CLARION CALL OF VEDANTA

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H.N.Sreenivasa Murthy

Pranams to all.

 

MESSAGE OF THE UPANISHADS

 

Whether objects appear or disappear, you ARE.

STATES: WAKING, DREAM, DEEP SLEEP.

During waking state the other two states are not there;during dream state,the

other two states are not there; during deep sleep the other two states are not

there.

Whether states appear or disappear, you ARE.

You are aware of the states.

Before the states are there, you are.

When the states are there, you are.

When the states subside, you are.

You are aware of the states; therefore, you are not the states.

THEN WHO ARE YOU?

YOU ARE : “ sadEva sOmya idamagramAsIt |

EkamEvAdvitIyam ||”

[ " In the beginning, my dear, this universe was Being (Sat)

alone,

one only without a second.]

“sa vA Esha mahAnaja AtmA ajarO amarO

amRutO aBayO brahmA”

[That great, unborn Self is undecaying, immortal, undying, fearless; It is

Brahman (infinite). Brahman is indeed fearless. He who knows It as such becomes

the fearless Brahman.]

I conclude the above with two excerpts from the writings of a great Vedantin

(Jnani) of the 20th century.

QUOTE:

Except I : Fortunately for us there are these remarkable words of the

Upanishads ever ringing in our ears: “atra brahma samaSnutE || “ . One enjoys

Brahman here. This vibrant voice of the Upanishads cannot be ignored. The

challenge must be taken up and the reasonings examined with all care and

caution.

The angle of vision is provided by the mantra “ sAkShI cEtA kEvalO

nirgunaSca ||” (He is the Witnessing Consciousness, one and without attributes)

and the angle covers three states.

.If the enquirer can adjust himself to the angle, see through the three

states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep and arrives at the conclusion “I am

Brahman” , then the truth of the Upanisgads is placed beyond all dispute.

Excerpt II : My contention is that Vedanta or Metaphysics is a rational

science; and, unlike, other sciences which confine themselves to the observation

of facts of one state, viz., the waking ( and this is sufficient for their

purpose) , takes notice of the totality of experience spreading through the

three Avasthas , and by close reasoning, and direct appeal to the experience of

the enquirer, leads him to an understanding of his own Immottal Self.

When a man has been able to put himself in the REQUIRED ATTITUDE , he

comprehends the truth at once, his doubts all disappear. It will cling to him

like his own nature.

Unquote.

With warm and respectful regards

Sreenivasa Murthy.

 

 

 

 

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