Surprise of Upanishad! .

- Seminar of Parijat-Dr. Kumarpal Desai

- The Upanishad period was an age of total, absolute, freedom of inquiry. We are mesmerized by the open and loving relationship between the Guru and the disciple that is seen in it.

One of the ultimate wonders in the creation of scriptures of India is that why Upanishads have not been glorified compared to other scriptures? When the country is divided into small sects, sects, castes, castes and religions, why has the consciousness of the entire country not worshiped the Upanishads?

You may be surprised to know that the Upanishads are not a theology, but rather a treatise based on the realization of a particular spiritual life, hence it does not prescribe the doctrines of religion or spirituality through the ideology of any one master, thinker or philosopher, or limited circles of dharma, but in fact, it is a book of self-knowledge. There is an experience of great age. Because of this, these Upanishads are not ancient or arcane texts, but eternal texts. As important as it was at the time of its creation, it is just as important and perhaps even more necessary today.

In the Upanishads, one loses oneself by searching for the ideas of Atmatattva. At first he is inquisitive, but then as the curiosity of his Self is satisfied, he loses his ego and experiences the manifestation of the soul. If we look at the etymology of the word, 'up' and 'ni' are two prefixes and 'sad' is metal. One of the meanings of 'sad' dhatu is motion. The man living the outer life is the blueprint for the inner movement, which leads to Brahman in this devotional spiritual attainment.

Another meaning of this 'sad' metal is 'depression'. That is the science of destroying pregnancy, birth, old age etc. Thus, with this knowledge, the world is destroyed and liberation from Jivabhava is attained. Therefore, if we think further, one of the meanings of the word 'Sad' is 'Visharan' which means relaxation, i.e. the student of the Upanishads becomes relaxed. In that sense the Upanishads teach dispassion and wherever this word appears in the Upanishads, it means mysticism. Why are the Upanishads special? The reason is that it has enshrined a mystical spirituality for all mankind.

Also in these Upanishads one word is frequently found and that is 'Bhuma' meaning vastness or vastness. It is because of this comprehensive vision that the Upanishads are not just the property of a particular religion, not the scriptures of a spirit confined to a nation, but the spiritual wealth of the entire world. So I would say that wherever there is life, there are Upanishads. Where there is a search for peace of mind, there are Upanishads. Where there is a spirit of universal welfare, there are Upanishads, where there is an insistence on the protection of trees and vegetation and the purification of the environment, there are Upanishads, and that is why Upanishads are not of the past or of the future, but of every era. As long as a man takes steps towards humanity, tries to become Narayana from the male, his path will be illuminated by the spiritual light of the Upanishads.

Therefore, the philosopher Schopenhauer of the 19th century said about the Upanishad, the highest manifestation of human consciousness, 'There is no other book in the whole world that gives spiritual elevation to a human being like the Upanishad. Its study gave me peace in this life and it will give me peace even in death.'

Quoting this passage, Maxmuller, a scholar and able scholar of Sanskrit, said, 'If these words of Schopenhauer require any corroboration, I will gladly corroborate them on the basis of my life-long study.'

Scriptures usually have one author. The wonder of the Upanishads is that no one knows the names of their authors. It contains the names of various sages, ascetics and mantradashtas, though they are not the authors of any Upanishads. Since he heard this knowledge in the form of mantras, it is also known as Shruti.

The Upanishad period was an era of total, absolute, freedom of inquiry. We are mesmerized by the generous and compassionate relationship between the Guru and the disciple seen in it. The important thing was that the Guru, instead of imposing his accumulated experiences on the disciple as a command, motivates the disciple to study in a poetic way and that is why the Upanishads show the spiritual exploration of human life.

Regarding this, Shri Vimalaben Thakar has noted that, 'In the Upanishads, the inquisitor himself, i.e. his body, mind and brain, is the path. He himself is a pilgrim, his life is a form of pilgrimage and finding the essence of his existence, 'self', is his pilgrimage. Everything is contained in the Upanishads, so it is a pathless path to the truth. Here you are the sculptor and you are the stone with which you build the idol.'

