BHRIGU's TALENT AND DISCOVERY !!

[Guest guest]

I think it is from the taittriya upnishad - it is the famous

conversation

between Varuna and his son BHRIGHU - Lalit.

 

Bhrigu approached his father and said to him: " Master, Father, Sir,

teach me Brahman. "

 

The father gave the following definition of Brahman and asked him to

contemplate on it -

 

 

" That from which everything comes, or rather that from which

everything has come, that in which everything abides, and that to

which everything must return one day, - that is Brahman or the

Absolute "

 

!! Yato va imani bhutani jayante,

Yena jatani jivanti ,

Yat prayantyabhisamvisanti,

Tad vijijnasasva; Tat Brahma. !!

 

SO BHRIGU WENT ON MEDITATING ON THIS DIFFICULT CONCEPT... He went on

meditating. He could not catch the full import at all. So he realised

that the whole material universe is Brahman. Annam brahmeti vyaja-

nath.

 

He realised Anna, food, matter, the physical universe itself

is Brahman. Then he went to the father and submitted, " this is how I

realised. Please tell me is annam Brahman. Is it true? "

 

Father replied, `Tapasa Brahma Vijijnasasva, Tapo Brahmeti' - " You

contemplate further, you will know what it is. " He did not give any

answer.

 

 

The father never initiated him into any further mysteries. He

simply said 'Tapas Taptva', " You restrain your mind more and more,

concentrate more and more, meditate more and more and you will

realise what Brahman is. "

 

bhrighu meditated more- did more tapas... . then bhrighu realized

that - 'vital energy- prana is brahman' Prana. `Prano brahmeti

vyajanat'.

 

from physical " annam' bhrighu went to 'vital' the prana.

 

And bhrighu went to the father and said: " This is what I experienced.

Please teach me further. "

 

The father did not give any answer. He

said, `Tapasa brahma vijijnasasva' - " Meditate further and realise

for yourself. "

 

He was a very good Guru. He would not tell anything.

He simply said, " Meditate further. " Perhaps he was the best Guru. It

is no use simply superimposing some ideas on the mind of the disciple

by saying something which the mind cannot grasp. So he

said, " Concentrate more, practise more, sit more and more for

meditation and see what comes out. "

 

Then bhrighu realized that the cosmic mind is the supreme

reality. `Mano brahmeti vyajanat'.

 

This is still subtler. The cosmic mind which vibrates everywhere in the

form of Prana or the vital energy in the cosmos was realised by him in

his direct experience.

 

Again he went to the father and said: " This is what I experienced,

teach me further. " The father replied " Tapasa brahma vijijnasasva -

Meditate further and know for yourself. "

 

Then bhrighu meditated more... and he realised the cosmic

understanding, the intellect or intelligence, Mahat Tattva as it is

sometime called, as Brahman. `Vijnanam brahmeti vyajanat'.

 

so after the realisation of the cosmic understanding, Mahat Tattva,

again bhrighu went to the father and said, " Teach me Brahman. " The

father said, " Meditate further and realise for yourself. "

 

Then bhrighu realised `Anandam brahmeti yyajanat'. " Bliss is

Brahman. " The constitutive essence of Reality Is happiness. It is not

objectivity, it is not an attribute, it is not a thing.

 

but bhrighu was so abdeeply absorbed in this blissful state, he did

not rush to tell his father about his discovery . the father himself

went in search of the son and found his son bhrighu absorbed in that

blissful state and embraced his son and said, " son, now you have

realized the truth' !

 

so, that is it!!! this bliss is not external -it is not in an idol or

in other objects... it is internal- within us.. this bliss in not a

quality or an attribute...

 

'Sa yaschayam Purushe yaschasavaditye, Sa ekah.' What is shining

there as a lustrous sun in the distant skies, and what is within us

twinkling as the Atman, they are identical. T

 

`Etam Annamayam Atmanam Upasankramya,

Etam Pranamayam Atmanam Upasankramya,

Etam Manomayam Atmanam Upasankramya,

Etam Vijnanamayam Atmanam Upasankramya,

Etam Anandamayam Atmanam Upasankramya',

Etat sama gayanaste'.

 

regards,

Lalit.