Amritabindu and Kaivalya Upanishad

1898·4.2 MB·English

by  Mahadeva Sastri, Alladi, d. 1926?

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IVALYA UPANISHADS,
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AMRITABINDU
AND
KAIVALYA UPANISHADS
WITH COMMENTARIES
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
A. MAHADEVA SASTRI, B.A.,
Curator, Government Oriental Library, Mysore.
/IftaDras
PRINTED BY TUOJIPSOX AND CO., AT " MINERVa" PRESS,
POPHAM's BllOADW'AY.
1898.
lAllRights Reserved.']
PRINTED AT THE *'MINERVa" PRESS,
BROADWAY, MADRAS.
CONTENTS.
Pages.
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INTRODUCTION. ix xxiv.
Sanskrit Text ...]. 16
S'a'nti-pa'tha op the Atharvana-Upanishads ... 1
AMRITA-BINDU-UPANISHAD.
]ntroduction ... 5
Pure and impure manas ... 6
Manas the cause of bondao^e and liberation... 7
Manas should be completely restrained from
objects ... 7
Nirodha leads to liberation ... 8
S'ri Gtaudapa'da'cha'rya's exposition op Mano-
NIRODHA ... 9
Emanation of duality from the One Sat ... 9
Manifestation of the One as many ... 10
Manas identical with Atman ... 11
Evidence thatdualityisnothing but manas... 12
What is meant by " manas becomes no-
manas" ... 13
Brahman is the Absolute self-luminous con-
sciousness ... 15
Amanibhava cot identical with sushupti ... 17
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vi CONTENTS.
Pages,
Wherein lies thedifferencebetweenthetwo... 18
Nirodha state described ... 21
Brahman is none other than the wise man
in the nirodha state ... 24
Nirodha marks the end of the path ... 25
Few can I'each nirodha ... 26
Self-deluded Karma-Yogins ... 27
Self-deluded Sankhyas ... 28
The doctrine of Vaiseshikas and Madhya-
mikas 29
...
Higher Grade of Yogins ... 30
Lower Grade of Yogins ... 30
Inferior Yogins should practise mental re-
straint ... 31
Strong will and cheerfulness are necessary... 32
The legend of tittibhas ... 33
Obstacles to samadhi ... 36
Vikshepa and laya ... 37
Antidotes to viksliepa and laya ... 38
Kashaya and its antidote ... 39
Rasasvada and its antidote ... 40
Manas identical with Brahman ... 41
Brahman realized in nirodha-samadhi ... 42
Amritabindu-upanishad {continued):
The farthest limitof the processof restraint. 43
Restraint of manas is the essence of all wor-
ship 43
...
Higliest end attained by restraint of manas.. 44