KAIVALYA UPANISHAD THE FIRST MANTRA KAIVALYA UPANISHAD Om. Ashwalayana to the Lord Parameshthi came and said, “Teach me, Lord, the highest knowledge of Brahman, the secret knowledge ever followed by the saints, how the wise man swiftly putting from him all evil goeth to the Purusha who is higher than the highest.ˮ Page – 415 Commentary THE Lord Parameshthi is Brahma — not the creator Hiranyagarbha, but the soul who in this Kalpa has climbed up to be the instrument of creation, the first in time of the Gods, the Pitamaha or original and general Prajapati; the Pitamaha, because all the fathers or special

CHHANDOGYA UPANISHAD CHHANDOGYA UPANISHAD chapter one : section 1 Worship ye OM, the eternal syllable, OM is Udgitha, the chant of Sama-veda; for with OM they begin the chant of Sama. And this is the exposition of OM. Earth is the substantial essence of all these creatures and the waters are the essence of earth; herbs of the field are the essence of the waters, man is the essence of the herbs. Speech is the essence of man, Rig-veda the essence of Speech, Sama the essence of Rik. Of Sama OM is the essence. Thi

ISHA UPANISHAD ISHA UPANISHAD All this is for habitation¹ by the Lord, whatsoever is individual universe of movement in the universal motion. By that renounced thou shouldst enjoy; lust not after any manʼs possession. Doing verily² works in this world one should wish to live a hundred years. Thus it is in thee and not otherwise than this; action cleaves not to a man.³ ¹There are three possible senses of vasyam, “to be clothedˮ, “to be worn as a garmentˮ and “to be inhabitedˮ. The first is the ordinarily accepted meaning. Shankara explain

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD MANDUKYA UPANISHAD OM is this imperishable Word, OM is the Universe, and this is the exposition of OM. The past, the present and the future, all that was, all that is, all that will be, is OM. Likewise all else that may exist beyond the bounds of Time, that too is OM. All this Universe is the Eternal Brahman, this Self is the Eternal, and the Self is fourfold. He whose place is the wakefulness, who is wise of the outward, who has seven limbs, to whom there are nineteen doors, who feels and enjoys gross objects, Vaishwanara, th