When did the Vasanas Start???? - Supplementary on Hiranya-garbha

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Namaste

 

In my announcement of this post earlier, I said there is just

one sloka from Isa-Upanishad. Actually there are two. These are

slokas 15 and 16 of the Upanishad, almost at the very end of

Shukla-yajur-veda:

 

hiraNmayena pAtreNa satyasya-apihitaM mukhaM /

tat tvaM pUShan apAvR^iNu satya-dharmAya dR^iShTaye //

 

pUshan ekarShe yama sUrya prAjApatya vyUha rashmIn samUha /

tejo yat te rUpaM kalyANa-tamaM yat te pashyAmi yosAvasau

puruShas-soham-asmi //

 

Meaning: The face of Reality is hidden by the golden container.

Reveal it, O Sun, so that I may visualise the Dharma of the Self

as Truth. Oh Lord of Light, the only Seer, Controller of all,

the Sun, Giver of Life to all, spread apart your rays, gather up

your brilliance, so that I may perceive the wondrous form of

your being. For I myself am That.

 

The Sun is the only visible representative of the Supreme Truth,

Divine Light, Brahman. There are only three locations in which

one can visualise that Brahman in this earthly world. One is the

Sun, the second is the inside of the heart, the third is the

space between the eyebrows. The last one gives the esoteric

reason why Hinduism insists on a tilak or mark between the

eyebrows. Of these three since the Sun itself can be visualised

as Brahman, the worship of Brahman, the Ultimate, through

worship of the Sun, is the easiest to practise. He is the One

therefore, that illumines also from within. Our limited

Consciousness has to open up to the Infinite Consciousness

represented by the Sun.

The allegory of the golden container is full of meaning. The

sanskrit word ‘pAtra’ is derived from the definition: pIyate

anena iti pAtraM’ – that by which we ‘drink’, i.e., experience.

We experience the good and bad results of our Karma from this

reservoir of our samskAra which brings forth our cycle of births

and deaths. There are three seeds for this sprouting forth of

our samskAras or vAsanAs. The three are: Light (cit), Existence

(sat) and Love (Ananda). They respectively activate our

intelligence, our life and our mind. Intelligence is activated

from its states of ignorance and inertness. Life i.e., birth and

death, is activated from its state of formless subtlety. The

Mind is activated from its states of Love and Hate. These

activations express themselves in our wish to know, our wish to

live, and our wish to enjoy -- these three being in turn

sustained by one’s father through knowledge, one’s mother

through food and one’s spouse through pleasure and

companionship. This then is the whole cycle of our samsAra. The

reservoir for all this is the golden container representing the

reservoir of all our vAsanAs.

 

The Creator, Brahma through whom this blossoms in the world as

Life, is called hiraNya-garbha (Golden Conception) in this

charge of his. So the rays of the Sun which are golden in

colour, and which constitute the blinding factor in not allowing

us to see the Sun, the Reality, constitute, as it were, the

golden container of our vAsanAs. The only Seer is the

hiraNya-garbha who sees it all through. Our individuality, our

names and forms, our inner organ of Mind with all its

ramifications, its accessories in the form of our sense organs

–all these are created by this hiraNya-garbha, who gives the

Light, to all of them. He is therefore the savitA, the Sun. So

we ask him, plead with him and request him to remove the

blinding rays from himself, because the seeds of our samskAras

are with him, so that we can see Him as He really is. He is the

one who can make us transcend our individuality and make us see

the Oneness and realise that ‘What I see is myself, I am this

purusha’. I am Brahman – ahaM brahma asmi.

 

Extracted from pp.310-312 of

‘The Ten Commandments of Hinduism’

 

praNAms to all advaitins

profvk

 

 

 

 

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Practice, and my father R. Visvanatha Sastri's manuscripts from the site.

 

 

 

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Hari OM!

 

Pranams Blessed Prof Krishna Murthyji,

 

Thank You so much JI, Really thankful to the Lord to have a

clarifying discussion, among us. When the questions get clarified,

there is the peace of Samadhi in side.

 

With Love & OM!

