Dayananda saraswati taittiriya upanishad

That is the basis of verses 24 and 25 in the Vakyavriti. By wealth you are not going to gain what has to be gained in terms of cognition. вЂњBy wealth there is no hope of immortality, вЂњ vittena na asa asti. If I had all the wealth in the world, would I gain immortality by this wealth? Will I gain what you hope to gain?вЂќ When she asked this question, Yagnavalkya told the truth. When he had said this, Maitreyi didnвЂ™t say, вЂњOkay.вЂќ She said, rather, вЂњYou are giving me all this cattle, this wealth. I am leaving for the forest, to live the life of a mendicant, a sadhu.вЂќ Their property was real estate, a lot of cattle, and perhaps some gold, and so on.

Here, Yagnavalkya tells Maitreyi, вЂњI have divided all my property into two and I am giving half to each of you. To illustrate this, there is this story in the Brihdaranyaka Upanisad. If one doesnвЂ™t have nistha, then one has to live a contemplative life, and, therefore, a contemplative life is advised by the sastra. And for that, one has to live a contemplative life. Gaining nistha means making the knowledge much more real, in order to enjoy the fruits of that knowledge. Now he wants to gain a certain nishta in this knowledge. That has already been shown in this Upanisad. Married, with two wives, he was able to gain this knowledge, and even teach it to kings. Yagnavalkya has proved this in his own life. What is conveyed here is that living a married life, as a grhastasrami, you can study Vedanta and gain knowledge of the self. A story in the Upanisad, in the Veda, is not a historical account.

It also tells us that everyone is supposed to be a sannyasi in the end. I have lived this married life, grhastashrama, very well, and now, I would like to take to a life of sannyasa.вЂќ From this we understand that the shruti, the Upanisad, tells us that a life style of renunciation, sannyas asrama, is conducive for gaining clarity, nistha, in this knowledge. One day, hecalled Maitreyi, the senior of his two wives, and told her, in effect, вЂњI am leaving for the forest to live a life of renunciation, sannyasa. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, there is a dialogue between Maitreyi and her husband, Yagnavalkya, a great scholar, and a Vedantin. Such a person loves everybody as one loves God.The Source of Happiness Vakyavriti verses 24, 25 Swami Dayananda Saraswati Therefore, he does not hate or injure anyone. The wise one perceives oneвЂ™s own higher Self in all, and all in oneвЂ™s own higher Self. Kaivalya Upanishad (No Sankara Bhashyam available).The Upanishads are recommended to be read in the order listed below: Here is the list I gathered from Sri Paramarthananda (a disciple of Sri Dayananda Saraswati of Chinmaya order). They make the most impact when learned under great masters. When it comes to Upanishads, simply leaping into the texts is likely to be highly confusing which is why the ten for which Adi Sankara gave commentaries are recommended. He whoВ attains it is freed from delusion. This calm of the senses and the mind has been defined as yoga. When all the senses are stilled, when the mind is at rest, when the intellect wavers notвЂ“then, say the wise, is reached the highest state. The Upanishads, IndiaвЂ™s greatest spiritual treasures, are the culmination of the wisdom of the Vedas which contain the wellspring of profound philosophy of self-discovery and have influenced the writings of Gurdjieff, Kahlil Gibran, Thoreau and Emerson, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Thich Naht Hanh etc.

Dayananda saraswati taittiriya upanishad