Prashna Upanishad : “Upanishad of the Questions”, an Upanishad of Atharva Veda.
... transformation. They bring out into an open expression what was held covered in the symbolic Vedic speech as a mystery and a secret. Ajatashatru's explanation of sleep and dream, passages of the Prashna Upanishad on the vital being and its motion are some of the examples of Upanishadic symbolism. 12 Along with the Veda, Upanishads rank as Shruti, since they embody revelations and intuitions of spiritual... and Prashna and Mundaka, which are related to Atharva Veda. 12. We may also refer to the passage of the Taittiriya in which Indra appears as a power of the divine mind. The passage of the Prashna Upanishad may also be referred to where the power and the significance of the mystic syllable AUM are described. As an example of greater clarity of statements, which are nearer to our intellectual apprehension ...
... Upanishad, p. 87. 3 Cf., "As the spokes meet in the nave of a wheel, so are all things in Life established." (Prashna Upanishad, II.6) "All this universe... is subject to Life." (Ibid., II .13). 4 Cf. "Of the Spirit is the breath of Life bom." (Prashna Upanishad, III, 3). "Life derives from the Spirit." (Chhandogya Upanishad, IV.10.5) 5 Sri Aurobindo: The Life Divine ...
... Ghora. He is indeed the one declared later to be the Lord Krishna. The Upanishads describe him as a student eager in his pursuit of knowledge. We may also mention Pippalada, a great sage in the Prashna Upanishad. Raikva is the name of the cart driver whom the King Janashruti approached for instruction. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, we have a vivid account of the supremacy ofYajnavalkya. According to ...
... “triple knowledge”? These are the three Vedas. The Sanskrit word “Veda” means knowledge. The Mother then orally explained in greater detail the meaning of this passage from the Prashna Upanishad and drew the sketch above, with Life-Energy in the nave of the wheel, and in its spokes purity, sacrifice, power and the three Vedas. 11 February 1960 * * * Sweet Mother, What are ...
... of the principle of Food in terms ringing with profoundly mystical overtones. Thus to quote a select few of the inspired utterances: "Food, verily, is the Lord of Creation." (Prashna Upanishad, I .14) "Lo, all this that was born as form, is no other than Food." (Aitareya Upanishad, I ,3.2) "Verily, they who worship the Eternal as food, attain the mastery of food ...
... expressions belong to the other domain. "I had this great difficulty precisely all the time (it was the 29th February) during which I lived in this consciousness of the direct 51. Prashna Upanishad, V.6 (Sri Aurobindo's translation). 52.See The Life Divine, p. 76. 53. Ibid., p. 966. Page 161 manifestation of the Truth, I tried to formulate what I was feeling ...
... pratyag ā gd ṛṣṭi rnime ṣ a ḥ 10 ). Indeed, the universe is nothing but a self-creative process of the supreme Reality. But the present 5. Rig-Veda. 6. Isha Upanishad, 15. 7. Prashna Upanishad, 4.5. 8. Ibid., 4.1. 9. The Life Divine, p. 129. 10. Trip ā dvibh ū ti-mah ā n ā r ā yana Upani ṣ ad. Page 102 cosmic manifestation with the evolving terrestrial ...
... Ghora. He is indeed the one declared later to be the Lord Krishna. The Upanishads describe him as a student eager in his pursuit of knowledge. We may also mention Fippalada, a great sage in the Prashna Upanishad. Raikva is the name of the cart driver whom the King Janashruti approached for instruction. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, we have a vivid account of the supremacy of Yajnavalkya. According ...
... shreyas, and the choice for the latter even when the former is guaranteed. Next, this inquiry is to be aided by a competent teacher, such as Yama in the Katha Upanishad, or as Pippalada in the Prashna Upanishad, or Brahma, the first of the Gods — devanam Prathamah, to Atharvan, he to Angir, Angir to Satyavaha the Bhardwaja, or Angiras in the Mundaka Upanishad or as Uma Haimavati, the Divine Mother ...
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