Reflections

[suryaz]

'Speech is better than a name… KHANDA 2 1

'Mind (manas) is better than speech…. KHANDA 3 1

'Will (sankalpa) is better than mind…. KHANDA 4 1

'Consideration (kitta) is better than will. … KHANDA 5 1

'Reflection (dhyana) is better than consideration. …KHANDA 6 1

'Understanding (vignana) is better than reflection. …. KHANDA 7 1

‘Power (bala) is better than understanding. … KHANDA 8 1

'Food (anna) is better than power….KHANDA 9 1

'Water (ap) is better than food. …KHAIVDA. 10 1

'Fire (tegas) is better than water….KHANDA 11 1

'Ether (or space) is better than fire…KHANDA.12 1

'Memory, (smara) is better than ether….KHANDA 13 1

'Hope (asa) is better than memory….KHANDA. 14 1

'Spirit (prana) is better than hope. …..KHANDA 15 1

'But in reality he is an ativadin who declares the Highest Being to be the True (Satya).'…KHANDA 16 1

'When one understands the True, then one declares the True. …KHANDA 17 1.

'When one perceives, then one understands. …KHANDA 18 1

'When one believes, then one perceives. … KHANDA 19 1

'When one attends on a tutor (spiritual guide), then one believes… KHANDA 20 1

'When one performs all sacred duties, then one attends really on a tutor..KHANDA 21 1

'When one obtains bliss (in oneself), then one performs duties…KHANDA 22 1

The Infinite (bhuman) is bliss. .. KHANDA 23 1

'Where one sees nothing else, hears nothing else, understands nothing else, that is the Infinite….KHANDA 24 1 (Tr Muller M: KHANDOGYA-UPANISHAD )

 

 

[This message has been edited by suryaz (edited 10-30-2001).]