 

Krishna Prasad

--- "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk wrote:

>

> Namaste

>

> In my announcement of this post earlier, I said there is just

> one sloka from Isa-Upanishad. Actually there are two. These are

> slokas 15 and 16 of the Upanishad, almost at the very end of

> Shukla-yajur-veda:

>

> hiraNmayena pAtreNa satyasya-apihitaM mukhaM /

> tat tvaM pUShan apAvR^iNu satya-dharmAya dR^iShTaye //

>

> pUshan ekarShe yama sUrya prAjApatya vyUha rashmIn samUha /

> tejo yat te rUpaM kalyANa-tamaM yat te pashyAmi yosAvasau

> puruShas-soham-asmi //

>

> Meaning: The face of Reality is hidden by the golden container.

> Reveal it, O Sun, so that I may visualise the Dharma of the Self

> as Truth. Oh Lord of Light, the only Seer, Controller of all,

> the Sun, Giver of Life to all, spread apart your rays, gather up

> your brilliance, so that I may perceive the wondrous form of

> your being. For I myself am That.

>

> The Sun is the only visible representative of the Supreme Truth,

> Divine Light, Brahman. There are only three locations in which

> one can visualise that Brahman in this earthly world. One is the

> Sun, the second is the inside of the heart, the third is the

> space between the eyebrows. The last one gives the esoteric

> reason why Hinduism insists on a tilak or mark between the

> eyebrows. Of these three since the Sun itself can be visualised

> as Brahman, the worship of Brahman, the Ultimate, through

> worship of the Sun, is the easiest to practise. He is the One

> therefore, that illumines also from within. Our limited

> Consciousness has to open up to the Infinite Consciousness

> represented by the Sun.

> The allegory of the golden container is full of meaning. The

> sanskrit word ‘pAtra’ is derived from the definition: pIyate

> anena iti pAtraM’ – that by which we ‘drink’, i.e., experience.

> We experience the good and bad results of our Karma from this

> reservoir of our samskAra which brings forth our cycle of births

> and deaths. There are three seeds for this sprouting forth of

> our samskAras or vAsanAs. The three are: Light (cit), Existence

> (sat) and Love (Ananda). They respectively activate our

> intelligence, our life and our mind. Intelligence is activated

> from its states of ignorance and inertness. Life i.e., birth and

> death, is activated from its state of formless subtlety. The

> Mind is activated from its states of Love and Hate. These

> activations express themselves in our wish to know, our wish to

> live, and our wish to enjoy -- these three being in turn

> sustained by one’s father through knowledge, one’s mother

> through food and one’s spouse through pleasure and

> companionship. This then is the whole cycle of our samsAra. The

> reservoir for all this is the golden container representing the

> reservoir of all our vAsanAs.

>

> The Creator, Brahma through whom this blossoms in the world as

> Life, is called hiraNya-garbha (Golden Conception) in this

> charge of his. So the rays of the Sun which are golden in

> colour, and which constitute the blinding factor in not allowing

> us to see the Sun, the Reality, constitute, as it were, the

> golden container of our vAsanAs. The only Seer is the

> hiraNya-garbha who sees it all through. Our individuality, our

> names and forms, our inner organ of Mind with all its

> ramifications, its accessories in the form of our sense organs

> –all these are created by this hiraNya-garbha, who gives the

> Light, to all of them. He is therefore the savitA, the Sun. So

> we ask him, plead with him and request him to remove the

> blinding rays from himself, because the seeds of our samskAras

> are with him, so that we can see Him as He really is. He is the

> one who can make us transcend our individuality and make us see

> the Oneness and realise that ‘What I see is myself, I am this

> purusha’. I am Brahman – ahaM brahma asmi.

>

> Extracted from pp.310-312 of

> ‘The Ten Commandments of Hinduism’

>

> praNAms to all advaitins

> profvk

>

>

>

>

> =====

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> My website on Science and Spirituality is

> http://www.geocities.com/profvk/

> You can access my book on Gems from the Ocean of Hindu Thought

> Vision and Practice, and my father R. Visvanatha Sastri's

> manuscripts from the site.

>

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My dear noble devotee of Sri Sankara

Bhagavatpujyapada,

 

Thank you very much for your post.

 

There are three seeds for this sprouting

> forth of

> our samskAras or vAsanAs. The three are: Light

 

Are samskaras the same as vasanas?

 

May I request you to throw more light on this .

 

 

Thank you very much and I enjoyed reading your post.

