chandoyoga lecture Flashcards
Satyakama Jaballa story and implication
Boy asks brahmin to teach him veda despite not knowing what lineage he is from. His honest answer regards him worthy of teaching and this implies either his father was a brahmin or he by quality can become a brahmin.
5-10 verse 7 karma and rebirth
do pleasant things you are born as a person, god or gandharva, bad things: dog, sudra, outcast, nothing: insect, bacteria etc.
6-1 vyetukatu story and implication
Father sends son to school to become a brahmin indicating that some people had to go to school to become brahmins while others were brahmins by birth.
varna ashram
- Brahmacarya-celibate student-25 years
- gruhasta-household man-25 years
- Forest wander asecetic-25 years
6-1 vyetkatu lesson
after learning the vedas and hymns and rituals, father educates son on the self and brahman explaining to him that just like certain materials like objects are made of a particular substance and given a name (steel plate is made of steel) all objects are made of brahman
ramanuja favored quote
once there was nothing but brahman who made the concious decision to make water, and then air etc.
sankara favored quote
All creatures and things eventually emerge into one.
tat tvam tacee
the way you are»>made of self which is the absolute truth
banyan fruit example
contain seeds that end up producing the tree. Can’t see the tree in the seed but it still has the potential to produce a tree similarly atman can’t be seen but it is behind the vitality of all life.
tree of life example
A tree or any living object may die but their souls are eternal.
story of gods indra and vitrenou
After several lessons indra realizes that there are four stages of coniousness 1. body-suffers death and disease 2. conciousness in dreams-suffers fear and pain 3. Conciousness in deep sleep- not aware of anything, can’t percieve anything even if aware. 4.Awarerness- free from suffering
