Vedanta-- a show business.

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(Analysis of Inapt Education - the book is available online. One chapter from that) 

KNOWLEDGE
Brahman - one order of reality / world - second
order of reality / mix-up increases ignorance / state
of continuous mismaze.
knowledge removes ignorance / points real position
any medium can do that / Sanskrit - scriptures, not
the only source / no one has the monopoly
even thorns teaches tolerance / flora - fauna have no
expectation / river do not sign contract / air never
carries smell forever / nature is a natural guru / practical guru
learn from it / use your wisdom
a natural guru provided by almighty / do not follow priest craft
beware of guruism.

In the field of spiritualism trinity of devotion (bhakti), knowledge (gyan) and penance (vairagya) is essential. Here, penance is related with proper understanding of body and its requirements. The yoga darshan helps in this respect. The Vedanta helps in knowledge. It removes the ignorance regarding the superimposed identity. The practice of seeing the almighty in every aspect of life is devotion. It is taught by nature or circumstances. Without this trinity the total affair is a show business.

The removal of ignorance regarding  the real identity is the fabric of Vedanta. Everyone is familiar with the superimposed identity which is based on race, region, religion, language, profession, service, etc. The life passes in confusion and contradiction. The removal of ignorance is essential for surviving peacefully. A chronological development of training or thought process is essential to achieve the target. The person must follow the basic rules of Yoga like control on using the sense organs and organs of action. After following these things, the person can easily digest the teachings of Vedanta. Without these, the person may become a good orator or author and after being initiated, can get name - fame but his internal growth will not take place.

When a person talks about jiva and Ishwara as same, a question rises in the mind. The jiva or the common man can't do those things which Ishwara can do easily. He may create dream world but after waking everything goes away and for that knowledge of vibhutipad chapter of yoga darshan is needed because power needed for creation comes from that. The ancient sages were expert in these things. Rishi Vishwawamitra could create things and the deities were afraid of him. While searching, one can get many examples. The current discussion is on Vedanta so that side will be dealt afterwards. Therefore, there must be coordination of various dimensions to understand, digest and apply Vedanta. Without these, a person remains a parrot or simply an orator. In the name of teaching, he'll be dependent on grammar or rejecting other schools of Indian philosophy. The teaching becomes a show business or simply a medium of earning bread - butter. In some cases it has been noticed, the orator or the teacher is a practitioner of sadhanas mentioned in yoga darshan and have acquire power but he rejects sadhana aspect while teaching Vedanta. A person may not be interested in the power obtained by these sadhanas but basic practice is necessary. They help in controlling the behavior.

Now, let us enter into the main topic which is connected with the methodology of teaching Vedanta. It is creating a regiment of extrovert followers.They become attached to this or that guru or organization. They are unable to work jointly. A type of competition develops between them and in the name of non - dualism, attachment increases.

A truth inquirer coming from abroad devoted three years, in studying Vedanta. The person said,'I'll not join show business teachers class. Vedanta is not a business but I met few teachers during my stay and found, they were more interested in the number of students and personal name and property via teaching Vedanta and Sanskrit. I think they are not right teachers. How can I find truth from them? This kind of philosophy can't help people except me. I find god in others. He does not exist in the textbook. I can read the characters and have a free will. I am not a product. I am a human. They are training students to get more money from the society.''

 Akshay was neither surprised or shocked. Have already gone through courses in Hindi and English. In many places management or head monk was forced to appoint good looking orator because they were not ready to take the risk of giving their platform to others. Their audience may not like the speaker and they will loose the market. Here, management or the monk can't be blamed. The audience also want a good looking orator. It happens more in the case of those cases where rich class is attached with the organization. A chief executive officer of an organization said, ''I am totally familiar with the abortion cases of our one center but we are not taking any step. We give time for improvement.'' In another place a person in top management said, ''money is not a problem. Once you start teaching and students start coming, money also come. If you ask for five you'll get fifteen.''A judge in Mumbai also said, '' I am surprised to see the number of swamis involved in different cases.'' In the dining hall of an organization, a person saw a commentary on Gita on a table of another person. As soon as he knew the author didn't belong to their organization he said, ' our swamis have a clear vision.' He gave a nasty look and his body language showed as if he has touched an untouchable object. A person may like - dislike a particular author but there must be some internal growth. It is essential in the field of spiritualism. one swami gave his example and asked me to be careful. He said, ' when I started studying, there was slight problem with digestion. Some medicines were given. After few months the same problem started. Slowly - slowly, problem became permanent. Then one day, injections were given. The side impact was intolerable. Now, the situation is, I have to take lot of medicines and follow precautions for survival. I wasn't like this when I was admitted for the course.' This is not the only example. There are many. Several students are treated in such a way, students become dependent on the organization. They have to dance on the tunes.'

