UPANISHAD VAHINI - Sathya Sai Speaks

UPANISHAD VAHINI3The Vedas are reputed to be “three sectioned.”“Kandathrayathmakam”; the three sections being Jnana,Upasana and Karma. These three are found in theUpanishads too. They provided the basis for theAdwaitha, Visishtadwaitha and the Dwaitha systems ofPhilosophy too.The name Upanishad denotes the study and practiceof the innate truth: the name, Brahma Vidya, denotesthe supremacy of spiritual contemplation. The name,Yogasastra, denotes the mental churning that bringssuccess. What is the fundamental activity which isrequired of man? What is the basic thing to be known? Itis only one’s basic reality. The Upanishads describe thevarious stages and the various modes of this search forrealising this.The name is full of significance. Upa means theprocess of studying with Nishta or steadfastness. Shadmeans the attainment of the Ultimate Reality. The nameUpa-ni-shad arose for these reasons. The Upanishadsteach not only the principles of Atma Vidya. They instructthe practical means of realisation also. They point outnot only the duties and obligations one has to bear, butalso the actions to be done and those to be avoided.The Gita is but the essence of the Upanishads.Arjuna acquired, by the lessons of the Gita, the fruit oflistening to the Upanishads. In the Upanishads, the