kathopanishad: Conversation between Lord Yama and Nachiketa For fear of Him the fire burns; for fear of Him shines the Sun; for fear of Him do Indra, Vayu and Death, the fifth, proceed (with their respective functions). Fire, Sun, Indra, Vayu, Death: these five go about doing their respective function because of fear of Him…
Kathopanishad conversation between Lord Yama and Nachiketa Q: What are the laws that govern the world? A: Science presents all the external laws expressed in the world, like the laws of gravity, physical, biological, chemical, etc. All are functioning meticulously, as if fearful of an authority. Eg: When there is a strict law by the…
Kathopanishad: Conversation between Lord Yamma and Nachiketa This whole universe has emerged from the Brahman and moves in prana. The Brahman is a great terror, like an uplifted thunderbolt. Those who know this become immortal. This mantra says ‘the whole universe has emerged from Brahman’. The world is scientifically and systematically operating in an orderly…
Kathopanishad: Conversation between Lord Yama and Nachiketa This is the ancient Asvattha tree whose roots are above and branches below. That is verily the Pure, that is Brahman, and that is also called immortal. In that rest all the worlds, and none can transcend It. Verily, this is That. In Bhagavad Gita, Chapter. 15 –…
Kathopanishad: Conversation between Lord Yama and They perceive that indescribable highest bliss as “This is That”. How shall I know that? Does it shine by itself or does it shine by another (light)? When one goes through the process of contemplation, a journey of culminating in meditation, that is when you reach a point where…
Kathopanishad: Conversation between Lord Yama and Nachiketa The One, controller of all beings, transforms One form into manifold. The wise men who perceive Him dwelling in their own selves, they enjoy eternal happiness, and not the others. The diagram shows that when white light passes through the prism, you get the rainbow colours. Self is…