 

Yours in Sri Sankara BHagavatpujyapada

 

--- "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk wrote: >

> Namaste

>

> In my announcement of this post earlier, I said

> there is just

> one sloka from Isa-Upanishad. Actually there are

> two. These are

> slokas 15 and 16 of the Upanishad, almost at the

> very end of

> Shukla-yajur-veda:

>

> hiraNmayena pAtreNa satyasya-apihitaM mukhaM /

> tat tvaM pUShan apAvR^iNu satya-dharmAya dR^iShTaye

> //

>

> pUshan ekarShe yama sUrya prAjApatya vyUha rashmIn

> samUha /

> tejo yat te rUpaM kalyANa-tamaM yat te pashyAmi

> yosAvasau

> puruShas-soham-asmi //

>

> Meaning: The face of Reality is hidden by the golden

> container.

> Reveal it, O Sun, so that I may visualise the Dharma

> of the Self

> as Truth. Oh Lord of Light, the only Seer,

> Controller of all,

> the Sun, Giver of Life to all, spread apart your

> rays, gather up

> your brilliance, so that I may perceive the wondrous

> form of

> your being. For I myself am That.

>

> The Sun is the only visible representative of the

> Supreme Truth,

> Divine Light, Brahman. There are only three

> locations in which

> one can visualise that Brahman in this earthly

> world. One is the

> Sun, the second is the inside of the heart, the

> third is the

> space between the eyebrows. The last one gives the

> esoteric

> reason why Hinduism insists on a tilak or mark

> between the

> eyebrows. Of these three since the Sun itself can be

> visualised

> as Brahman, the worship of Brahman, the Ultimate,

> through

> worship of the Sun, is the easiest to practise. He

> is the One

> therefore, that illumines also from within. Our

> limited

> Consciousness has to open up to the Infinite

> Consciousness

> represented by the Sun.

> The allegory of the golden container is full of

> meaning. The

> sanskrit word ‘pAtra’ is derived from the

> definition: pIyate

> anena iti pAtraM’ – that by which we ‘drink’, i.e.,

> experience.

> We experience the good and bad results of our Karma

> from this

> reservoir of our samskAra which brings forth our

> cycle of births

> and deaths. There are three seeds for this sprouting

> forth of

> our samskAras or vAsanAs. The three are: Light

> (cit), Existence

> (sat) and Love (Ananda). They respectively activate

> our

> intelligence, our life and our mind. Intelligence is

> activated

> from its states of ignorance and inertness. Life

> i.e., birth and

> death, is activated from its state of formless

> subtlety. The

> Mind is activated from its states of Love and Hate.

> These

> activations express themselves in our wish to know,

> our wish to

> live, and our wish to enjoy -- these three being in

> turn

> sustained by one’s father through knowledge, one’s

> mother

> through food and one’s spouse through pleasure and

> companionship. This then is the whole cycle of our

> samsAra. The

> reservoir for all this is the golden container

> representing the

> reservoir of all our vAsanAs.

>

> The Creator, Brahma through whom this blossoms in

> the world as

> Life, is called hiraNya-garbha (Golden Conception)

> in this

> charge of his. So the rays of the Sun which are

> golden in

> colour, and which constitute the blinding factor in

> not allowing

> us to see the Sun, the Reality, constitute, as it

> were, the

> golden container of our vAsanAs. The only Seer is

> the

> hiraNya-garbha who sees it all through. Our

> individuality, our

> names and forms, our inner organ of Mind with all

> its

> ramifications, its accessories in the form of our

> sense organs

> –all these are created by this hiraNya-garbha, who

> gives the

> Light, to all of them. He is therefore the savitA,

> the Sun. So

> we ask him, plead with him and request him to remove

> the

> blinding rays from himself, because the seeds of our

> samskAras

> are with him, so that we can see Him as He really

> is. He is the

> one who can make us transcend our individuality and

> make us see

> the Oneness and realise that ‘What I see is myself,

> I am this

> purusha’. I am Brahman – ahaM brahma asmi.

>

> Extracted from pp.310-312 of

> ‘The Ten Commandments of Hinduism’

>

> praNAms to all advaitins

> profvk

>

>

>

>

> =====

> Prof. V. Krishnamurthy

> My website on Science and Spirituality is

> http://www.geocities.com/profvk/

> You can access my book on Gems from the Ocean of

> Hindu Thought Vision and Practice, and my father R.

> Visvanatha Sastri's manuscripts from the site.

>

>

>

> Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More

> http://faith.

>

> ------------------------ Sponsor

>

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> of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman.

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> To Post a message send an email to :

> advaitin

> Messages Archived at:

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