Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates ‘Realisation of Brahman’ of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The Upaniṣads are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
1.21. Realisation of Brahman
Himself realizing Brahman by the power of self-control and concentration of mind, as well as by the grace of God, the sage Śvetāśvatara expounded well to the highest order of Sannyāṣiṇs, the truth of that supremely holy Brahman resorted to by all the seers. This highest mysticism, expounded in the Vedānta in a former age, should not be taught to one whose passions have not been subdued, nor to one who is not a worthy son, nor to an unworthy disciple.
[...] Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad VI.23
These truths, when taught, shine forth only in that high-souled one who has supreme devotion to God, and an equal degree of devotion to the spiritual teacher. They shine forth in that high-souled one only.[1]
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Ibid VI.21-23 [...]