Guest guest Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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