Guest guest Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 GURUDEVA <gurudeva-ve> wrote: For when there is duality, as it were, then one smells another, one seesanother, one hears another, one speaks to another, one thinks of another,one knows another. But when everything has become the Self, then whatshould one smell and through what, what should one see and through what,what should one hear and through what, what should one speak and throughwhat, what should one think and through what, what should one know andthrough what? Through what should One know That owing to which all thisis known-through what, my dear, should one know the Knower?Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad II, IV-Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi(I), 14This Earth is the honey (effect) of all beings, and all beings are thehoney (effect) of this earth. Likewise, the bright, immortal being whois in this earth and the bright, immortal, corporeal being who is inthe body are both honey. These four are but this Self. The Knowledge ofthis Self is the means to Immortality; this underlying unity is Brahman;this Knowledge of Brahman is the means of becoming all.Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad II, V-The Interdependence of CreatedObjects, 1This water is the honey (effect) of all beings, and all beings are thehoney (effect) of this water. Likewise, the bright, immortal being whois in this water and the bright, immortal being existing as the semen inthe body are both honey. These four are but this Self. The Knowledge ofthis Self is the means to Immortality; this underlying unity is Brahman;this Knowledge of Brahman is the means of becoming all.Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad II, V-The Interdependence of CreatedObjects, 2This fire is the honey (effect) of all beings, and all beings are thehoney (effect) of this fire. Likewise, the bright, immortal being whois in this fire and the bright, immortal being identified with the organof speech in the body are both honey. These four are but this Self. TheKnowledge of this Self is the means to Immortality; this underlyingunity is Brahman; this Knowledge of Brahman is the means of becoming all.Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad II, V-The Interdependence of CreatedObjects, 3This air is the honey (effect) of all beings, and all beings are the honey(effect) of this air. Likewise, the bright, immortal being who is in thisair and the bright, immortal being identified with the vital breath inthe body are both honey. These four are but this Self. The Knowledge ofthis Self is the means to Immortality; this underlying unity is Brahman;this Knowledge of Brahman is the means of becoming all.Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad II, V-The Interdependence of CreatedObjects, 4~~~~~~~~~Forward the Vedas to a friend! To they may write togurudeva-vedas-Everyone is welcome. Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Chairman : Yoganjali Natyalayam and ICYER 25,2nd Cross,Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry-605 013 Tel: 0413 - 2622902 / 0413 -2241561 Website: www.icyer.com www.geocities.com/yognat2001/ananda FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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