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This is the Ananda Mimamsa – an enquiry into bliss – of the Taittiriya Upanishad. In fact, all worldly happiness is a particle of the ocean of your own Ananda swarupa – your true Self. To the jnani, all experiences, apparently pleasant or unpleasant, reflect Bliss.
- Swami Sarvapriyananda
SWAMI SARVAPRIYANANDA. ich form the philosophical essence of the Vedas. Th. Upanishads are collectively called the Vedanta. The Vedantic world-view permeates a. l aspects of Indian culture and way of thinking. Literally, Vedanta means ‘end of the Vedas’ and indeed, many of these text.
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It is believed that Lord Ganesha himself has etched the Ananda Lahari on Mount Meru (Some people believe that Sage Pushpa Dhantha did the etching). It was read from there by Sage Goudapada who taught it to Adi Sankara. Adi Sankara himself added the rest of the 59 stanzas and completed it.
- You Are Pure Existence
- You Are Pure Consciousness
- We Are Pure Bliss
- You Are Sat Chit Ananda
In the sixth chapter of the Chhandogya Upanishad, we find a dialogue between a sage and his son, Shvetaketu. The enquiry here is, ‘What is that knowledge by which everything becomes known?’ And to grasp the answer to this bold question, we must appreciate the concept that by knowing the cause one can know the effects. Thus if you know clay, you kno...
In the Kena Upanishad, we find a very interesting question. We see, hear, speak and think—but what power impels our mind to think, our tongue to speak, our eyes to see and ears to hear? In other words, what are we in the deepest, most profound depths of our being? Like most deep questions, it appears deceptively simple. Consider our bodies. They ar...
In the final analysis, what we all want is happiness. What is happiness? And more importantly, how can we be truly happy? The search after happiness forms the field of enquiry in a remarkable section of the Taittiriya Upanishad. What exactly is studied about happiness? The answer is: whether happiness is born of sense contacts between subject and o...
So we see how the ultimate reality expounded in the Upanishads, Brahman, is Pure Existence–Consciousness–Bliss, Sat Chit Ananda. Existence, consciousness, and bliss are not qualities or properties of Brahman. It is not that Brahman exists, but that It is existence itself. Not that Brahman is a conscious entity, rather It is consciousness itself. An...
In his explanation of the Vedanta Sutra “anandamayah abhyasat ”(1.1.12) Sankara says: para eva atma anandamaya bhavitum arhati. (Parabrahman is anandam).9. In Sankara’s Advaita the Supreme Being is called Sat-Chit-Ananda as well as Nirguna.
Sat-Chit-Ananda (Sanskrit) is the formula that reflects the advancement along the spiritual Path. Its literal translation is the following: Purity-Subtlety-Bliss.
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