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	Ebooks on the Upanishads
		The Essence of the Aitareya and Taittiriya Upanishads
		An exposition of cosmic meditation as adumbrated in the Chhandogya Upanishad.
		This is a highly advanced philosophical and mystical text, and is one of the major Upanishads consitituting the basic canons on which the whole philosophy of India and its general outlook of life may be said to be founded.
	www.swami-krishnananda.org /books_3a.html (349 words)

	OM
		In the eighth section of Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, Iswara’s pervasion of the universe is described (the term used for Iswara is ‘akasa’) and in mantra 8, it is said that Iswara himself is pervaded by the Immutable Brahman..
		Brhadaranyaka Upanishad III.iv.1 talks of Brahman as Pratyagatma and in III.iv.2 It is described as “the Seer or the seer.the Thinker of the thinker...the Knower of the knower.You cannot see the Seer of the seer, you cannot hear the Hearer of the hearer, you cannot think the Thinker of the thinker.
		Mundaka Upanishad II.ii.9 - “In the supreme bright sheath i.e., in the vijnanamaya kosa, the intellect of individual beings, is Brahman, the light of lights (“jytotisham jyoti”), free from taints and divisionless (“virajam, nishkalam”).
	www.katha.org /academics/AdvaitaPT3a.html (4827 words)

	OM
		Kaivalya Upanishad 10 – “Clearly recognising Atma to be present in all beings and clearly recognising all beings in oneself.......
		The rshis call It the First, the infinite and the Supreme.” Mundaka Upanishad II.ii.9 - “In the supreme bright sheath i.e., in the vijnanamaya kosa, the intellect of individual beings, is Brahman, the light of lights (“jytotisham jyoti”), free from taints and divisionless (“virajam, nishkalam)”..
		Mundaka Upanishad II.ii.10 and Kathopanishad II.ii.15 – “There the sun does not shine, nor the moon nor the stars, not to speak of lightning or fire – (i.e., Brahma caitanyam as Sakshi illumines the mind and sense organs by being the source of cidabhasa and through them the world.
	www.katha.org /academics/AdvaitaPT3a.htm (3248 words)

	Upanishads - Essense of the Vedas - Indian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The term Upanishad literally means, sitting down under a tree, and they were mostly composed in the form of a dialogue between a guru and his disciple, where questions are posed and answers to them found on the basis of reason and the proof in the Vedas.
		The Chandogya Upanishad is attached to the Sama Veda.
		The later upanishads are the Prashna Upanishad, the Shvetashvatara Upanishad (which worships Shiva), the Mandukya Upanishad, the Mahanarayana Upanishad, The Jabala Upanishad, and the Vajrasuchika Upanishad.
	members.cox.net /apamnapat/citations/Upanishad.html (669 words)

	Upanishad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Different Upanishads served as commentaries of the four Vedas (Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda).
		Upanishads can be traced back to around 4th century BC.
		A study of any Upanishad therefore must start at the roots of the Vedas and yet be void of any religious bias.
	www.upanishad.us (260 words)

	Dr. Karan Singh
		The word Mundaka, etymologically, derives from a razor and, by extension, can be taken to refer to a person who has shaved his head.
		This was common among young students who were sent to the forest hermitages, or asramas, to study at the feet of a master.
		However, another interpretation could be that the Upanisad presents the higher wisdom in such a sharp and lucid manner that it shaves off or, removes the crust of ignorance with which we are surrounded, and enables us to realize the clear light of the divine.
	www.karansingh.com /hinduism/mundaka-upanishad.htm (2095 words)

	The Principal Upanishads by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD
		The Samhitas (hymns of the Vedas) were written by poets, the Brahmanas (the methodology of rituals) by the priests and the Aranyakas (forest-books, a prelude to Upanishads) and Upanishads by philosophers.
		The Upanishad explains the real power behind the functions of the phenomenal universe and the workings of the man. It asks and answers the question as to who the Atman is. The knowledge of the Absolute (Nirguna Brahman — para vidya), leads to immediate liberation and emancipation (sadyo mukti).
		It is one of the oldest and best-known Upanishads.
	www.boloji.com /hinduism/037.htm (2246 words)