Akshay is familiar with the actual position.This post is not meant to malign the image or wash linen in open. It is just an eye opener for them who are mesmerized by the teachings of different organizations and start behaving like a fanatic follower. Instead of converting a home into a monastery they convert a monastery in a home. Instead of running their profession or business in s spiritualistic manner they convert spiritualism or Vedanta in a business.

The so called vedantists talk about non dualism but most of them are not interested in its application. At that time they take foolish examples for highlighting dualism like difference in dealing with different organs of the body of behaving with public and other things. The transactional reality is of separate domain and subjective reality is another. When nutritious food shows its impact on the health then knowledge of self will show in the behavior. There's no need to hide personal lust  behind the curtain of non dualism. All of them are worried about the number of students and mainly foreigners if the course is in English.  It helps in getting good donation and afterwards if any student leaves there's no problem. The management is attached with the sell of books,CD, expansion of the organization at every cost, etc.

The mentality of plurality is quite high. They do not teach on the basis of the commentaries of other organizations and not only that, other scriptures of Vedanta are also not taught. The common reason-- it is neither written by Adi Shankaracharya not he's written commentary on this - Astravakra Gita, Hans Gita,etc. The yogvasistha is left due to its volume. In order to prove personal level, they do not hesitate to write a commentary on them but teaching is not allowed. Therefore, the level of the written work remains hidden. The total teaching of Vedanta runs around the work of Adi Shankaracharya- as if Vedanta was discovered by him. What kind of teaching is this? Vedanta can be taught without the help of Sanskrit, grammar or a specified group of scriptures.

The unbaked vedantists are spreading hatred towards each other. The game of corporate culture is played openly. Their various dimensions have been discussed in the book- The Guru to Guruism. Here, emphasis will be on the type of the society created by them. According to the scriptures, demons had the knowledge of self and many were good orators. The names of Hiranyakashyap, Shambrasur, Vritasur, Ravana, Prahalad and Bali are present in the scriptures. Any interested reader can consult Puranas and Yogvasistha. Now, don't say, they are not present in Veda. This is idiocy. The consoling advice given by them comes under Vedanta teaching.  Ravana gives to his queen Mandodri when her son Meghnad dies. Hiranyakashyap says to his mother and to the wife of Hiranyakch. It happens when Hiranyakch was killed. Vritasur and Bali preaches Indra in the battle field. Therefore, anyone can be a teacher of Vedanta. The required thing is the nature or conduct for which a person gets praise. This is the parameter of Brahminhood as mentioned in the Yaksha samvad in the epic, The Mahabharata.

When a person goes to a teacher for the knowledge of self which is free from superimposition, in the absence of factual facts, he becomes a prey of any cult or organization. Everyone needs office staff or a regiment of fanatic followers. On one side they will say, everything is mithya or false but on other hand, personal organization is true and working for that is seva (service). This must be done because it has removed the ignorance. This is not the required aim of Vedanta. One more false notion is promoted via teaching--- Brahman is one order of reality and the world another. Their relation can only be known by scriptures or shrutis. The teacher is only interested in priest craft or guruism. It is the eyes of wisdom which reveals the actual position. Even Adi Shankaracharaya supported this. He used the word viveka or the mentality of analytical analysis. It is really a pathetic situation where his followers are following something else. With this personal interpretation is highlighted under every circumstance. A student must be trained in using the power of wisdom. Here, role of scriptures are not negated. Even the vedic literature does not promote itself as the final medium of knowledge. When the knowledge is required to remove the ignorance then it can come from any source. No one has the monopoly on this.

Veda means knowledge. Which knowledge? The one which is time tested. Every branch of knowledge is time, place and object bound. The change in technology brings the change in scientific theories and thinking. Even in the field of social  science and literature change takes place from time to time. The thought process or behavioral pattern demands a new dimension for application or writing. All these are the examples of time bound knowledge. The place bound knowledge depends on the information about the place. The reliability depends from case to case. In the media or in the text book or in a traveler's opinion a place is described from their angle. The text book may not reveal the actual position of a region. It can be easily seen in the case of geography books. The media is also interested in marketing -- it may be sponsored or for personal rating. In both the cases sensation and marketability plays the dominant role. The object bound knowledge depends on the knowledge about the object. The object and place bound knowledge depends on the time factor. It is the time which changes the view regarding place or object. Therefore, the knowledge which is independent and time tested becomes the essence of Veda. It is the supreme knowledge. It unfolds the identity of an individual. It shows the difference in the superimposed or attributed identity and subjective reality. The former increases the complex related issues. Whereas latter helps in accepting the role of others in shaping the life. It is in positive or negative manner-- that is another issue. Therefore, the word Veda must not be limited to any particular book. It will only satisfy a region or religion. Even Veda itself is not fanatic about its definition. 

