Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

 ======================================================================= ======================================================================== Wednesday, July 20, 2022. 21:00. Chapter- II : FOURTH BRAHMANA :  THE CONVERSATION OF YAJNAVALKYA AND MAITREYI ON THE ABSOLUTE SELF : 10 & 11. ========================================================================= Mantram-10. Continued ..... Evaṁ vā are'sya mahato bhūtasya niḥsvasitaṁ:  From the aspiration, as it were, of this eternal, infinite Reality, all the knowledge of this world has come. Just as when you breathe out there is a breath coming from your nostrils, the Absolute breathes, as it were, this wisdom of all His creation. And, all this wisdom of the world put together cannot be equated with a fraction of It. It will be another aspect of this mystery which is mentioned in the following passages. The wisdom of the Veda, which is regarded as eternal knowledge, can be compared to the aspiration of the Absolute.  Etad yad ṛ

 =============================================================== =============================================================== Monday, July 04, 2022. 04:50. Chapter- II : FOURTH BRAHMANA :   THE CONVERSATION OF YAJNAVALKYA AND MAITREYI ON THE ABSOLUTE SELF : 9&10. =============================================================== The sage Yājñavalkya says that the nature of effects cannot be known unless their cause is known. It is futile on our part to investigate into the nature of any finite object without correlating its form and context with the causes which gave rise to its present form, in a series which cannot be comprehended by the mind. Every link in a chain is connected with every other link. The pull or force exerted by the topmost link is felt by the lowermost link even if the chain be millions of miles in length, irrespective of the fact that the lowest link might not have even seen the very existence of the topmost link. The presence of that topmost link will be felt