воскресенье, 17 ноября 2013 г.

32 Brahma Vidyas


By the way, I will devote one day to repeating (yes, some Vidyas are forgotten by me).

As you see some Vidyas in the List correspond to the Sutras from "Shree Vedanta-Sutra", so the Vidyas can be repeated either through the study of Vedanta (the Sutras are not mentioned in the list) or to referring to the corresponding Upanishadas. 

http://ramanuja.org/sri/Web/BrahmaVidya
A Brahma Vidya is a path of contemplative meditation taught in the Upanishads. The passage of time has largely obscured the nature and culture of these meditations, and subsequent discussions of them are largely academic, drawing on the texts and their subsequent treatment in the Brahma Sutras. Scholars eventually identified the extant meditations as 32, though there is debate over the exact Upanishadic text serving as the basis for some of them.


One such enumeration is given below:

1. Sad Vidya — the Universal Cause 
Chhandogya Upanishad, VI

2. Antaraaditya Vidya — the Person within the Sun
Chhandogya Upanishad, I.vi.6

3. Akasa Vidya — the Cosmic Ether
Chhandogya Upanishad, I.ix.1

4. Prana Vidya — the Vital Breath
Chhandogya Upanishad, I.xi.5

5. Paramjyoti Vidya — the Supreme Light
Chhandogya Upanishad, III.xiii.7

6. Sandilya Vidya — Sandilya’s Teaching
Chhandogya Upanishad, III.xiv.7

7. Upakosala Vidya — Meditation as taught to Upakosala
Chhandogya Upanishad, IV.x

8. Vaisvaanara Vidya — the Universal Being
Chhandogya Upanishad, V.xi

9. Bhuma Vidya — the Great One
Chhandogya Upanishad, VII

10. Satyakaama Vidya — Meditation as taught to Satyakaama Jaabaala
Chhandogya Upanishad, IV.iv

11. Dahara Vidya — the Imperceptible Ether within the Heart
Chhandogya Upanishad, VIII

12. Madhu Vidya — Honey
Chhandogya Upanishad, III.i

13. Samvarga Vidya
Chhandogya Upanishad, IV.iii

14. Gayatri Vidya — the Gayatri Mantra
Chhandogya Upanishad, III.xii

15. Panca Agni Vidya — Meditation on the Five Fires
Chhandogya Upanishad, V.iii to x.

16. Akshi Vidya — Within the Eye
Chhandogya Upanishad, IV.xv.1

17. Antaryaami Vidya — the Inner Controller
Brhadaaranyaka Upanishad, III.vii

18. Akshara Vidya — the Imperishable
Brhadaaranyaka Upanishad, III.viii.8

19. Jyotishaam jyotir Vidya — the Light of Lights
Brhadaaranyaka Upanishad, IV.iv.16

20. Maitreyi Vidya — Yajnavalkya’s Teaching to his wife Maitreyi
Brhadaaranyaka Upanishad, II.iv

21. Sarvaantaraatmaa Vidya — the Inner Self of All
Brhadaaranyaka Upanishad, III.iv

22. Anandamaya Vidya — the Self consisting of Bliss
Taittiriya Upanishad, Anandavalli

23. Vaaruni Vidya — Meditation as taught by Varuna
Taittiriya Upanishad, Bhriguvalli

24. Nyaasa Vidya — Self-surrender
Taittiriya Narayanam, 49–52

25. Paramapurusha Vidya — the Supreme Person
Katha Upanishad, I.iii

26. Naciketa Vidya — Meditation with the Naciketa fire
Katha Upanishad, I.ii

27. Angushta-pramita Vidya — Brahman as resident within the Heart, of the size of the Thumb
Katha Upanishad, II.iv.12

28. Paryanka Vidya — Brahman as the highest God in the Supreme Abode
Kaushitaki Upanishad, I

29. Pratardana Vidya — Meditation as taught to Pratardana by Indra
Kaushitaki Upanishad, III

30. Baalaaki Vidya — Meditation as taught to Baalaaki
Kaushitaki Upanishad, IV

31. Aksharapara Vidya — Meditation on the Imperishable
Mundaka Upanishad, I

32. Isavasya Vidya — Meditation as taught in the Isavasya Upanishad
Isavasya Upanishad