The teaching of Vedanta promotes freedom and shows the way of survival in this life. It must not be used as a tool to hide lust and settle accounts. There is no need of promoting it as a career prospect medium because it will invite all the loopholes of materialism. There must be some difference in the degree course on Vedanta and the subject taught by the monks.

The way in which it is projected, it seems as if, a group of Upanishads are thev only source of this subject or responsible to remove ignorance.  Charvaka came when he was needed. Gautama Buddha came when he was needed. Adi Shankaracharya, Jesus....came when they were needed. This process is still working. None of them is the last guru or preacher. Why? The founder has a vision. His teachings suffered the stroke of depreciation. The followers start playing their game. Therefore, another preacher or prophet is needed. Normally he opposes the view in order to remove the impurities. How they are projected in the society, that is another issue. That is related with the game of dirty politics.

 If we see the example of the teaching of Buddha, Pali Canon only appeared in writing several centuries after the passing of Gautama. The Mahayanists claimed to have access to a whole set of teachings which had not yet been written down. How can these historical claims can be believed? There was enough time to twist the meaning. They do not match and more focus was on to develop it as a different religion. Above all, a verse or two can't be used as a mode of rejection or support. One must study the available material and try to match the teachings. The loopholes if any, can be detected. The urge for name, fame, bread - butter forces the common mind to do various things.The Indian philosophical schools are tuned with the thought process. The sutras of all the 9 established schools are present in the Vedic literature. They were not named separately. When they were classified under different heads for studying or understanding purpose, problem started.

There is no need to search the exact words or phrases of sutras or principles of schools of Indian philosophy in vedic literature. One must apply the art of extracting the essence. The formulas are mentioned. One can not use the formula of physics to judge the chemistry, so the way of checking contents must be according to the subject. Vedic literature is open on this issue.The teachers do come but there is the difference in the quality. Some are interested in creating the division and promoting issues. The quality suffers due to the ratio between teaching and follower-ship. Therefore for renewing the teaching, a new preacher is needed to oppose the manipulated version. The interested reader may follow the link. The book has thrown light on this issue.



 The avatar of Gautama Buddha is mentioned in Bhagavat Mahapurana -10.40.  If one wants to follow that, he must have broad vision. Suttanipat -  292, 322, 458, 846, 1059, 1060, etc., all are tuned with Vedic literature. His importance was not taught and he was rejected in the name of Vedanta.To create the division it was made famous, Buddha did not endorse any metaphysics, Vedic or other. The later forms of Buddhism integrated a lot of metaphysical theories from outside. The other group said, Buddha burnt the Veda. These views are blasphemy and nothing else. 


In new testament disciples asked Jesus about his - difficult to follow examples. The reply was - not meant for everyone. True, if one has the urge- ground is ready, will try to take the essence. For others it will be a story or a matter of time pass or a means of earning. They will only listen for listening purpose and after telling the essence or hidden meaning, wont follow. The same thing can be said about Vedic literature. One must have the urge to know the truth and stop thinking of teaching by completing the course. During a course, brainwashing is done - things are projected to prove the supremacy of one ideology or school of philosophy. it happened with Gita. This technique is used in the courses of Vedanta. It becomes compulsory to reject others. The teachers normally laughs by saying, ''this is also right, that is also right. All of them say the same thing. This thinking is wrong. It means you are still ignorant. You must come to shastras and study properly.'' For them, shastras denote the commentaries of Adi Shankaracharya and  the books written by their guru. None of the Upanishads rejects any kind or level of thought. Vedanta can be taught without rejecting others view. On one hand they teach, Brahman is the ultimate truth and one must feel his presence everywhere. On the other hand they oppose the sadhana aspect which helps in that feeling.


