By Eknath Easwaran
Via his interpretation of 1 vital Upanishad, an historical knowledge textual content, Eknath Easwaran exhibits how the undying Indian culture bargains suggestions on the best way to reside at the present time. Lyrical, dramatic, and encouraging, the Katha Upanishad offers the middle rules of Indian mysticism in a mythic tale all can relate to — the journey of a tender hero, Nachiketa, who passes into the dominion of dying looking for immortality. The King of loss of life checks his get to the bottom of, however the teen stands company, not easy solutions to the age-old questions, "What is the aim of lifestyles? What occurs to me while I die?" demise emerges because the ideal non secular consultant — direct, uncompromising, and not easy. Easwaran’s method of the Katha is either useful and common. He explains key Sanskrit phrases like karma and prana, illustrating them via daily anecdotes and pleasing analogies whereas putting Indian spirituality into the wider context of global mysticism.
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He is already at the deepest levels of consciousness; when Yama grants the boon, the boy is able to follow his instructions completely and offer all his personal desires to the fire within. Like young Thérèse of Lisieux he can truthfully say, “There is only one desire in all my heart” – the desire for Selfrealization. indb 33 • 3/8/09 5:41:16 PM • CHAPTER o n e miss the near impossibility of what it stands for, the sacrifice it requires, the immense power it releases from within. Even Yama is impressed.
When desires are unified and the will becomes nearly invincible, every human capacity is deepened. To desire something is to will it, and to will is to achieve. If a person who has attained this state wants to become a great artist, build a bigger pyramid, explain the movements of the planets, he devotes his life to that, and usually he succeeds. So when Yama tells Nachiketa he can have whatever he wants – wealth, pleasure, power, fame – there is no need to refer to magic to understand that the offer is very real indeed.
Similarly, senseimpressions should not barge in; they should wait politely while we examine their credentials. If they are beneficial, or at least harmless, we can allow them into our consciousness. ” Take another set of gates, the eyes. Even when we are innocently window-shopping, an unmistakable look comes into the eyes. indb 61 • 3/8/09 5:41:18 PM • CHAPTER t h r e e little imagination you can see them opening to gobble up everything they see. ” Yama would say, “If you gobble it, you’ve bought it” – even if you only gobble with your eyes.