HUMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Upanishads, Atharvaveda, Yajurveda
23 Nov 2018
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Tman is the true hidden self: brahman and tman are intertwined together permanently. Two types if knowledge a man should learn those who know brahman tell us the higher and the lower. The lower of the two consists of the rigveda the yajurveda the samaveda the atharvaveda phonetics the ritual science grammar etymology metrics and astronomy whereas the higher is that by which one grasps the imperishable. Mundaka upanishad 1. 3: knowledge of brahman is the absolute that never dies, find a way to withdraw from the noise. India"s monks are very unique with yellow robes and wonder around india. He is the one who is beyond hunger and thirst sorrow and delusion old age and death. It is when they come to know this self that brahmins give up the desire for sons, the desire for wealth and the desire for the worlds and undertake the mendicant life.
