Chandogya Upanisad

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Man is devasura, part god and part demon


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VAyu = wind god


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ha, hi (m), ho, hu, hau... are syllables with terminal m.


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PrastAva = Euology, introduction or prelude to Saman.

UdgItha = Chanting of SAma Veda.PratihAra = Touching as the tongue touching the teeth inpronouncing the Dentals. Closing.Nidhana = a band, rope, halter, cause, motive.


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Evolution. We have80% concordance withcow genes.


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Notes by Veeraswamy KrishnarajAdityas. Sons of Aditi. Numbers vary from 5, 8 and 12. RgVeda mentions 7. SAyana says, 8 Adityas: Mitra,Varuna,DhAtar, ARyaman, Amsa, Bhaga, Vivasvat andAditya or Surya.Represent 12 months of the year.In Buddhism, Aditya is the Buddha of Aditya or Sun gotra.Vishnu purana lists Adityas as Vishnu, SAkra, Aryaman,DhUti, Tvastr, PUsan, Vivasvat, Savitr, Mitra, , Varuna, Amsa

And Bhaga.They are also the Fire, the Wind, the Waters, the moon andlightning. Source: Harpers dictionary of Hinduism. P3


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Prana = Up-breath, Vyana = Diffuse breath, Apana= Down-breath, Samana = Equalized breath, Udana= Out-breath.


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The story of Jabala,the son of a maidand unknown Gotra

Jabala, the son of

a single mom,working in an inn.

Jabala of unknown paternal ancestry and Gotra wastaken as a pupil of Sacred Knowledge. As a part ofimparting sacred knowledge, Jabala was to tend weak

cowsand come home with a thousand cows.

Talking Bull, teaching Brahmanis 4 quarters.


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TAlking Fire, telling Jabala, Brahman is Earth,Atmosphere, Sky, and Ocean.


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Talking Swan says, Brahman is Fire, Sun, Moon &Lightning.

A talking Diver-Bird says, Brahman is Breath, Eye, Ear,and Mind.

Teacher: You know your Brahman. Who taught you?Jabala: Not men. You teach me now.


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The teacher abandoned Jabala. The Talking Fires came to

his rescue and taught him, Life, Joy and Ether areBrahman.


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The teacher returns and says Jabala's face shines asif he knows Brahman. Teacher: Who taught you allthese?

The teacher teaches. The path of Light to Brahman inSatya-Loka-Stham


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Ritualists take Pitr-Yana, the path of manes and comeback to the world. Anchorites take Deva-Yana (Divine

Path) and do not return to earth.

The priests: Brahma, Hotr, Adhvaryu, and Udgatr.

Fire is the origin of Rg Verses; Air, Yajus Formulas; sun,the Saman chants.


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Brahma priest: Fixer-Upper

Knowledge of earth Bhur from Rg, Bhuvas-atmosphere fromYajus, & Svah or heaven from SAman.


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Breath, Speech, Eye, Ear, Mind claim each is important.When Breath is gone, the rest are gone.


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The path of Light

Pitr Yana: The path of Manes, Path of Smoke. does not leadto liberation. return back to earth to resolve residual Karma.

go up in the smoke and come back down the smoke, mist,cloud, water; Born as rice, barley, herbs, trees...


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Deva-Yana is the path of gods. Path of Light (Spiritualenlightenment). Gives liberation.


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The Universal Self (US): The Sky (heaven) is the Head; theSun is the Eye; Air is the breath of US; Space is the body ofthe US; Water is the Bladder of the US; Earth is the Feet ofthe US; the chestis the sacrificial area; the hair is thesacred grass; the heart is the Garhapatya fire; the mind isanvaharya-pancana fire; the mouth is Ahavaniya fire.

US is identical with the individual self. US abides in theheart.Sacrifice to the US in one's own self: Prana. Once Prana issatisfied all distal elements (eye, sun...) are satisfied.

2nd offering to Vyana breath. Vyana being satisied ear,moon..are all satisfied.

3rd offering to Apana, speech.. satisfied. 4th to Samanabeing satisfied mind is satisfied...

fifth offering to Udana....skin satisfied.


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Svagata-bheda, Sajatiya and Vijatiya: Internal differences of asingle tree in its leaves, flowers and fruits. External differences:One tree from other trees. Radical Difference betwee tree androck.

Living beings: Anda-jam, Jivajam, Udbhijjam, Svedajam:Egg-born, womb-born, seed-born and sweat-born.


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tat tvam asi: that art thou.


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Sanatkumara, the eternal 5-yr-old, is the son of Virtue andNon-violence. Narada, the 3-world traveller goes to him forself-realizaton, which needs virtue and love to all creation.


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Strength = spiritual

power.


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Here is the description of self.

See the self in all beings and all beings in the self:there is no war...


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Satyam = Sat-ti-yam = The Immortal-theMortal-the Connector.

The Bridge called the self to the World of Brahman. Leavebehind the world of hurt, blindness, wounds, afflictions,darkness. Other side the Brahma-world is ever-illuminated.


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Indra and Virocana see the body and miss seeing theself.


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Indra lives with Praja-pati for a total of 101 yrs on andoff to learn about self


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