Tag Archives: Upanishads

Knowledge of Reality

Posted on 1 April, 2015 by amartingarcia

Vedantic knowledge transcends verbal symbols and concepts. The question of Nachiketas (Katha Up. 1.2.14) and answer in Taittiriya Up. II.9: That from which all words fall back along with the mind. Continue reading →

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Anthropomorphism (again) and higher logic.

Posted on 19 January, 2015 by amartingarcia

What do you think of the justonelook.org (childhood memory) quick self inquiry method?  X. If you really go into it, higher logic shows that the ‘I’ principle or awareness/consciousness is the only ‘thing’ existing, as Krishna Menon puts it: “The … Continue reading →

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The Self is ear of the ear…

Posted on 15 June, 2014 by amartingarcia

At whose behest does the mind think? Who bids the body live? Who makes the tongue speak? Who is that effulgent being that directs the eye to form and color and the ear to sound? The Self is ear of … Continue reading →

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He shining, everything shines…

Posted on 7 April, 2014 by amartingarcia

Nachiketas: How, O King, shall I find that blissful self, supreme, ineffable, who is attained by the wise? Does he shine by himself, or does he reflect another’s light? King of Death: Him the sun does not illumine, nor the … Continue reading →

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Is there good and evil? Is there a Creator God?

Posted on 3 March, 2014 by amartingarcia

Concerning good and evil, suffering and enjoyment, there is an interesting passage in one of the main texts of Advaita Vedanta, the Brahma Sutras. As the teaching goes there is no essential difference between the individual and Brahman (Consciousness or … Continue reading →

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On love, beauty, and knowledge

Posted on 3 January, 2014 by amartingarcia

(From an exchange in internet) My position, as I wrote to S.: We are love and the product of love, no? Traditional Advaita Vedanta talks of desire as the root cause of existence, but, in the end, it is the same … Continue reading →

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Philosophy of the Upanishads – a world heritage

Posted on 27 December, 2013 by amartingarcia

Preface to ‘A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy’, by Dr. R.D. Ranade One who goes through the Preface to the first edition can easily see that mere scholarship is the least part of the book. Dr. Ranade was not only … Continue reading →

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Knots and kinks in the way of knowing the Truth

Posted on 25 October, 2013 by amartingarcia

The Non-dual teaching is quite simple, straightforward and very clear. advaita says that that there is no multiplicity here. Whatever exists is all Oneness. This Oneness does not give scope for a second thing to arise within it. It is … Continue reading →

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Love, silence, contemplation

Posted on 5 September, 2013 by amartingarcia

In love all the contradictions of existence merge themselves and are lost. Only in love are unity and duality not at variance. Love must be one and two at the same time. Only love is motion and rest in one. … Continue reading →

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Not through discourse…

Posted on 30 August, 2013 by amartingarcia

“Not through discourse, not through the intellect, not even through the study of the scriptures can the Self (Atman) be realized. The Self reveals Himself… to the one who longs for the Self. Those who long for the Self with … Continue reading →

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