Mandukya Upanishad : ( 04/03/2013. )

26/03/2018 1. Preface :- The present blog consists of the lectures, delivered extempore, by the Swamiji, in the year 1968, on the philosophy and teachings of the Mandukya Upanishad. The First Section of the discourses expounds the meaning of the great mystical symbol, Om, or Pranava, as a connotation as well as denotation of the Absolute. The Second Section explains the nature of the individual and the Absolute, and that everything is Brahman. The Third Section explains the nature of the Universal Being, Vaisvanara, as delineated in the Upanishad. The Fourth Section propounds the mystery of Dream and Sleep, as also the cosmic counterpart of this state, namely, Hiranyagarbha, the Divine Immanent Being. The Fifth Section is an exposition of the profound significance of Sleep in the interpretation of the nature of the Spirit in man. The Sixth Section is centred round the great theme, the nature of Ishvara, the Supreme God of the Universe. The Seventh Section concerns...

1. We have studied the four quarters ( parts or padas ) of Atma. 2. 1. Waking state, 2. Dream-state, 3. Deep-sleep-state, 4. Turiyam  ( total silence ) 3. We learned about AUM (OM) , OMKARAM, the sound and how this prounced. 4. The connection of quarters of Atma and AUM, THE SUPER IMPOSITION of these two explained. 5. Now during chanting of A......................U.............M..... after the end of one chanting, and to next A.....................................U................M......./ in between two AUM there must certainly be a moment of blissful silence,  6. which is generally not taken into consideration by those who are chanting the sacred mantram thoughtlessly. 7. It is inevitable that there should be a silence, between two successive AUMs, 8. When a meditator is chanting a series of them, it is felt to him, 9. Thus we discussed all the significances of the Moraeless-Atma ( AUM) and the blessings accruing to us on meditating up...

Mantram-11. 1.  The third letter in AUM, is 'M' ( the sound of M as in Mother), 2. Deep-sleep state is after waking ( symbol 'A' ) and dream state ( symbol 'U' ), 3.Hence symbol 'M' is deep-sleep state,Then slowly  4. The seeker wide opens his mouth and blow air loudly making sound of the symbol 'A', like call louder "Amma" the A is amma's first letter A, 5. Then slowly close the mouth leaving a gap for sound U ( u in put), 6. Hold U for some time by blowing, then gradually close the mouth and the sound becomes M, ending sleep-state, 7. You can experience the three states while attempting OMKARAM.

1. The second letter in AUM is U ( the sound of u as in word put ). 2.Dream state is in between waking state and deep-sleep state, so letter U is in between A and  M. 3. When we make omkaram  after A ( the sound of a as in amma (mother)), U comes next, 4. When we make sound A we open our mouth wide open, and stretch it some time and gradually bring mouth close slowly, keeping little space to blow U sound, 5. So the dream-state and sound of U are similar in nature. 

Mantram-9. 1.'A'  is the first letter of AUM (OM). 2.It represents waking state. 3.'A'  is the first letter of word "Amma" meaning mother. 4. 'A 'is the fundamental of sounds. 5. We only open our mouth wide open and blow out some air and the initial sound A is produced. 6.The first letter 'A' seems to be in almost all languages of the world. 7. When a child is just born, the very first sound by which it declares itself to the world is by crying : 'A' A of amma. 8. Thus 'A' is the very first of all sounds and the waking-state-ego we know is the very first in the series of experiences.  

Mantrm-8. 1. We discussed "OM" ( A-U-M) in the first mantram. 2.From second to seventh mantrams we studied the four quarters of Atma. 3. Now from 8th to 12th mantrams we discuss the relationship between"OM" and the four quarters of Atma. 4. We will see that the same Atma is again A-U-M from the point  of view of the syllables. 5. The AUM with parts is viewed from the stand point of its sounds or letters. 6. The quarters are the letters and letters are the quarters.  7. The letters here are A, U, and M.

Mantram-7. 1. The Supreme Being ( Eswaran) cannot be explained by any language. 2. The only way by which the Fourth quarter or Turiya, the Atma, can be indicated is by the language of negation(not)(no). 3. This technique is well adopted in this mantram. ( see the following) 4. Turiya : is not the dream, 5. Turia : is not the waking-state-ego, 6. Tueiya : is not both, 7. Turiya : is not deep-sleep-state, 8. Turiya : is not simple consciousness, 9. Turiya : is not insentient, 10. Turiya : is unseen, 11. Turiya : is not  related to anything, 12. Turiya : is not known to anybody, 13. Turiya : is un-inferable, 14.Turiya : is unthinkable, 15. Turiya : is indescribable, 16. Turiya : is peaceful, 17. Turiya : is all-bliss ( sivam), 18. Turiya : is Non-dual, 19. This is what known as Turiya, 20. Meditation is the only way to attain this quarter and the final glory of spiritual life.