Wednesday, 15 April 2020

There is No End to Knowledge?

As it seems, there is no end to 'Knowledge', the 'Vid'. The beginning of the universe is knowledge, and so is the end of it! There is nothing besides 'Knowledge'! In fact, "Everything is Knowledge". Evam Veda | This is the whole truth. The Vedic doctrines only are reiterated in the Upanishads. The fundamental principles of Veda are: aham brahmasmi | tattavamasi | ayam Atmaa brahmaa | Atma eva brahmaa | sarvam khaluvidam brahmaa |
  The ultimate purpose of 'Knowledge' is also the realization of these fundamental principles. As we move away from the abstract Silence toward the phenomenal objective world this knowledge becomes more and much diversified, specialized, and objective! The human beings are endowed with intelligence, ability to understand, but only in a limited capacity. This is the real problem! One has to transcend this limitation by yogic practices. The Vedic doctrines can be understood and then realized by the yogis. These are what the Upanishads reveal to us.
    For example, let's take this 'Bhargavi Varuni vidya'. It is said that Sage Bhrugu learnt this vidya from his father Varuna. Sage Varuna teaches 'brahmn' thus,
  "Indeed, that from which those beings originate and through which once they originate they live, in which, after having departed or separated, they again enter. Explore that. That is 'brahmn'."
  This knowledge of brahmn has to be ultimately realized by the seekers! Sage Bhrugu  carried out tapas and realized brahmn as food, as prana. as vital breath, as manas, as vidya, and finally, as 'Ananda' (Bliss). [Taittiriya Upanishat, Bhruguvalli].
   Annam brahma | [Taittirya Upanishad, 3.2.2]     

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