  

  PSEUDO VEDANTIST - 1
You've done courses / you've taken courses / became expert in
author craft / gone through libraries / how much has gone though
you / name via teaching Vedanta - Sanskrit / still running after
fame / enough with jugglery of words, ornamental phrases,
stupid jokes / you're behaving like a promoter / marketing personal
view / worried about expansion / corporate culture dictates
your expression / do not hide lust, promote unfulfilled desires.
many have gone,many will go, many will come / no one is the
final teacher / no one is the only feeder.

Food - a short but brief note

         Food - a short but brief note 

The consumption of the food is based on the physiological and psychological needs of a person concerned. These two factors combine with one another which is clear by the example of tea and coffee which are taken as a part of the life for an addict person who can not think of a day staying without them (tea and coffee). The idea of keeping them as a refreshment is one thing but marketing them as the main source of providing energy is another. On the basis of the physiological factors nutrients like fat, carbohydrate, protein, vitamins, minerals, water and fibre are needed in various combinations on the basis of region, climate, season, age, profession and maturity of the person concerned. When the emotions start dictating the terms in the case of consumption of food various disorders comes on the surface. A person either starts taking any particular item as a medium of relieving from stress, anxiety, depression, anger or do not pay attention towards the actual needs of the body and for the time being relaxation may be felt but it develops addiction towards that particular item which is not a symbol of healthy lifestyle. The same rule applies during happiness when consumption is done for the celebration and in both the cases of sorrow and happy ‘gormandized’ situation is noticed where hunger, addiction and craving are united. On the other hand the idea of three square meals has nothing to do with the metabolism but the mind takes this as a rule and start following it without analysing the situation. Therefore a person is sandwiched between emotional eating and the teaching of three square meals for all. The physiological needs are either overlooked or not properly followed due to the lack of education and emotional eating plays the dominant role in such an ugly way that a psychological need is taken as the real need. And the market goes on injecting the idea of ‘lacking’ in which a person starts thinking that he /she lacks this or that thing. 

The concept of food is normally taken as the thing consumed by the mouth but the Indian thought process expands that vision because the external world is felt in the form of sound by the ears, touch by the skin, seeing by the eyes, taste by the mouth and smell by the nose. They are taken as the food of their respective sense organs combining in various ways to give physical, mental and intellectual well being. Any type of abnormality in their combination results in health issues. This broad vision helps to understand the pattern of consumption and impact of food on the body. When one says that a body reflects the quality of the food taken, it is related with all the five categories of food mentioned above. In the case of other creatures the number of sense organs may be less but the all of them taken together shows the health of the particular creature. In the case of unicellular organism also everything is not dependent on the consumption by the mouth and other factors also have a role to play which automatically proves the vibration of other sense organs. Though their might not be any fixed shape or place of other organs but their vibration can felt by various work done by an organism. 

This presentation is focussed on the relation of the types of food with human being. If we see the global situation the food related issue can be broadly divided into two categories where on the one side there is over consumption, wastage, craving and on the other side one can see under consumption or malnutrition. The history of the human civilization has seen the era where pollution was not a great issue and there was no need of green revolution or organic farming or hybrid crops, etc. Whereas due to the industrial and other types of revolutions immense pressure on food production, preservation and types of pollution as an unwanted ‘gift’ is felt. When one sees the position of drinking water throughout the globe the situation isn't healthy. The level of ground water is going down at an alarming rate. Though one talks about organic farming but the polluted air and water is used for that in many places. On the other hand wastage of prepared food during festivals and unplanned distribution of crops in under privileged areas is increasing the number of hungry people. More or less everyone is familiar with this stuff then what's new in this paper so that it may be useful for all. Now comes the importance of the view mentioned earlier. 

There is no item which can be termed as totally bad or good for the human consumption as seen in the case of milk which is prohibited during stomach disorders. Modern medical science also confirms the impact of emotion on the food consumed which arises due the input received by other sense organs and the fruit of action done by the organs of action. And like this both the group of organs behave as a medium to serve the mind which is the ultimate enjoyer of the fruits of action involving sense organs and organs of action. Therefore the psychological needs are governed by the mind. The physiological needs are governed by the stomach or in the other words when a person really feels hungry and is not bothered about the taste or the decoration of the prepared food which do not negate their value but avoid the tendency of highlighting them as done by the restaurants and advertising agencies while dealing with the junk food. In this regard one remembers Dopamine which is a happy hormone and when the brain is unable to tolerate the level it starts behaving in an odd way. The confectionaries and bakeries are busy in using those chemicals which are helping in increasing the level of Dopamine or those neuro hormones or neuro transmitters which results in the increase in the sales and harmful impact is noticed in the increased level of craving for confectionary and bakery items due to the false signals given by the brain. It helps in increasing obesity and other health problems. 

