Uttisthata Jagrata
Uttisthata Jagrata | |
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Speaker | Shrii Shrii Anandamurti |
Date | 1978 August 6 |
Place | Patna |
Topic | Discussion on a verse of Katha Upanishad |
Included in | Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1 |
Location in Sarkarverse |
Uttisthata Jagrata is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. This discourse is the second chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1.[1]
Synopsis
In this discourse Anandamurti discusses a verse of Katha Upanishad—[1]
Uttiśt́hata jágrata prápya barán nibodhata;
Kśurasya dhárá nishitá duratyayá durgaḿ pathastat kavayo vadanti.
For jiṋániis (those who want to realize God only with intellect) and logicians, the path of Dharma is a razor’s path, but, for sádhakas (spiritual practitioners), it is like a flower
In this Upanishad verse, the path of Supreme attainment was compared to a razor’s edge and it was also told that walking on a religious path is like walking on a razor edge.
Now, Anandamurti observes that common people generally think that they are bereft of intellect and they are ignorant and that's why they can't travel the path, they want to know the way out.[1]
According to Anandamurti, the way out is devotion. One must go ahead with it. Wherever there is devotion, there is Paramátmá. God is attainable only by devotion and He is always with his devotees.[1]
References
Preceded by The Secret behind Colours |
Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1 1978 With: Uttisthata Jagrata |
Succeeded by Be a First-Class Person |