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Prasad Chitta in UpadESa sAram

Mar 3, 2014

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of upadESa sAram

upadEsa is the direction or a directive to attain the aimed result. While there are unlimited directions or upadESas, there is an essence, fundamental to all these directions of attaining the ultimate bliss.

Prasad Chitta in UpadESa sAram

Nov 29, 2015

saddarSanam — prArthana

Two verses to start viewing “what is” in 40 verses

sat-pratyayAH kim nu vihAya santam?
hRd-Esha cintA-rahitO hRdAkhyaH
katham smarAmaH tam amEyam Ekam?
tasya smRtiH tatra dRdhaiva nishThA

Prasad Chitta in UpadESa sAram

Jan 16, 2014

ISa, jIva — universal Lord, personal soul

are same in principle, distinct only by conceptual roles

After resolving the differences between the existence (sat) and consciousness (cit) in verse 23 of upadesa saram, we reach one of the…

Prasad Chitta in darSana, SAstra, vijnAna

May 2, 2014

The nature of Ego — अहंकार

being and becoming in a loop

aham (or I ) is the first name of the God. Only when god is conscious of self the multitude of creation appears. In Sanskrit, the term aham represents the very being of “I” — Hence the mahavAkya, great…

Prasad Chitta in UpadESa sAram

Nov 27, 2013

karma — the action

karta — the actor, phala — the result and the interrelationships

Action gives its Results.When a simple search on any search engine for ‘upadesa saram’ yields thousands of results. But only when the actor accepts any of the…

Prasad Chitta in UpadESa sAram

Dec 15, 2013

chittamu, prANamu— two branches of same root

subtle and gross energies emerge from one seed

Two prominent branches of philosophy are Epistemology and Metaphysics. Epistemology is the study of right sources of knowledge where as metaphysics…

Prasad Chitta in UpadESa sAram

Jan 13, 2014

“satta yA hi cit” — existence alone is consciousness

There is no other light to illuminate self-luminous existence

After negating all that which is asat — non durable, temporary appearance of body till ignorance as wrong…

Prasad Chitta in UpadESa sAram

Jan 1, 2014

The straight path

of vicAra — searching for the ‘true form’ of mind

In the last post, we have seen the ‘mind’ is actively and continuously recording all the experiences and due to that very recording it is continuously changing its own form.