The Upanishad’s Guidance to Transcendence
Philosophers of the past and present quarrel over the ways in which the soul becomes known, or if there even is one. Ideas drift around about the methods to seek the soul and how individuals realize they contain a soul. The Upanishads created an extensive and specific guide of how to seek the soul. This paper will detail further on how the Upanishads directs followers on spiritual experiences to seek the self.
Truth signifies the acceptance of the Brahman as yourself, but how one arrives at this inference varies (Kasturi, Viswanath, Kilawan, and Narine 36) in measures such as meditation, yoga, and knowledge from a guru. The importance of yoga is stressed through research to construct tranquility throughout …show more content…
Throughout the different Upanishads, different perspectives shed different lights upon the importance of the body in regards to the self. Brihad-Aranyaka noted later during his Upanishad that if one understood the soul as himself, why would he want to grasp the body (135). This perspective is shared among many philosophers because many believe the soul leaves the body on the Earth after death. Furthermore, the Chandogya Upanishad restates Brihad-Aranyaka’s belief of life existing eternally even with the abandonment of the corporal form (137). As a result of the human body becoming relinquished post-mortum, it is easily understood that the body and senses must be overlooked during spiritful journies of each individual. However, Rao mentioned another Upanishad in his essay, who countered Brihad-Aranyaka and Chandogya’s teachings, stating the attainment of enlightenment includes the body (316). By this statement, the Upanishadic tables turn to where the body may be capable of assisting the possession of Brahman. Both of these points contradict one another, proving inconsistency of the importance of the body within the Upanishads
Philosophers of the past and present quarrel over the ways in which the soul becomes known, or if there even is one. Ideas drift around about the methods to seek the soul and how individuals realize they contain a soul. The Upanishads created an extensive and specific guide of how to seek the soul. This paper will detail further on how the Upanishads directs followers on spiritual experiences to seek the self.
Truth signifies the acceptance of the Brahman as yourself, but how one arrives at this inference varies (Kasturi, Viswanath, Kilawan, and Narine 36) in measures such as meditation, yoga, and knowledge from a guru. The importance of yoga is stressed through research to construct tranquility throughout …show more content…
Throughout the different Upanishads, different perspectives shed different lights upon the importance of the body in regards to the self. Brihad-Aranyaka noted later during his Upanishad that if one understood the soul as himself, why would he want to grasp the body (135). This perspective is shared among many philosophers because many believe the soul leaves the body on the Earth after death. Furthermore, the Chandogya Upanishad restates Brihad-Aranyaka’s belief of life existing eternally even with the abandonment of the corporal form (137). As a result of the human body becoming relinquished post-mortum, it is easily understood that the body and senses must be overlooked during spiritful journies of each individual. However, Rao mentioned another Upanishad in his essay, who countered Brihad-Aranyaka and Chandogya’s teachings, stating the attainment of enlightenment includes the body (316). By this statement, the Upanishadic tables turn to where the body may be capable of assisting the possession of Brahman. Both of these points contradict one another, proving inconsistency of the importance of the body within the Upanishads