Thursday, November 12, 2020

vajrasucika upanisad

 sama veda 9 mantras.

This is a small Upanishad in prose ecept for the first mantra.

It asks the question. Who is a brahmana? and answers it.

The body, the individual soul, birth, knowledge, work, religious duties - none o0f these makes one a brahmana. It is character that makes a person a real brahmana.

One who has realised the Self, the one without a second, who is therefore free from all faults and defects, is a real brahmana. Peace of mind absence of desire, jealousy and delusion, as also egoism are his characteristics.

The text closes with the exhortation to one and all to become a true brahmana by realising Brahman.

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