SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 8<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 8 verse 10<\/a><\/p>\n Simple<\/a><\/p>\n yad ak\u1e63ara\u1e41 veda-vido vadanti ‘That Way will I now briefly declare to thee, which the Veda-wise declare as that of Akshara (imperishable); which, the desire-weaned Yatis enter;, which to tread, aspirants lead the life of Brahma-charya[2. Chastity or continence. See Note 2, verse 6.14<\/a>. Those who would find their soul, should strictly lead an ascetic life. Unless vital energies are conserved and re-absorbed into the system, Self-illumination is not easily accomplished. Even the atomic philosopher Democritus did not approve of a man\u2019s marrying and getting children. He used to say also, that the pleasure of love was a slight epilepsy. Newton had not time<\/em> to think of marriage. \u2018It is good for a man not to touch a woman (I Cor., VII.1) “… have made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of heavens` sake”. (Matt., XIX. 12), vide, p:92, Engl. Tr: Tatva-tray\u0101<\/em> by Yogi P\u0101rthas\u0101rathi.].’<\/span><\/p>\n That other Path, the Path which is for those who would find their soul, and secure isolation (Kaivalya-moksha<\/em>), I will briefly explain.<\/span><\/p>\n That Path is the Path of Akshara<\/em>, or the imperishable, described as:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Not gross etc.’ (Br: Up.<\/em> V-8-8)[3. S\u0101hov\u0101cha-itad vai tad Aksharam Gargi! br\u0101hma\u1e47a abhivadanty-asth\u016blam ana\u1e47v-ahrasvam &c.], by the versed in the Vedas.<\/span><\/p>\n It is that, which the Yatis<\/em> (or renouncers of the world, attempt to enter.<\/span><\/p>\n It is that, hungering for which, men keep the vow of Brahma-charya[4. Chastity or continence. See Note 2, verse 6.14<\/a>. Those who would find their soul, should strictly lead an ascetic life. Unless vital energies are conserved and re-absorbed into the system, Self-illumination is not easily accomplished. Even the atomic philosopher Democritus did not approve of a man\u2019s marrying and getting children. He used to say also, that the pleasure of love was a slight epilepsy. Newton had not time<\/em> to think of marriage. \u2018It is good for a man not to touch a woman (I Cor., VII.1) “… have made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of heavens` sake”. (Matt., XIX. 12), vide, p:92, Engl. Tr: Tatva-tray\u0101<\/em> by yogi Parthas\u0101rathi.].<\/span><\/p>\n Padam<\/em>=Path or Way, or that by which one mentally proceeds and gains his object. Padyate<\/em>=gamyate<\/em> or that which is followed, or the method adopted by the mind.<\/span><\/p>\n The import is this: \u2018I give thee a short description of the method by which, the soul-seeker (kaivaly-\u0101rthi<\/em>) has to meditate on Me to achieve the end he has in view, viz<\/em>., the meditating on Me in the aspect of the Akshara<\/em> (the Imperishable etc., as described in the B\u1e5bihad-\u0101ranyak-Upanishad, V-8-8 to 11).<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 8 verses 12-13<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 10 Simple yad ak\u1e63ara\u1e41 veda-vido vadanti vi\u015banti yad yatayo v\u012bta-r\u0101g\u0101\u1e25 yad icchanto brahma-carya\u1e41 caranti tat te pada\u1e41 sa\u1e45grahe\u1e47a pravak\u1e63ye ‘That Way will I now briefly declare to thee, which the Veda-wise declare as that of Akshara (imperishable); which, the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-8","category-original"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nvi\u015banti yad yatayo v\u012bta-r\u0101g\u0101\u1e25
\nyad icchanto brahma-carya\u1e41 caranti
\ntat te pada\u1e41 sa\u1e45grahe\u1e47a pravak\u1e63ye<\/p>\n
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