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		Hinduism, Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.7 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite." 6.
		Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.10-11 Daibai asked Baso, "What is Buddha?" Baso answered, "This very mind is the Buddha." 16.
		Kena Upanishad 1.1-2 Lord, the Tathagatagarbha is not born, does not die, does not pass away to become reborn.
	www.textfiles.com /occult/WORLDSCRIPTURE/theme007.out (1802 words)

	The Upanishad,Theology of Hinduism,Upanishads of Ancient India
		The term Upanishad means ('upa' near; 'ni' down; 'shad' to sit) sitting down near; this implies the students sitting down near their Guru to learn the big secret.
		The purpose of this Upanishad is to make the reader understand the deeper meaning of sacrifice and to take him away from the outer trappings of the actual act.
		This is a comparatively later Upanishad and there are two main reasons to believe this: first of all, it has references to the Trinity of Hindu Gods (Shiva the destroyer, Vishnu the preserver and Brahma the creator) which is a later development, and plus references to the world being illusory in character reflects Buddhist influence.
	www.indiasite.com /scriptures/upanishads.html (1065 words)

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		Svetasvatara Upanishad 1.11-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - Katha Upanishad 1.3.11: Cf.
		Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.8-9 Gettan Osho said, "Keichu, the first wheelmaker, made a cart whose wheels had a hundred spokes.
		Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7 When I love him, I am his hearing by which he hears; and his sight by which he sees; his hand by which he strikes; and his foot by which he walks.
	www.textfiles.com /occult/WORLDSCRIPTURE/theme079.txt (1870 words)

	The Hindu : Significance of human birth
		The Upanishads, which are the philosophical portion of the Vedas, derive their names due to various reasons.
		The Mundaka Upanishad, which is one of the important texts, indicates monks because spiritual evolution involves renunciation of worldly desires.
		The Mundaka Upanishad has a hoary lineage, which is traced to the creator, Brahma, who taught it to his son Atharvan.
	www.hindu.com /2003/02/19/stories/2003021902470900.htm (449 words)

	Introduction to The Principal upaniShads (Contd.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Isa upaniShad belongs to the White Yajur Veda, KaTha upaniShad and SvetAsvatara upaniShad to the Black Yajur Veda, muNDaka upaniShad and Prasna belong to the Atharva Veda.
		Kena upaniShad gives the story of the discomfiture of the gods who found out the truth that it is the power of brahman which sustains the gods of fire, air, etc.
		The upaniShad seers are not bound by the rules of caste, but extend the law of spiritual universalism to the utmost bounds of human existence.
	www.cs.memphis.edu /~ramamurt/u_intro3.html (2299 words)

	II. The Mundaka-Upanishad
		Native commentators explain it as the shaving Upanishad, that is, as the Upanishad which cuts off the errors of the mind, like a razor.
		Another Upanishad also is called Kshurikâ, the razor, a name which is explained in the text itself as meaning an instrument for removing illusion and error.
		The title is all the more strange because Mundaka, in its commonest acceptation, is used as a term of reproach for Buddhist mendicants, who are called “Shavelings,” in opposition to the Brâhmans, who dress their hair carefully, and often display by its peculiar arrangement either their family or their rank.
	www.infoplease.com /t/rel/upanishads/intro2-2.html (455 words)

	Mundaka Upanishad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Muṇḍaka Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" (mukhya) Upanishads commented upon by Shankara.
		As descibed in the beginning of this upanishad, it is said to be first told by Brahma to his son Atharva and Atharva taught it to Satyavaha and Satyavaha passed it to Angiras who in turn passes the knowledge to Shaunaka, dialogue between two forms content of this Upanishad.
		The Mundaka Upanishad is notable as the source of the phrase Satyameva jayate, the national motto of India, appearing in the Nation Emblem of four lions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mundaka_Upanishad (294 words)

