[Advaita-l] Questions on the blessed Isa Upanishad

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

The instructions in the first verse of IsAvAsya is meant for a sAdhaka who
is a sAdhanachatushtaya sampanna and is a tIvra mumukshu. He has no other
Goal in life other than Realizing the Truth. The verse addressing him
states that the entire Creation, including all sentient and insensient
entities, should be realized as nothing but  his own Innermost Self, which
is The Lord. Since everything is one’s own Self, the question of desiring
for any object does not arise. This is in answer to the questions  raised
by Kartik Ji.

The second verse is meant for people like the ones covered in the last
question of Kartik Ji as well as the ones illustrated in the post by
Srinivasa gadkari Ji. The first verse is not intended for them.

My understanding in brief.
Regards

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 2:04 AM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020, Kartik Vashishta via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> > 1)If the world is covered by God, then, what is wrong with desiring the
> > objects? (The objects being permeated by Ishvara)
> >
>
> The problem is in thinking that the objects are different from Ishvara.
> But artha and kama are valid goals for Man as long as
>
> > 2) The most charitable Sri Swami Krishnananda ji says that three things
> are
> > explained in the very first verse of the Isa Upanishad, viz:
> > "(1) īśvara’s sattā; (2) jagat’s swarup (3) jīva’s kartavya.
> > In other words, this is metaphysics, explaining the characteris­tics of
> the
> > relationship of God, world and soul.
> > All these factors have been stated in this very first sloka of this
> > Īśāvāsyopaniṣad—
> > firstly, of īśvara’s existence, secondly, the nature of the existence of
> > the world, and thirdly, man’s duty."
> >
> > Question)How is Ishvara's existence been explained in this first verse,
> per
> > this book?
> >
>
> That Ishvara is not just some invisible man in the sky but everything that
> is thought, felt, and experienced including ones own self.
>
>
> > Question)How is the nature of the existence of the world explained in
> this
> > first verse, per this book? Is it by saying that "the world is covered by
> > Ishvara"?
> >
>
> Yes.  The phenomenal world has no existence outside of Ishvara.
>
>
>
> > I may be able to understand, the third , "man's duty"....as in
> > non-covetousness
> >
>
> Given the answer to question one, one's duty is to live life without
> covetousness for whose is wealth?  Nothing is acquired which is not
> Brahman.  Nothing is lost which is not Brahman.
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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