The man of today, who is restless in mind and attached to materiality, has wealth or prosperity, but is not happy. When he is 'rich', but not 'happy', he is shown the path to peace by the sages of the Upanishads. In the 'Upanishads' Shantipatha is found almost everywhere. Today's man has everything, not just peace, but the study, meditation and contemplation of the Upanishads gives peace to the mind and in that time of peace we can think about our problems free from fear, craving, grief or melancholy. Also, at the end of this Shantipath, 'Shantii' is pronounced. Also, this utterance is made not once, but thrice.

The meaning behind it is, 'O Lord, keep our body healthy and give us physical peace. O Lord, make our minds Shiva-minded so that we experience peace of mind and thirdly O Lord, make our hearts so generous that we experience spiritual and spiritual peace.'

What a great achievement it is called that thousands of years ago, India gave the peace mantra to the world and that peace has no boundaries. The peace of the whole Vasudha is contained in it. The vision of the sages is over the entire universe. It is the thinker not of 'self', but of 'all'. Such comprehensiveness is the lifeblood of Indian thought. And that is why the Upanishad says, 'Peace be to the living beings who dwell in heaven. Peace be upon the creatures that roam or dwell in the sky, peace be upon the earth everywhere, peace be upon all the animals and birds which live in water and nature, and if any are left out, peace be upon them too. This is the spectacle of our sages. Peace not only to mankind, but to beast, bird, water, place, sky, earth - peace to all. And after saying this, the sage of the Upanishad says, 'May I also attain peace.'

Another mention of the Upanishad is self-reflection. This is why Kathopanishad says, 'O human beings! Arise, awake, go to the best great men and know the Atmatattva.'

Thus, the nature of the Upanishads is one where there is no ego. There is no death or fear and gradually walking on this path one will experience the tree hidden in the seed, oneness of soul and Brahman will be realized as non-duality. These sentiments of the Upanishads are supported by the Ahmedabad Vedanta Society and Shri P.J. As Divetia, Mandabehan Parikh and Rabindra Khandwala try hard to spread in today's narrow sectarian and religious fanaticism, we too are reminded of Adi Kavi Narsingh Mehta's line, 'Where there is no soul, there is no truth.'

Revelation of the moment

Human beings of our country need to learn regularity from the sun who do daily sun gazing. At dawn, it appears to cast light on the earth. In this way, how much regularity do we who worship the sun maintain in our daily life? The people of India were considered so irregular that lateness was known as 'Indian Time'. We see people arriving late to meetings, speakers arriving even more late, and then a boring meeting that goes on too long. The culmination of that delay is seen in the handshake. Even if the handshake time passes, the singing and dancing do not stop. Lack of regularity leads to a shocking waste of time and that is why the country in which the Sun Upanishad 'Suryopanishad' was composed did not understand the regularity of the Sun. Also 'Suryopanishad' says, 'Aditya is blissful, enlightened and learned,' then in Artharvaveda it is said that, 'The appearing sun you are always new,' but we are far away from the light of that regularity of the sun and forget it along with it. Those who are regular never have time constraints. Have you ever seen the sun running? He who wastes time wastes his personality. Whereas a regular person is never short of time.

Manzrukho

Oshchev, the famous acrobat of Russia who rotated the airplane in the sky in such a way as to be mesmerizing, used to do such sky games that the people who saw him were amazed by his art and poetry. The whole country was proud of his courage and entrepreneurship. But once his plane hit a hill hard and then turned into a flying wreckage. Oshchev was seriously injured and the doctor operated and amputated both of his legs.

Oshchev Lesh did not lose courage due to the difficult situation. He said, 'You must be able to see me flying the plane. In fact, I live to fly. Otherwise Kyarnoy would have died.'

A lot of time passed after that. His friends and relatives immersed themselves in their own work, while Oschev, on the other hand, fitted a prosthetic leg on his amputated leg and struggled day and night to walk with it. When people realized Oschev's dream, they all said, 'If you walk and run like this with an artificial leg, your feet will become very swollen and your injury will start bothering you again.'

Hearing this, Oschev would say with a smile, 'I have already told you that I live to fly planes. I will fly in the sky on the strength of my faith and belief.'

After a few days, Oshchev tried to walk quickly without a stick, and after a while, he mesmerized everyone by performing the same acrobatics in the sky as before. Even in the war, he shot down six of the enemy planes with his acrobatics. Oschev made the impossible possible with determination.