	The Advaita Vedânta Home Page - Upanishads
		The upanishads are expositions of doctrine, typically found in the concluding portions of the brAhmaNas and AraNyakas of the four vedas.
		The upanishads are not to be seen as uniform books - each text is connected to the veda in which it occurs, and the upanishadic teaching is often presented in the context of a particular vedic hymn or ritual.
		Since the upanishads are associated with individual SAkhAs within each veda, it might be interesting to investigate the distribution of these upanishads further, and correlate them with the distribution of the vaidika SAkhAs among today's communities of vaishNavas, Saivas and SAktas.
	www.advaita-vedanta.org /avhp/upanishad.html (810 words)

	Mundaka Upanishad
		The Mundaka Upanishad belongs to the Atharva Veda and has three chapters, each of which has two sections.
		The name is derived from the root mund, 'to shave,' as he that comprehends the teaching of the Upanishad is shaved or liberated from error and ignorance.
		The Upanishad states clearly the distinction between the higher knowledge of the Supreme Brahman and the lower knowledge of the empirical world.
	www.hindunet.org /upanishads/mundaka/index.htm (104 words)

	Upanishads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Upanishads are the concluding portions of the Brahmanas and are enshrining the essense of Vedic teaching.
		Upanishads happen to be the most foremost authorities of the Vedanta system of Philosophy that developed in later times in different forms.
		These Upanishads are in the form of sublime thoughts tauhgt by celebrated teachers to their intimate disciples.
	www.srivaishnava.org /scripts/upa/upa.htm (340 words)

	Satyam - The Hindu Awareness Organization of The George Washington University
		The Upanishads constitute what we call the Vedanta (Veda-anta), the end of the Vedas, not merely because they constitute the last part of them, but above all because they are their ultimate teachings, reaching to the highest metaphysical state, beyond which is the realm of Silence.
		The most ancient Upanishads are, in fact, part of the Vedas, and are therefore a part of the Shruti.
		The Upanishads are the first scriptures where the law of Karma first appeared as taught by Yajnavalkya (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad).
	www.gwu.edu /~satyam/upanishads.htm (223 words)

	Hindu Scriptures
		The Tandya or Panchavimsa, the Shadvimsa, the Chhandogya, the Adbhuta, the Arsheya and the Upanishad Brahmanas belong to the Sama-Veda.
		Isa, Kena, Katha, Prasna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Aitareya, Taittiriya, Chhandogya, Brihadaranyaka, Kaushitaki, and Svetasvatara and Maitrayani.
		The language of the Vedas is archaic, and the subtle philosophy of the Vedanta and the Upanishads is difficult to grasp and assimilate.
	www.hinduism.co.za /hindu2.htm (11099 words)

	Ahwan - The Spiritual Approach to Life
		We have a upanishad called the Mundaka which raises this point and deals somewhat extensively on the issue.
		The Mundaka Upanishad where this question is raised, also goes to length in explaining what is indeed true knowledge.
		Mundaka Upanishad tells us that when you have read the texts, listened to explanations you have been exposed only to apara vidya.
	www.ahwan.org /article30.htm (641 words)

	The Principal Upanishads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Excerpt from the The Principal Upanishads The Vedic Knowledge - The knowledge that was prized the most in ancient India by the rishis was known as Vidya.
		According to the Mundaka Upanishad, one should acquire two forms of knowledge: the apara (lower) and the Para (Higher).
		An ancient Sanskrit text says: "The teacher explains in silence and the disciple's doubts are resolved." When a pupil approached the preceptor for instruction, often he would be asked to meditate on the problem and seek the answer from within his own self.
	www.ramakrishna.org /catalog/archive/PrincipalUpanishads.htm (893 words)

