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Mundaka Upanishad
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Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
Here we are with the Mundaka Upanishad of Atharva Veda. The name is interesting: Mundaka Upanishad. It is surmised that ‘muṇdaka’ comes from ‘muṇda’, and ‘muṇda’ points towards the shaven head of the Brahmins who would practice austerity, the disciples of old carrying bald heads. We have seen those images. So, that is called a muṇda. From there comes the name Mundaka.
After reading Mundaka Upanishad one can say poets are at work here. In fact, the Upanishads several times call the Rishis as kavis, poets. Not without reason: they are bringing to words that which is very abstract, and that is what a poet does; they are giving a face to that which is very conceptual, that is what a painter does. And then, when you give it a face, obviously you also give it a name, and that becomes the name of a god. So, those gods don’t really exist. They are names of something virtuous within.
Here we are with the Mundaka Upanishad of Atharva Veda. The name is interesting: Mundaka Upanishad. It is surmised that ‘muṇdaka’ comes from ‘muṇda’, and...
Video Series (13)
Part 1
The Origin of Knowledge
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
2 hours 14 minutes
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Part 2
Discipleship
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
2 hours 21 minutes
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Part 3
The Delusion
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
1 hour 58 minutes
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Part 4
Birth of the World and The Consciousness
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
2 hours 6 minutes
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Part 5
The Real Seekers
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
1 hour 40 minutes
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Part 6
Beyond Life, Beyond Mind, Beyond the Beyond
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
2 hours 21 minutes
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Part 7
Journey towards Oneness
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
2 hours 1 minute
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Part 9
Immortality is Freedom from The Self
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
2 hours 29 minutes
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Part 10
Know, See, and Realize
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
3 hours 1 minute
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Part 11
Consciousness Arises from Brahman
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
1 hour 30 minutes
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Part 13
Lover of the Truth
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
1 hour 50 minutes
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Part 14
Truth Alone Wins
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
1 hour 35 minutes
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Part 15
Know Your Limits to Go Beyond Limits
Based on Selected Verses of Mundaka Upanishad
1 hour 45 minutes
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