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Meditation According to the Upanishads - 1.

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 ========================================================================= ======================================================================== Friday, October 21, 2022. 07:00. (Spoken on January 14th, 1973) Post-1. ========================================================================= Today we shall take an excursion into the Upanishadic method of meditation, which is the predominant note of all Vedantic texts. The Upanishadic approach to Truth is out-and-out philosophical and mystical. The Upanishads take a comprehensive view from three angles of vision: the external, the internal, and another feature which transcends them both. The Mandukya, the Taittiriya and the Aitareya Upanishads may be taken as examples of this type of approach, which also receives elaborate treatment and profound consideration in the Chhandogya and Brihadaranyaka Upanishads. The Upanishadic method is something not unknown to students of Vedanta, but yet the Upanishads have a peculiarity of their own whi