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Introduction: Advaya Taraka Upanishad belongs to the Sukla Yajur
Veda. It
deals with the secret of attaining immortality by overcoming
death and bondage. It explains how to awaken the Kundalini energy and
achieve the Turiya state through the practice of yoga under a qualified
teacher. It also informs what qualities the teacher should have, that he
should be a scholar in Vedas, devotee of Lord
Vishnu, free from jealousy, an expert in yoga and its practice and
personify the ideals of Yoga. - Jayaram V
Translated by P. R. Ramachander
Om ! That (Brahman) is infinite, and this (universe) is infinite.
The infinite proceeds from the infinite.
(Then) taking the infinitude of the infinite (universe),
It remains as the infinite (Brahman) alone.
Om ! Let there be Peace in me !
Let there be Peace in my environment !
Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !
1. That which helps you cross from the fear of birth, aging and death is
called Tharakam (Tharayathi means Crosses). Understanding the appearance
of the living being and God as separate entities is due to illusion and
then examining and understanding the differences which exist in the
world by the method of, “It is not this”, “It is not this” and
at last what remains at last is the Adhvaya Brahman (which does not have
two forms). To get it we have to practice three aims.
2. In the middle of body there exists the Sushumna Nadi which is as
bright as the sun and as cool as the moon. It starts from Mooladhara and
goes up to Brahmarandra which is in the top middle of the skull. It is
well known that in the middle of it there exists Kundalani which is as
bright as crores of suns and as thin as the lotus thread. The man who
sees that with his mind’s eye attains salvation by getting rid of all
sins.
3. One who sees constant light in the top portion of his, in the middle
of his forehead has attained mastery of yoga.
4. Wherever it is, if there is light above the head of a one, he is a
yogi.
5. The yoga within is of two types viz Poorva (pre) and Uthara (post).
The pre yoga is tharaka and the post yoga is amanaska (beyond mind).
6. That which can be realized by sensory organs is one which has a form.
That which is in between the eye lids is without form. Always for
understanding the things within, practice with deep application of mind
is necessary. In Tharaka yoga, the concepts like Daharakasa are
understood only by the mind’s eye. The Uthara (post) yoga is without
form. It is beyond the mind.
7. Without batting the eye lids to see inside and outside, what we are
aiming to see is called Sambhavi Mudra. The place where an expert in
that type of mudra lives becomes very holy.
8. By the help of a great teacher one tries to find the Thuriya state
hidden in either the sahasrara (thousand petal lotus) or the cave of the
heart or end of the 12 Nadis. Ability to see it is only through the help
of a great teacher.
9. If the teacher, who is a scholar in Vedas, who is a devotee of Lord
Vishnu, who does not have jealousy in his mind, who is a great expert in
yoga, who practices Yoga and who is the personification of Yoga blesses
us, all the ties imposed by birth will vanish. At that moment all the
sins committed in all the births will be destroyed. The Upanishad tells
that he will achieve all the Purusharthas.
Om ! That (Brahman) is infinite, and this (universe) is infinite.
The infinite proceeds from the infinite.
(Then) taking the infinitude of the infinite (universe),
It remains as the infinite (Brahman) alone.
Om ! Let there be Peace in me !
Let there be Peace in my environment !
Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !
Here ends the Advaya Tarakopanishad belonging to the Sukla
Yajur Veda.
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