vedabhASya - Vedic Studies

Background Rsis of the Vedas are not human beings. But they are symmetry breaking events that originated everything in the Universe (4). The Rsis till now are described here (13) and here (14). There are ten types of Higgs couplings to particles which are the ten prominent avatars of Vishnu These ten types of Higgs couplings defeat the weak decays, win over them and establish the ten particle types over three births/generations. This is the story of ten avatars of vishnu defeating the daityas over three births/generations (18). The ten types of Higgs couplings are 1. Matsya - Higgs coupling to Top Quark 2. kUrma - Higgs coupling to Bottom Quark 3. varAha  - Higgs coupling to Charm Quarks 4. nRsimha - Higgs coupling to Strange Quarks 5. vAmana - Higgs coupling to neutrinos that spans across three generations (oscillates) 6. parasurAma - Higgs coupling to Down Quarks 7. rAma - Higgs coupling to Up Quarks 8. BalarAma - Higgs coupling to Tau lepton 9. Krishna - Higgs...

Unchanging observer drives the evolution Sa-akSi means 'that eye'. It is the 'witnessing' eye, the eye of 'third party' that is witnessing, but not interacting with what's happening or not changing due to the interaction. It is the 'unchanging observer'. This un-changing observer is there in everything. In every piece of Universal evolution, there is a third party observer, who does not interact. This third party observer, though not-interacting, propels the evolution. Without this observer, evolution will not happen. Observation of the 'self' propels evolution (1).That is the unchanging observer that propels the evolution is not outside but inside and is a part of the 'self'. cakSusa satyata and sAkshi When something external is observed, it brings up the relative 'reality' or 'existence'. (cakSusa satyata). The observation of something external leads to interactions between observer and observed.  The ...

Background Janaka asks Ashtavakra How do we obtain jnAna (Knowledge/wisdom)..?  How will we become muktir (free from desires/worries)..? How do we arrive at vairagyam (indifferent to pulls and pressures)..?  Ashtavakra explains in this way. Being patient and Candid/sincere are necessity for gaining more and more knowledge (jnAna).  Being kind and contended are needed to be free from desires (mukti).  Being Truthful is needed to be indifferent from pulls and pressures (vairagya). Hence the characteristics of Ksama (Patience), arjva (sincerity/candidness), dayA (kindness), toSa (Contentment) and Satyam (Truthfulness)  have to be accepted like ‘nectar'. All these characteristics arise from our thoughts. So it is our thoughts that we have to work on. 'You' are neither earth, fire, water, air or ether. 'You' are not any physical form. To become free, realize/understand 'you' represents just the 'thoughts' and not really the physi...

Background Janaka asks Ashtavakra How do we obtain jnAna (Knowledge/wisdom)..?  How will we become muktir (free from desires/worries)..? How do we arrive at vairagyam (indifferent to pulls and pressures)..?  Ashtavakra explains in this way. Being patient and Candid/sincere are necessity for gaining more and more knowledge (jnAna).  Being kind and contended are needed to be free from desires (mukti).  Being Truthful is needed to be indifferent from pulls and pressures (vairagya). Hence the characteristics of Ksama (Patience), arjva (sincerity/candidness), dayA (kindness), toSa (Contentment) and Satyam (Truthfulness)  have to be accepted like ‘nectar'. All these characteristics arise from our thoughts. So it is our thoughts that we have to work on. 'You' are neither earth, fire, water, air or ether. To become free, realize/understand your 'thoughts' are the observers/witness of the Atman. As long as our thoughts are operating around o...

Image courtesy: Aruna Radhakrishnan - originally posted to Flickr as Dashaavathaaram...ദശാവതാരം..., CC BY 2.0,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5049537 Background purANa means a thing of past. Something belonging to very ancient times or more precisely the 'first of the times'. The ancient times of purANas are much before times of the human beings and even planet earth. They describe the 'what' of the cosmic events at the origins of Universe in form of Human stories. 'Iti-ha-asa' means, thus it was.  ItihAsas describe how it happened, in much more detail.  itihAsas could be detailed descriptions of any thing. purANas are top-level summary of events that happened. If purANas are description of cosmic events in human story forms, itihAsas are legendary tales mixed-up of purANic stories and what really happened with human beings. Let's say there is a person named 'proton' who lived with many exploits that are documente...

The meaning of cakSusa satyata As Brhadharanyaka Upanishad says 'cakSusa satyata'. Observation is Satyata/Existence. The satyata/existence is reality for the observer. This statement is an Universal statement across Quantum, Classical and biological worlds. In quantum world, this 'cakSusa satyata' manifests as wave-function collapse that gets triggered due to observation and a 'satyata' manifesting during the observation. The 'apratigrahah' (non-seizable) becomes pratigrahah (seizable) due to observation (CakSusa) and becomes a new existence or reality (satyata). In the Classical world, this 'cakSusa satyata' is the theory of relativity, where every observer has a frame of reference and speed of objects varies with observation from different frames of reference. In biological world, every being has its own inherited and acquired affinities (vAsanas), these vAsanas determine their observation, interaction and hence the satyata for them. Ev...

I made this as a comment in another blog.  This stanza is from the dakSinamUrti stotram  The stanza from dakSinamUrti stotram Vishvam Darpanna-Drshyamaana-Nagarii-Tulyam Nija-Antargatam Pashyann-Aatmani Maayayaa Bahir-Ivo[a-U]dbhuutam Yathaa Nidrayaa | Yah Saakssaat-Kurute Prabodha-Samaye Sva-[A]atmaanam-Eva-Advayam Tasmai Shrii-Guru-Muurtaye Nama Idam Shrii-Dakssinnaamuurtaye | Translation Vishvam (Universe) Darpanna-Drshyamaana-Nagarii-Tulyam (equivalent to city seen in mirror) Nija-Antargatam (within one’s own) Pashyann (seeing) Aatmani Maayayaa Bahir (Atman’s external mAya) -Ivo[a-U]dbhuutam Yathaa Nidrayaa (as if arising in sleep ) Yah Saakssaat (which with own eyes) Kurute (perform/does) Prabodha-Samaye (at the time of awakening) Sva-[A]atmaanam-Eva-Advayam ( self Atman like non-duality) Tasmai Shrii-Guru-Muurtaye Nama (salutations unto that guru-murti) Idam Shrii-Dakssinnaamuurtaye (this sri dakSinamurti) Summary of my translation Like an e...