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Basudeba Mishra पुरुषसूक्तमें आए यज्ञेनयज्ञमयजन्त देवा: के अर्थ के सम्बन्धमें अनेक भ्रान्तियाँ हैं । वह कौनसा यज्ञ था । देवता कौन हैं । वे यज्ञ द्वारा कैसे यज्ञ का यजन किए । उसका परिणाम क्या हुआ । इसीमें बहुत सारे वैज्ञानिक तथ्य छिपे हुए हैं । यहाँ यज्ञ का अर्थ अग्नि मेँ घृताहुति नहीं है […]

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Interpretation of the fifth सूत्र of ब्रह्मसूत्रम्

A friend wanted a proper interpretation of the fifth सूत्र of ब्रह्मसूत्रम्. Since ALL COMMENTARIES in it are not correct, the proper interpretation is given below. The fifth सूत्र of ब्रह्मसूत्रम् introduces माया through the word ईक्षतेः. In all branches of the Vedas, the word ईक्षत refers to the creation event. For example, गोपथब्राह्मणम् says:

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An introduction to Shree Chaitanya’s Philosophy – 3

The Upanishads talk about two more divisions: विज्ञानमय कोष and आनन्दमय कोष. All five belong to the Imperishable Self (अव्यय) in its आध्यात्मिक manifestation, where there is total non-differentiation. Hence Mundaka Upanishad 3-2-7 says, everything including the knowledge and actions (operations) become one here (गताः कलाः पंचदश प्रतिष्ठा देवाश्च सर्वे प्रतिदेवतासु. कर्माणि विज्ञानमयश्च आत्मा परेअव्यये

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An introduction to Shree Chaitanya’s Philosophy – 2

According to Ishopanishad (ईशावास्योपनिषद -10), the Self (आत्मा) concept is different from both proper knowledge (विद्या) and ignorance (अविद्या). This appears confusing, as proper knowledge (विद्या) is a part of absolute knowledge (ज्ञानम्) and knowledge is a function of Self (आत्मा). But the Vedas consider everything only at the universal level. Knowing properly is also

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