Various types of diet plan fails due to the lack of tuning with the actual needs of a particular body which changes due to the emotional status and the environment of the concerned person. In fact the concept of balanced diet is more or less imaginary which do not match with the ground reality. Most of the diet plans do not deal with the control on emotions so they are unable to meet the needs of a particular person in the long run. The short term benefit is marketed to attract more customers but sooner or later health issues repeats itself and the society runs after a new diet plan. 

The success of any diet plan depends on all the categories of food consumed by any normal human body, upbringing style and the psychological needs of a particular body. The over consumption or craving for any particular food item taken as a remedy to solve the problem of stress or irritation or anger or depression donot have a positive impact on the health of the particular person who falls in this trap. 

The educational system must focus on the issue of craving, wastage and over eating. The student life is a construction period where proper guidance in this respect will help them in future. The areas which can be useful in this regard are breathing exercises or pranayam, yoga, way of eating and drinking, training about the combination of the types of the food and their items, regional and seasonal needs. When a particular person is trained in anyone or more areas mentioned, the life becomes happier than before. For example the way of eating must be monitored regularly. Due to the complex lifestyle food is eaten quickly without chewing it properly. And the water is also swallowed as fast as possible. There's an old saying which asks to drink the food and chew the water. The food must be chewed so that it mixes with the saliva present in the mouth nicely and comfortably reaches the stomach. On the other hand the water must be taken sip by sip and swallowed slowly. It is better to keep the water in the mouth for a second or two before swallowing. When chewing and drinking done properly the consumption and wastage is controlled which in return increases the savings of the person following this rule. 

When we talk about impact of climate change on the problem of food we must include the issues mentioned above. 

While dealing food shortage we talk more about funds or donations or diverting funds for handling this issue but it often goes in the domain of part time business where major portion of the money is misused. Collection for feeding human and other creatures is also a part time business in many places. 

Wastage of food can be controlled if one understands this the actual and assumed need which is controlled by market. Unemployed, idle mind, higher level of stress or happy hormone also adds to the problem in many cases. And the problem of hunger can be handled properly. For feeding one must know the inner system of the body. Only full stomach policy can't be useful always. Actuall need of food may be less. Proper education is also required in this case. Just by distributing food packets everywhere, everytime will increase the problem. 

A poetic view - my new poems

                    Do listen 

       Rumors rules rationalism

        raises rumpus so often

        reverence nor reliableness

        reaches any ear, o dear

        senses following senselessness

        loosing own fragrance

        nothing to cherish or cheer, o dear

       we hear what we want to hear

        Beware, for thine sake dear 

        lend me thine ear,

        change this year

        settle every loose affair.

         Dear, be there 

         listen without fear

        hearing brings sneer 

        have something to cheer 

         hearing, no more dear

         set thine paradigm dear

         light own Jeer, ohh dear. 

✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️

                  Right is right?

        

Right! right!! right!!!! 

is right always right 

can wrong be right 

relative is every right

right can be wrong

wrong can be right 

is seeing always right 

is perception always right 

is hearing always right

is intuition alone right 

is intellect alone right 

keep your belts tight 

who will win this fight 

comfort zone says right 

rat race says right. 

 chaos confusion is on rise 

cunningly defines right 

cleverly defines right 

was that also right 

it gives you a nice flight 

others indulge in fight

sponsored stuff wasn't right 

marketed always as right 

syllabus said it right 

popularity isn't always right 

followed by many as right

circumstantial evidence, 

microscopic assessment, 

charging army of ifs - buts, 

using mask for rights, 

were they all right? 

why Akshay says so 

Is he in our lobby 

he is in whose lobby 

nothing profitable in profile. 

drar, Akshay is not there 

in the work he is present 

start reading the eyes 

use thine inner eyes

easy to understand right 

easy to define right. 

✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️

                     Tree house 

Grown up strong trees 

house's several families 

helps in making house 

helps in becoming house 

can become a home 

house and home 

both can become a tree. 

pastime, leisure, residence 

observance, work space on a tree 

always above ground 

 learn from trees

behave like a tree 

course is not free 

first look after the tree. 

✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️

                      Poetry 

Simple collection of words? 

wrestling of thoughts? 

flow of raw rotten rubbish

unhealthy, unbaked thoughts? 

every expression, a poem? 

prose - poetry mixture, a poem? 

fake positivity a poem? 

only intellect a poem? 

only intuition a poem? 

only reporting is poem? 

