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The Great Works of Literature Upanishads
Development of the Initial India Metaphysics Centered on the relationship between Self and Not
Self Brahman/ātman
Also very distinct in their construction of the notion of self/soul/ātman
Bṛhadāraṇyaka (Brhadaranyaka) Upanishad
Chandogya Upanishad
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadCākrāyana
Gives us a very clear, precise explanation about the relationship between Ātman/Brahman “The self within all is the self of yours” “You can’t see the seer who does the seeing….”
This also introduces us to an idea that will later be recognized as
PuruśaPrakrti
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadGārgi
FemaleShe takes on
Yājñavalkya twice First wave
A stanch ontological inquiry into the nature of reality “upon what is ‘X’
woven upon?” Yājñavalkya warns her
not too press too hard She concedes
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadGārgi
Second wave A pressing ontological
assault Two questions
Yājñavalkya gives her two answers Time/Space is woven
on Brahman Consciousness
Brahman Consciousness is woven on the ‘imperishable’ Puruśa/Witness
Consciousness
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadŚākalya
This passage begins with the famous ‘how many gods are there’ question 303,303 33 6 3 2 1 and a half 1 Just their powers, no gods 33
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadŚākalya
He goes on to aggressively deconstruct several complex factors of Indian Metaphysics
Yājñavalkya answers all the questions except those regarding the nature of self Neti Neti
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Chandogya UpanishadNature of Self and its relation to Brahman
Central Metaphors Clay in pottery Heart of a seed Salt in water
“Tat Tvam Asi”
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Understanding the SelfThe point of Samkhya Yoga is to unify
yourself with your most inner selfThis comes from recognizing the three gunas
which make up prakrti Sattva
Clarity, light, lucidity Rajas
Passion, spice, engagement Tamas
Inertia, dullness, darkness
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Understanding the SelfSo, the gunas in, for example, food, would
work like this Sattva
Water, Couscous, Salt Rajas
Peppers, Tomatoes, Sugar Tamas
Potatoes, Butter, Red Meat
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Understanding the SelfThe aim of learning about the gunas
If you can identify the three components of a given event, be it mental or physical, then you can see that none of it is you It may seem like it’s your passion, but in truth it’s
just passion, and you’re watching it This becomes most clear when you ‘balance’ the
gunas, as you do in yoga Well, yoga as we think of it anyway