This week we shall continue our meditation on the second sloka of the Upanishad.
Kurvann ev’eha karmaani jijivishec chattam samaah Evam tvayi n’aanyath’eto’sti na karma lipyate nare (2)
BY DOING KARMA (scripture ordained works), INDEED, SHOULD ONE WISH TO LIVE HERE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. FOR A MAN, SUCH AS YOU (WHO WANTS TO LIVE THUS), THERE IS NO WAY OTHER THAN THIS, WHEREBY KARMA MAY NOT CLING TO YOU (stains you). Read the rest of this entry »
After having given this knowledge (ISHA VAASYAM IDAM SARVAM), the question comes to our mind.
‘Everything is God. We should lead a well controlled life. We should not have covetousness for wealth. Be content’. Then what am I supposed to do in this life? So is this knowledge suggesting a life of indolence and laziness? Read the rest of this entry »
This week we will meditate on the first verse of the Ishopanishad.
The first sloka of the Isavaasya Upanishad:
Om Isavasyamidam sarvam yatkiñca jagatyam jagat | tena tyaktena bhuñjitha ma grdhah kasyasvid dhanam ||
WHATEVER THERE IS CHANGEFUL (jagat) IN THIS EPHEMERAL WORLD (jagatyaam), – ALL THAT (idam sarvam) MUST BE ENVELOPED (vaasyam) BY THE LORD (isha). BY THIS RENUNCIATION (OF THE WORLD) (tena tyaktena), SUPPORT YOURSELF (bhunjithaah). DO NOT COVET (maa grdhah) THE WEALTH (dhanam) OF ANYONE (kasyavit).
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RECAP OF LAST TWO WEEKS:
The first two lines of the sloka says that everything is complete by itself because all have born out of completeness; infinity.
Standing at a wrong distance, we feel ‘this is lacking; this has to go; this we have to add; this we have to change’ and keep performing actions either to add or to leave something. The things, surroundings, people, world need not change but it is our attitude that has to change. The first two lines says it loudly that we are complete; Poornam. Read the rest of this entry »
ISHA VAASYA UPANISHAD – SATSANGH PART 2
Namaskar Mahatmas!
We will continue our discussion on the opening prayer of the Ishavaasya Upanishad. As requested by few friends, I have added the word to word meaning of the sloka. This week we will meditate on the first two lines of the prayer. Read the rest of this entry »
ISHA VAASYA UPANISHAD
Namaskar Mahatmas! This week we will do the introduction and the peace invocation sloka of Isha vaasya Upanishad. Read the rest of this entry »
