Taittiriya Upanishad

======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30/03/2020. Introduction to the Bhrigu Valli of the Taittiriya Upanishad : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Rishis of the Upanishads were seeking, not an intellectual idea of the Brahman, but a knowledge by identity that transcended the structures formulated by the mind.  The Taittiriya Upanishad systematically moves from an overview of categories and the building blocks for knowledge in the Shikshavalli, to an exposition of the nature of the universal manifestation and its underlying basis in the Brahmananda Valli, to a practice and methodology for obtaining direct knowledge in the Bhrigu Valli. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29/03/2020. Sri Aurobindo translates Taittiriya Upanishad, Brahmananda valli, Chapter 7 :  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. “In the beginning all this Universe was Non-Existent and Unmanifest, from which this manifest Existence was born.  Itself created itself; none other created it.  Therefore they say of it the well and beautifully made.  Lo, this that is well and beautifully made, verily it is no other than the delight behind existence. ## When he hath gotten him this delight, then it is that this creature becometh a thing of bliss; for who could labour to draw in the breath or who could have strength to breathe it out, if there were not that Bliss in the heaven of his heart, the...

======================================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28/03/2020. Sri Aurobindo translates Taittiriya Upanishad, Brahmananda valli, Chapter 6 (part 2) : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. “The Spirit desired of old, ‘I would be manifold for the birth of peoples.’  Therefore He concentrated all Himself (Or, strength.) in thought, and by the force of His brooding He created all this universe, yea, all whatsoever existeth.  Now when He had brought it forth, He entered into that He had created, He entering in became the Is here and the May Be there; He became that which is defined and that which hath no feature; He became this housed thing and that houseless; He became Knowledge and He became Ignorance; He became Truth and He became falsehood. ...

====================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27/03/2020. Sri Aurobindo translates Taittiriya Upanishad, Brahmananda valli, Chapter 6 (part 1) :  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #“One becometh as the unexisting, if he know the Eternal as negation; but if one knoweth of the Eternal that He is, then men know him for the saint and the one reality.  And this Self of Bliss is the soul in the body to the former one which was of Knowledge.  ##And thereupon arise these questions.  ‘When one who hath not the Knowledge, passeth over to that other world, doth any such travel farther?  Or when one who knoweth, hath passed over to the other world, doth any such enjoy possession?’ ------------------------------------------------------...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26/03/2020. Sri Aurobindo translates Taittiriya Upanishad, Brahmananda valli, Chapter 5 (Part 1) :  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. “Knowledge spreadeth the feast of sacrifice and knowledge spreadeth also the feast of works; all the gods offer adoration to him as to Brahman and the Elder of the Universe.  For if one worship Brahman as the knowledge and if one swerve not from it neither falter, then he casteth sin from him in this body and tasteth all desire.  And this Self of Knowledge is the soul in the body to the former one which was of Mind.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The Knowle...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25/03/2020. Sri Aurobindo translates Taittiriya Upanishad, Brahmananda valli, Chapter 4 (part 2) :  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. “Now there is yet a second and inner self which is other than this which is of Mind and it is made of Knowledge.  And the Self of Knowledge filleth the Self of Mind.  Now the Knowledge-Self is made in the image of a man; according as is the human image of the other, so is it in the image of the man.  Faith is the head of him, Law is his right side, Truth is his left side; Yoga is his spirit which is the self of him; Mahas (the material world) is his lower member whereon he resteth abidingly.  Whereof this is the Scripture.” -----------------...

======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24/03/2020 Sri Aurobindo translates Taittiriya Upanishad, Brahmananda valli, Chapter 4 (part 1) : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  1. # “The delight of the Eternal from which words turn away without attaining and the mind also returneth baffled, who knoweth the delight of the Eternal?  He shall fear nought now or hereafter.  And this Self of Mind is the soul in the body to the former one which was of Prana.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. #The description of the action of mind does not follow the format set up for the action of the material and vital sheaths; rather, it describes the limita...

====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23/03/2020. Sri Aurobindo translates Taittiriya Upanishad, Brahmananda Valli, Chapter Two (part 2) : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. “Now there is a second and inner Self which is other than this that is of the substance of food; and it is made of the vital stuff called Prana.  And the Self of Prana filleth the Self of food.  Now the Self of Prana is made in the image of a man; according as is the human image of the other, so is it in the image of the man.  The main Breath is the head of him, the breath pervasor is his right side and the lower breath is his left side; ether is his spirit which is the self of him, earth is his lower member whereon he resteth abidingly.  Whereof th...

======================================================================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22/03/2020. Sri Aurobindo translates Taittiriya Upanishad, Brahmananda Valli, Chapter Two (part 1): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #“Verily all sorts and races of creatures that have their refuge upon earth, are begotten from food; thereafter they live also by food and ’tis to food again that they return at the end and last.  For food is the eldest of created things and therefore they name it the Green Stuff of the Universe.  Verily they who worship the Eternal as food, attain the mastery of food to the uttermost; for food is the eldest of created things  and therefore they name it the Green Stuff of the Universe.  From food all creatures are born and being born they increase (Or,...

====================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21/03/2020. Sri Aurobindo translates Taittiriya Upanishad, Shikshavalli, chapter six :  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #“Lo, this heaven of ether which is in the heart within, there dwelleth the Being who is all Mind, the radiant and golden Immortal.  Between the two palates, this that hangeth down like the breast of a woman, is the womb of Indra; yea, where the hair at its end whirleth round like an eddy, there it divideth the skull and pusheth through it.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. #“As Bhur He is established in Agni, as Bhuvar in Vayu, as Suvar in the Sun, as Mahas in the Eternal.  He att...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/03/2020. Post-4. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #Brahman experience is not an object of contact; it is an identity. The object is the experiencing consciousness itself. The content of awareness becomes the awareness; existence and consciousness merge into each other. Sat becomes chit, chit becomes sat. It is not actually one thing becoming another thing; the one thing is the other thing. Existence is nothing but the consciousness of existence. ##When you say that you exist, you are at the same time affirming that you are conscious that you exist. You are not merely existing, minus the consciousness of existence. It is not an appendage that is added on to existence in the form of consciousne...