Dear reader, 

tune thine thoughts 

avoid thine mine 

use hearty intellect 

language won't matter 

neither culture will stop 

nor the distance create hurdle 

every barrier will break 

you will understand what poetry is. 

✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️

           Rattling and symphony

Freedom of speech

 freedom of creativity

 free thinkers now do not think 

free from thinking 

 thinking a bondage? 

 analysing outdated? 

 rattling a symphony? 

sound is in both 

whichever you like most 

upbringing shows the path. 

Media platforms keeps busy, 

under one roof as a family 

silent symphony 

every member in own world 

mine fan, thine fan 

keeps the family busy 

new form of family. 

Is that the symphony? 

now 

more freedom 

more choice 

more rights 

every revolution for tights, right? 

and duties? 

thine right, mine duty 

mine right thine duty 

check your inner symphony

family needs sharing caring 

duties- rights go hand in hand 

do you listen or hear, ohh dear. 

✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️

                        Haiku

(1)

Day ran in left right 

each right is not always right 

 mind searches new right. 

                (2)

Grand looking new vine 

you are chasing every time 

be human this time 

Note :- Japanese style of writing haiku poems have 3 lines in the respective order of 5,7,5 syllables. 

✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️

                       

Sat and asat

                       Sat and asat

In Satpath Brahman asat is explained as rishi creation or prana shrishti
 (VI. I.I.I)

असद्वाsदमग्रsआसीत । तदाहुः कि तदसदासीदित्यृषयो वावं तेsग्रेsसदासीत्तदाहुः के तsऋषय इति प्राणा वाsऋषयः ।

The gross material created is said to be sat and the preceding stage of energy is termed as asat. Others take Brahman as sat or pradhan and prakriti as asat. The problem arises  when the definition given by any cult overshadows the concept of ancient scriptures. Anything arising from human mind will have options. The followers of another cult will say prakriti as sat which can be seen in the literature of shakt or shakti cult, tantric tradition, few branches of yoga and devotion which is based on promoting name and form. Actually they can't take themself as asat so in the order to save personal lust they hide behind the curtain of own  hollow ideology. In fact these people have taken body as a soul but they won't admit easily. After all every sadhana is body oriented and a work of avidya or prakriti where place, person, portion, period plays an important role.

The prana shrishti is a type of adjective whose survival depends on the sat or the gross material. It is quite difficult to digest because in this concept one's own pampered and tamasik ego based on comparison is injured.  

Upanishad - An investigation (1).

           An Investigation

Upanishads belongs to every individual and must not be labeled as a property of any cult, sect or preacher, region or religion. In fact when eyes of wisdom opens, the person feels their presence in the heart and from that angle Upanishads are present in everyone.  The essence of Vedic Literature is mentioned in them and numerous styles are adapted to suit the grasping power of an individual. If the meaning is taken as the  last chapter of Veda, one point must also be considered. It is the conclusion of whole text in which main purpose of the whole script is kept in short but brief. 

There is a peculiar tradition of dealing with this topic. First of all, it is divided in, Dualism or Dwaita and Non-dualism or Adwaita. Teaching and writing is done on the basis of the names of different scholars. In that also there are several heads which gives a severe blow to the literature. The cordial relation among scriptures is shattered and inner link is totally ignored. The founder of every cult was taken as incarnation of Almighty by the followers and the leader was busy in proving personal  superiority, for some, Puranas were the final thing. Things mentioned in them were taken as final verdict whereas other rejected them totally and few even rejected Gita. They don’t recognize, those Upanishads, who are against their ideology and illicit reasoning became prominent while teaching, writing and preaching. Their full time was devoted in that and  the society couldn’t receive any motivational, positive and practical approach towards the life. Teaching and preaching of Vedanta remained at information level. Every organization wants promotion of their personal books. It seems as if, there are varieties of Vedanta or natural nature. That is why; conversion of bookish information  into knowledge didn’t take place. Instead of becoming an actor or try to enlighten others, one must see personal progress. To move towards, essence of Vedic Literature, matching of scripture must be done which makes digestion  of values easy. On the one hand the -'teachers' were busy in describing or unfolding Upanishads and on the other hand most of them were promoting their lust for power, prestige and popularity. And for that balanced approach towards behavior and spiritualism was sidelined. The society's mind was diluted and the mass thought that just by attending discourses they'll grasp the essence without thinking of the change in the behavior. 
Now let us try to match and extract the juice for the proper understanding of Vedanta. The discussion will start with Upanishads. Due to sponsored intelligence, several questions are raised without thinking on them. Some of them are:--

 How many Upanishads are there? Who was the writer? Which is the first one? What is written in them? Just keep them aside. Read them, after following our views. Then only you’ll understand.

