Monday, July 29, 2013

VEDANTA : CHHANDYOGYA P 8 of 23

     SAMA VEDA : Chhandyogya Upamishad                                      Page   8   of    20
[Story   of   SHETAKETU:]
(BEE----FLOWER ----HONEY------ ;BRAHMAN   ( Like  Salt  In   Water).
Shetaketu   was  Uddalaka's  son  and studied  all   the   Veda-s   for   12  years   and  returned home as proud and  confidant.
His  father  asked  : 'Did   you  ask your   teacher  for Spiritual   Wisdom  that  enable  one  to hear  the  UN-heared, , think  the UN-Thought,  or  know   the UN-known'?
" What   is that  wisdom father ?"---asked   Shetaketu.
The father:  ' In  the  beginning   was   the   BRAHMAN ,  the ONE  without   Second .And  there  is  nothing  that does not  come out  of  THAT .
In  dreamless  Sleep  one is  with  the  SELF,  though   he knows  it  not.
As   the   bee  suck   honey  from  many   flowers  and all  honey  become   ONE,  so that   no  drop  can   say , --I  am from  this   or  that  flower, all  living  beings  are  from that   ONE   but  only --,theydonot  know.
There is  nothing  that  does not come out  of  Brahman .
 Of   everything ,  THAT  is the   INMOST  Self.

DEATH  ---->The   HOUSE   is     DESERTED ;   the   DWELLER   is  GONE  .
When  Death  comes , the  Self  departs   from  the   body . The  Body  dies   but  the  Self  DOES  NOT.

Now,   bring  some  salt . --- put  it  in   water  and   bring  it  to morrow .--------(next day)
What  you taste  in water'
Shetaketu  --'  I  taste salt   everywhere  father! '
Father :  -' You are   that   Shetaketu  ,  you   are  that '.
[ " Tottomosi  , Shetaketu"(sanskrit)].
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