Total sacrifice that leads to the realization of the Brahman
is described
.
Mantra: nakarmana naprajaya dhanena thyage naike amrutatwa
manasuhu parena nakam nihitam guhayam vibhraja detad yatayo visanti
Mukti cannot be attained by performing
karmas like ‘agnihotra’ for years together .”prajayapitrubhyaha” says the Sruthi. Children are expected to
release pitrus from their debt. But even children cannot offer
mukti. Money given in charity is said to
grant multiple benefits, “dane sarvam pratishtitam thasmath danam paramam vadanti”
Even that shall not offer salvation. Therefore mukti is possible only for those
who give up all these common worldly activities and turn their attention
inward-people who have absolute control over their indriyas shall obtain moksha which is greater than Swarga or heaven and
which is in one’s own intellect or buddhi.
Attainment of
jnanaandsanyasa 0r monkhood also help in
achieving moksha
.
Mantra: Vedanta
vignana sunischitartas sanyasayogad
yatayas suddha satwaha the brahmaloketu parantakale
paramrutat parimuchyanti sarve
By learning Vedanta or Upanishads at the feet of the preceptor
one gets the jnana that removes the world of samsara. Through that he realizes
the unity of jiva and deva or Brahma. Such people are bereft of avidya and
maintain absolute purity of mind. After realizing the Brahman, those immersed
in samsara are freed from the shackles of family life
Aparantakala is the period when the person is immersed in
agnana when he is bound to be born again. Parantakala is the time when agnana
is removed and there is no rebirth. During the deluge agnanis are released from
their physical and subtle bodies but not from the causal bodies (karanasareera)
But jnanis alone are freed from the bonds of causal bodies,
A short cut to Brahmopasana for a person unfit for
tatvopasana:
Mantra: dahram vipapam parameswa bhutam yatpundarikam puramadhya
saganstam tatrapi dahram gaganam visokas tasmin yadantas tadupasitavyam
Pure and minute paramatma resides in the
heart---hrudayapundarika centrally placed in the body. This is also called
‘dahra’.It is here that the minutest, formless like the sky Brahman resides. It
is on this Brahman that one should perform upasana
.
Mantra: yovedadau swarah
prokto vedantecha pratishtitaha tasya prakruti leenasya yah parasya maheswaraha ajosyaa vivesa sarve chatvaricha
The Pranava that has been pronounced at the beginning of
the Vedas is the same as described in the Upanishads “o mityetadaksharamidamsarvam” The best part
of Pranava that has merged in Prakruti or Nature should be understood as
Maheswara. Meditate akara,ukara,and makara
of Pranava as Virat,
Hiranyagarbha, and the unmanifest respectively. Merge Viratakara into ukara.
Merge Hiranyagarbha ukara into moolaprakruti(basic Nature) Makara that part of Pranava merging into the
moolaprakruti is the best fourth
part-----and the sound to be meditated
Very nice description. Pranams.
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