There are only 2-3 mantra of few Upanishad in Veda. Later on they were expanded by others. They must not be taken as a part of Veda. Mahavakayas are mere labels. What about other vakyas? Other religions do not talk about God as a separate entity, what about Upanishads? They're influenced by jainism? 

There is no clear cut answer about the number of Upanishads and normally it is said that every branch of expanded veda had one upanishad of its own. The word expansion denotes the part added by the devoted students which means Samveda had 1000 Upanishads because it had the same number of branches.  Instead of quarreling about the number, one must take the essence because most of the branches are no more visible. Regarding the authorship, sages of Vedic Age were writers. They were seers of the mantras or the information was revealed to them. A person may think why it was revealed to a small group by the Almighty and rest of the mass was left in the hands of those messengers who were also haunted by their own vested interest. Why the process of revealing has stopped? 
 To receive the signal properly the receiver of the electronic gadget must be switched on and stay in  working condition. If both things are absent signal can't be received. The same thing happened in the case of revealing where quality of the person concerned was of that level in which signal from the almighty were easily received. Currently the people aren't interested in improving their quality and there is a vast difference in mental and intellectual views. And even the body language comes with an opposite version.  One can also see the matter in another way which says that things happens according to the cosmic requirements and currently there is no need of that level of receiver. 
 Some Upanishads were written in the period of incarnation. Everybody knows about the first one; it is Ishavashya Upanishad, found in the 40^th chapter of Yajurveda. Regarding the rest, they are scattered in Aranyaka or Brahmana part. Many cults do not take most of them as a part of Veda because smell of history comes from them. HOW? There are names of sages and the rulers who were present in the history of this nation therefore they can't be taken as a part of Veda which is aporushiya (not created or written by human hands). If believers in the authenticity of Veda take it as a visible garment of the Almighty, they must allow the supreme power to teach as it thinks and stop dictating the terms. On the one hand they take Veda as God's message or manifested in verbal form and on the other hand start explaining the teaching style. The grasping power of each and every individual is different and the vedic knowledge is for all so it must be left in the hands of the God to decide the technique of imparting knowledge. 
They contain topics related with the behavioral and spiritual welfare of the mankind. In the order to  get a learned son or a daughter, detailed process is mentioned in Brhadaranyak Upanishad, for eyes, there are Chakshu and Suryo Upanishad. 
They are divided on the basis of topic and cults are busy in expressing monopoly. The division was done by unreliable scholars, who were supporter of division and sponsored by cults or academic institutions who supported the way of divide and rule.  All the Upanishads are linked and they support the essence of Vedic Literature. They denote the progress of the seeker and do not dictate terms. 

They are not as difficult, as being made famous. In fact, some of the things are presented in a simple manner. 
Every easy thing was kept hidden from the society. They were promoted as, those scriptures, who don’t have anything to do with the contemporary life or have an impact on day to day behavior.

 If anyone reads with an open heart, the person will be surprised with the treasure hidden in them. Even the special knowledge of Sanskrit is also not essential. When one reads them via commentaries, confusion will arise. Everyone is unique in its respect; grasping power of every individual is different, same thing is revealed in different ways like, some of them follow a story style and others do not. Instead of searching the links of, names present in them, one must extract the essence. When you do not follow this simple rule, one thought will come that - 'none of the Upanishad matches with one another. Everyone says different thing.' Actually , they are saying only one thing your mind is so much pre- occupied, it is unable to understand the reality. A student of class 10 won’t follow a book of university level. For learning swimming you do not jump in the English Channel directly, in starting,  a swimming pool is recommended for beginners. 

Regarding the mahavakayas, it can be said, they were promoted for discussing the essence of Vedic Literature. Other vakyas or lines don't have that thing and they are busy in  discussing a single aspect like creation of the universe or only jiva or twam (manifested form) or only unmanifested (tat) or consciousness who is omnipotent and omniscient . Directly, they do not help in discussing, the required topic and any sensible reader can understand this difference. There are three basic formulas to follow the topic of Vedic literature and they will be shown in the second part of this post. For the need of this post only one is mentioned which says about study, reasoning and experience. Though trio of three things is essential, the  pseudo scholars cleverly removed  the study part. It was done to maintain the mental slavery. None of them, openly said anything against fake books and manipulation of authentic scripture. The human civilization has tolerated these elements and the history has forgotten their names, they also won’t remember the pseudo scholars. It is simply an action of cosmic wheel which gives a chance to everyone. There is a planned uprising and downfall of dynasties and thoughts. 

