07/07/2024
Katho Upanishad - A straight, uncompromising revealation, on Death : Katho Upanishad series : by Paramahamsa Nithyananda – from Morning Nithya Satsang on 23-05-2015
Let me enter into Katho Upanishad, the Shanthi mantra, Please recite the Shanthi mantra alongwith me :
OM Sahana Vavatu Sahanau Bhunaktu
Saha Viryam Karavavahai Tejasvi Navaditamastu
Ma Vidishavahai | OM Shanti Shanti Shantihi ||
Listen, the whole concept of Indian education system, how it was, how it should be in future, please understand, whenever I am glorifying the past, I am not indulging in it, I am visualizing it for the future. Listen, if the past makes you more and more powerless, you are indulging in it. If it makes you to decide to build your future again and again it is vision. Understand, all you need to do in your life, all you need to do to make what you want as reality, looking at the right past that gives you courage, hope, to re-live it, to re-create it, the real future. Here the word “past” I used should be understood, not from the context of your past, but from the context of collective past.
Understand, whenever I am describing about Vedic Tradition, I am describing about the glory of the collective past, created by Enlightened Masters, I am not talking about your past. You have nothing to learn from your past other than nothing needs to be learnt from your past. The only thing you need to learn from your past is “nothing needs to be learnt from your past” I am not talking about your past, when I am talking about the past, I am talking about the glorious Rishis past, the past created by the glorious civilization of Rishis.
How the Indian education system was and how it should be, the whole context is set, in this one, Shanthi mantra. Because the subject, they are going to work, the subject which is going to be taught, in this Upanishad, is the essence of Indian education system. Please understand, Indian education system prepares you for Death using the same principles, prepares you for life. Please understand, first it prepares you for Death, and then using the same principles, prepares you for life because life is an option, Death is not. Life is a possibility but Death is not. It is simple Fact and Truth and Reality. Death is the only one thing which is Fact,Truth and Reality.
So the Hindu Tradition educates you first, prepares you for Death, from that context, prepares you for life. Yama Dharma, the Master who read the Akashik records about Death in this Upanishad, and Nachiketa one of the greatest disciple ever born on the planet earth, please understand, the power and Authenticity of the disciple is such, master serves him, gives him the boons, and gives this knowledge. Not a single reference, Nachiketa served Yama Dharma, No.! But there is enough of reference in this Upanishad, Nachiketa was served by Yama Dharma and his staff. Yama has staff, it is recorded in this Upanishads. Understand the authenticity of the disciple is such, Master decides to serve the disciple, and teach and share the knowledge.
When I try to introduce Yama Dharma’s teacher dimension, which is explained in this Upanishads, Katho Upanishad, which is expressed in this Upanishad - Katho Upanishad, I just can only use one word, “Intensity” ; whether he tries to take the life, in mass or he tries to teach. He is a No-nonsense man, I am telling you, by taking away so many lives, doing his responsibility so well,…..
….. When Vishnu in his Varaha avataara forgot his Vishnuhood, running around playing jumping and the yuga is passing, and this fellow is not returning to Vaikunta, all the Devatas are running to Kailasa ‘Oh! Mahadeva, what is this’ Mahadeva says, just go and talk to him and remind him, he is Vishnu, he is not pig. They said, no,no, we went and tried to talk to him, he just drives us out, because he may be in the pig body, but He is Vishnu, he has all powers, he is using all the powers and driving us out, and asking us to keep away and he just wants to be in that body, enjoying the cozy life, without realizing he is Vishnu. Then finally Mahadeva sends Devi ; Devi also could not do anything, she comes back and says , ‘no, he is not recognizing me, he is not ready to even, look into my eyes’, then Mahadeva decides, now it is time, and he goes straight and picks up the Varaha avataara by neck and just kills him, straight, no talking, nothing, just tears the body, the moment the consciousness came out, he realized ; I am Vishnu, I am Paranthama Vishnu, and immediately Vishnu realized his true state ….. Master has to sometimes disregard the pain in order for the disciple to wake up to the truth of his consciousness. ….
…. Because he has already achieved, insensitivity to stupidity of human beings, because of his intensity, now he is so straight, Please understand, no other book, even Mahadeva’s description about Death, cannot be compared to, Yama Dharma’s description of Death, in this Upanishad. No comparison, because, that needs a kind of a personality, see a teacher needs a kind of a personality suited for the subject he is teaching. You can’t expect, the personality not being influenced by the subject he is constantly handling. That is why if you pick up all the maths teacher from all the college they will look almost same. For a maths teacher there is a special mold, For a science teacher there is a special mold, For a english teacher there is a special mold, For a tamil teacher there is a special mold, almost in all schools because the subject we are constantly, thinking and indulging affects your personality. Here Death whole day is indulging, only in Death. For Mahadeva it’s a part time job. For Yama Dharma it’s a full time job. Whatever is set in them .. see, Yama Dharma may not be able to deliver many truths, of different subjects, to the scale of Mahadeva, but in Death, no one is able to match, Yama Dharma. That one thing, I should put it on record, I should make this available on record : Yama Dharma is uncomparable when it comes to his subject. He is really the Master, Master of his subject.
Death, what a straight, uncompromising revealation, on one of the most important reality of human beings, this Katho Upanishad. Because of the authenticity of the disciple, Yama Dharma does not need to compromise. See Devi is embodiment of grace, so whenever Mahadeva reveals some powerful reality, which is painful for human beings or disciples to practice, Devi says, no, no, Mahadeva you should not be that strong, through my grace I will liberate them.., So the intensity of the teaching takes the back burner, it is like a - when the Shivoham process started happening the Completion takes back burner, when the grace is flowing, your self-effort takes the back burner. But here fortunately Yama Dharma’s wife is not interfering and Nachiketa is so authentic, he is all about Truth, just truth, truth, truth.. he is all about Truth, and the authenticity of the disciple, ability of the disciple to face the truth, gave courage to the Master, Yama Dharma. Yama Dharma even warns Nachiketa – no, don’t ask for that, ask for anything else. Nachiketa says, No! He even accuses Yama Dharma of cheating him. No! I am not interested in anything else. Nachiketa says, No!, he even accuses Yama Dharma of cheating him, No! I am not interested in anything else, get me only that. I think, that kind of a space which got created by the authenticity of Nachiketa, gave the courage to Yama Dharma, to reveal the truth as it is.
Authenticity of Yama Dharma, intensity of Yama Dharma, and the sincerity of Nachiketa, the kind of a space they created, for the delivery of the reality, delivery of enlightenment, I am just trying to describe, actually whenever that kind of a space is created, the cosmos has to deliver enlightenment, and the best things has to happen! You can’t even verbalize it, only by creating that kind of a space I can show, demonstrate it is possible. So I invoke that space, created by Nachiketa and Yama Dharma here, let the enlightenment happen!
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