[Advaita-l] MuktikA Upanishad / MuktikOpanishat cited by srI VidyAraNya svAmI in PanchdaSI

[Nithin Sridhar]

Upanishad Brahmendra has commented upon all 108 Upanishads!


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Sujal Upadhyay <sujal.u at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Sunil ji,
>
> Even Muktika says that Mandukya is enough. If one is not able to realize
> truth, then read 10. Still if one is not able to become liberated, read 32,
> for videha mukti, read 108 :)
>
> I thought that Shringeri Math and Kanchi Math refer to 108 upanishads, but
> study is optional. Emphasis is more on to study principle upanishads
> commented by Sri Adi Shankara.
>
> So now the study of minor upanishads is not at all done?
>
> Some do not accept Muktika and say it was created in medieval times. I was
> referring to someone thing in Panchdasi and was surprised to read that Sri
> Vidyaranya Svami has quoted it. There are some who keep asking the
> authenticity of Upanishads :)
>
> Bhaskararaya had revived Atharvaveda and had commented on many upanishads
> like Bahvarica, etc and some which are not a part of Mukita's 108. These
> are available in sanskrit and I am not conversant with Sanskrit.
>
> Hari OM
>
> OM
>
> Sujal Upadhyay
>
> "To disconnect from the self and to become Aware of anything else is
> nothing but unhappiness" - Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi
>
> He who has faith has all
> He who lacks faith, lacks all
> It is the faith int he name of lord that works wonders
> FAITH IS LIFE, DOUBT IS DEATH - Sri Ramakrishna
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
> sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > There you are Sujalji, Today's scholars unfortunately do not refer to the
> > upanishads and generally prefer to refer to what the post-Shankara
> scholars
> > say to supplement what Shankara said. Muktika exhorts all aspirants to
> read
> > the 108 upanishads, out of the total of the 1008 upanishads.
> >
> > Sunil KB
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:27 AM, Sujal Upadhyay <
> sujal.u at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Namaste,
> >
> > Was referring PanchadaSI and found that SrI VidyAraNya svAmI has cited
> > MuktikA Upanishad in his PanchdaSI. I have a Hindi Translation and
> > Commentary by Swami Shankarananda of Chinmaya Mission.
> >
> > दर्शनादर्शने हित्वा स्वयं केवलरूपतः .
> > य आस्ते कपिशार्दूल ब्रह्म स ब्रह्मवित्स्वयम् .. (2.64 Muktika Upanishad,
> > 1.4.68 PanchdaSI - dvaita viveka)
> >
> > O Brahman! The one leaving both darSana (GYAna, knowledge) and adarSana
> > (aGYAna, ignorance), abides only in Self (svarUpa), he himself is Brahman
> > only, not just knower of Brahman. (Translated from Hindi, page 230, Book
> 1,
> > Part 1)
> >
> > (In other words, Knower of Brahman is Brahman itself, Brahmavid Brahmaiva
> > Bhavati, Mund. Up. 3.2.9). Sri Ramana Maharshi also says the same thing.
> > According to Swami Shankarananda of Chinmaya Mission, who has Translated
> > PancadaSI in Hindi and have commented on it says that this verse occurs
> in
> > Yog VAsisTa too.
> >
> > ​SrI VidyAraNya svAmI has also cited Amrit Bindu Upanishad 1 and 18 in
> > PanchdaSI 1.4.45-46.
> >
> > P. 1.4.45 = Amrit. B. Up. 1
> > P. 1.4.46 = Amrit. B. Up. 18
> >
> > Swami ji (translator) says that P 1.4.45 this is the first verse of Amrit
> > B. Up, but I am not I am not able to find same verse in Amrit Bindu
> > Upanishad.
> >
> > Please can someone help me
> >
> >
> > Note: PancadaSI in English (html
> > <http://www.swamij.com/panchadasi.htm>,
> > pdf<
> >
> http://www.shiningworld.com/top/images/stories/pub-pdfs/Books/Panchadasi.pdf
> > >),
> > Hindi (archive.org<
> > https://archive.org/details/Panchadasi.by.Vidyaranya.Swami.Hindi>,
> > scribd<
> >
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/79331270/Hindi-Book-Panchadasi-by-Vidyaranya-swami
> > >by
> > Pt. RAmAvatAra vidyAbhAskara)
> >
> >
> > ​Hari ​
> > OM
> >
> > Sujal
> > ​​
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