In the case of mahavakyas, an interesting thing is noticed. One of them is tatwamasi. It is present in, Chandogya Upanishad chapter 6. In that Rishi Aruni, preaches to his son, Shwetketu. It is explained nine times – 6.8.7, 6.9.4, 6.10.3, 6.11.3, 6.12.3, 6.13.3, 6.14.3, 6.15.3 and 6.16.3. They’ve rejected superimposed adjective on soul. The cults have manipulated this by changing its scriptural sense. It has been changed to; tasyah twam asi (you belong to goddess – by followers of, female form of Almighty), tasya twam asi (you are his), tasmin twam asi (you are in him), tasmei twam asi (you are from him), tasmat twam asi (you have come from him). For personal devotion, it may be supported for a time or till the maturity comes or till the mind is able to stay in the unmaifestated stage.  It mustn’t be promoted in the name of scriptures or by labeling it as the essence of Vedic literature. The nine examples points towards something else and the manipulators knew, followers won’t read the whole scripture, they’ll believe their guru. Just imagine the level of lust, of scholars of different cults. For them proving own hollow outlook was more essential than anything else. This discussion isn't rejecting the manifested form because for a balance in behavior and spiritualism both are needed. Swami Ramkrishna Paramhansa supported both and clearly asked to follow them in the order to get success in the path of spiritualism. He himself use to demonstrate this by showing the love for manifested form and sometimes going to the samadhi for realizing or experiencing the unmaifestated stage. It is not the single example of the universe but a sign of ground reality. 

All the Upanishads were divided by various sects and cults and were promoted as their  personal property.  The  gurus busy in settling the scores in the name of intellectual terrorism made the matter worse by promoting personal ideology via commentaries on some  of them. If one says that the division was made for studying them in groups, it would have been correct if they were taught with an open mind which sees a link between all of them. They aren't taught in this manner and straightaway others are  rejected by giving funny reasons. The fanatic followers of rituals rejected the views of those Upanishads which are open - minded on Ashatang yoga or sacred thread or Agnihotra. According to them those Upanishads are not meant for the mass or common seekers. Nowhere this kind of thing is written in any of those Upanishads. This will be seen in the third part of this post. The books written on the use of ash or chandan aren't upanishad though they're marketed in the name of Upanishads (Gopichandanoupanishad and Bhasmoupanishad). There were few Upanishads written during or after the incarnation (Narshima, Rama, Krishna) but they go with the line of other Upanishads and don't claim any special status.
  The total focus was on the Bhashyas of Adi Shankaracharya  so all of them never cared about extracting the essence needed for balancing the behavior. Their total discussion was on the supernatural aspect which was beyond the grasping power of the society. None of them took the pain to present its useful aspect. When Akshay personally talked with a head monk of a Vaishnava cult about the implied meaning of Narayana Upanishad, since they had described in a fancy manner by proving Vishnu as supreme because the Upanishad uses the word NARAYAN again and again while describing the creation, maintenance and destruction of universe. It seems as if all other forms of almighty came from him, in fact he has himself came out from the same source. It is described in Bhagvata Mahapurana which says, when Rishi Atri was doing penance to get a child like 'Almighty', the trio -- Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva came before him and said that trio is known as almighty. The head monk supported but expressed his inability to accept the meaning because it will go against his guru's commentary. The Guru Gita openly asks a disciple to abandon that guru who plays with scriptures.

The story famous in the society is based on puranas but in the case of any contradiction, they are not taken as Pramana or proof. If someone thinks, there are various versions belonging to various kalpas or yugas, he's isn't doing justice to Vedic literature.
There are three formulas present to judge the authenticity of any scripture. 

From past few years the tendency of showing supremacy of Jainism or proving it to be as ancient as Hinduism is promoted. That's why it is said that Upanishads were influenced by the teaching of Tirthankara Parshwanath but none could show any proof in the support of their claim. When thought process of two or more people follow the same frequency the 'conclusion' can be same which does not mean that one is influenced by other. If this childish view becomes the parameter the holy scriptures of all the religions are influenced by one another which is absurd because there was no internet or exchange of views while the scriptures were prepared. 
Total Vedic literature is broadminded, it will be shown in further posts.