	Self As Knower in Vishisthadvaita
		Of the two selves the one that transmigrates is limited by adjuncts and is fit to follow either the path of knowledge or that of Karma according as it seeks liberation or worldly prosperity.
		The Katha and the Mundaka passages quoted at the beginning refers to Life Spirit and consciousness as the two separate selves as they are inalienable though two in number.
		The Upanishads, Gita and the Brahma Sutras, which form the Prasthana Traya or the Scriptural Trinity of Vedanta, clearly refer to the twin aspects of Life Spirit and consciousness as the Self in the human body.
	www.hknet.org.nz /GP-SelfASKnower.html (3037 words)

	Upanishad - Upanishads: Universal Insights - Supreme Indian Work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		There are 112 Upanishad in all, filling a text about the size of the Bible.
		Brhadaranyaka Upanishad The Brhadaranyaka Upanishad is a major Upanishad, widely known for its philosophical statements.
		Upanishad There are 108 generally accepted Upanishads, but according to There are 10 principal Upanishads: The Aitareya Upanishad of the Rig-Veda.
	webinfofeed.com /wifd/upanishad.htm (292 words)

	Realization.org: Mundaka Upanishad, Book 3, Chapter 2
		The fifteen parts of a human being are described in the Prasna Upanishad VI 4.
		As the flowing rivers disappear in the sea, losing their name and their form, thus a wise man, freed from name and form, goes to the divine Person, who is greater than the great.
		Despite its earlier criticism of Vedic ritual, the Upanishad now says that the higher knowledge of Brahman should be given only to people who know the Vedas and have performed the necessary Vedic rituals.
	www.realization.org /page/namedoc0/mundaka/mundaka_3_2.htm (651 words)

	Yoga Network - Articles
		So, "Upanishad" means, "be seated at the feet of the Guru to receive the teaching." The Upanishads constitute what we call the Vedanta (Veda-anta), but above all because they are their ultimate teachings, reaching to the highest metaphysical state, beyond which is the realm of Silence.
		The Gods referred to in these Upanishads are Agni the God of fire, Vayu the God of air or wind, Indra the God of heroic power and storms, Rudra a God of destruction and of healing, Savitri a sun God or Goddess, Brahma the creator, and Vishnu the preserver.
		Types of Upanishads The characteristics of the Upanishads are their universality and the total absence of any dogmatism.
	www.yoganetwork.org /articles/article_39.html (630 words)

	ATMA JYOTI ASHRAM - Om Yoga 9: Om in the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Yoga Sutras
		The upanishad continues with the exposition of Om as the power of fulfillment, saying: “Verily, this Syllable is of assent, for whenever one assents to anything he says simply ‘Om.’ What is assent is fulfillment.
		A little later the upanishad returns to the power of Om to fulfil desires, saying: “He obtains wishes by singing [intoning], who knowing this, meditates on the udgitha [Om when it is part of Vedic recitation] as the syllable.
		The upanishadic sages had much to say about the sun as the source of life, teaching that all sentient beings have come into the physical plane through the sun which is a gateway to the astral realms.
	www.atmajyoti.org /me_om_yoga_book_10.asp (2632 words)

	The Upanishads
		Especially useful for those who wants to translate "The Upanishads" in other languages.
		The Upanishads translated by Swami Paramanand from the original sanskrit text.
		Commentary on the Upanishads from the 'Atma Jyoti Ashram'
	sanatan.intnet.mu /upanishads/upanishads.htm (186 words)

	Srivaishnavan.com - FAQ
		Upanishads contain philosophical thoughts, in the form of discussions and explanations.
		The ten Upanishads are: Isavaya Upanishad, Kena Upanishad, Kata Upanishad, Prasna Upanishad, Mundaka Upanishad, Mandukya Upanishad, Taittiriya Upanishad, Aitareya Upanishad, Chandogya Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.
		Aitareya Upanishad is in Rig Veda Isavasya Upanishads, Kata Upanishads, Taittiriya Upanishad Bridhadaranyaka Upanishad are in Yajur Veda.
	www.srivaishnavan.com /ans_vedas.html (1868 words)

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