[Advaita-l] Mundaka Upanishad

[kuntimaddi sadananda]

In olden days the fire wood was the essential for 1. to keep the havan
going 2. to provide the necessary heat required for the hermits and 3)
as the fuel for cooking. 
It is the duty of the brahmacharies to fetch the fire wood for the day
for the ashram.
 
If you remember the story of Krishna and Sudama who went together to
forest to fetch the firewood for Sandeepany ashram. 
 
Carying the fire wood is symbolic to indicate the student is ready to
serve since there were no other registration fees or tuition fees for
the students!


Hari OM
Sadananda



--- latha vidyaranya <lathavidya at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> hari om
> namaste
>  
> the fire wood has all the hidden potential of becoming a fire; it only
> requires some body to kindle it. similarly the shishya who comes to a
> guru has all the hidden potential and it is the guru who is the right
> person to kindle it and nurture the fire (taapa - to seek HIM). could
> the 'carrying of wood' be symbolic in this sense?????????? just
> expressed a thought that crossed my mind. 
>  
> hari om
> namaste
>  
> 
> arun nair <arun103 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am currently studying the Drg-Drshya Viveka with commenatry by Swami
> Tejomayanandaji, in which he quotes the following verse from Mundaka
> upanishad (I-2-12):
> 
> "parIksya lokAn karmacitAn brAhmano
> niverdam-AyAn-nAsty-akrtan krtena
> tad-vijnAnArtham sa gurum-ev'Abhigacchet
> samitpAnih srotriyam brahma-nistham
> 
> Having examined the worldly pleasures acquired by action, the wise man
> gets detached from them since the Eternal cannot be gained by actions.
> Therefore to attain That, with firewood in hands, he should humbly
> approach the Guru who is well versed in scriptures and is a man of
> realisation"
> 
> Can anyone explain the significance of the statement "with firewood in
> hands".
> 
> regards
> arun
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