Part 3 - Summary of the Amrtabindu-upanishad (Amrtabindupanisad)

3. Amrtabindupanisad (Amrtabindu-upanishad ) 1. mantrah 2 . upakramah 3 . visayah (a) varnitah fiffet. wi, (ka) laksanam 4 . upasamharah 22 mano hi dvividham proktam suddham casuddhameva ca | asuddham kamasamkalpam suddham kamavivarjitam || 1 || mana eva manusyanam karanam bandhamoksayoh | bandhaya visayasaktam muktyai nirvisayam smrtam ||2 || mana eva bandhamoksayoh karanam, savisesabrahmanusamdhanena nirvisesabrahmadhigamah, atmana ekatvam, sabdabrahmadhyanena parabrahmadhigamah, brahmajnanena brahmabhavapraptih, nirupadhikatmadarsanam sarvabhutadhivasam yadbhutesu ca vasatyapi | sarvanugrahakatvena tadasmyaham vasudevah || 22 || The title Amrtabindu suggests the esoteric instruction on the immortal point bindu of om, which signifies the Higher Brahman. 1

56 99 It consists of 22 mantras. It commences with the two fold mind as the cause of bondage, as well as that of liberation. The very structure of this upanisad is as follows: It deals with the topic one by one. It discusses (1) The mind as, the cause of bondage and liberation (2) Attainment of non-qualified (nirvisesa) Brahman through pondering over the qualified (Savsesa) Brahman, (3) The oneness of the Atman and (4) The attainment of the transcendent (para) Brahman by meditating on the sabda-Brahman It deals in short with: (1) the attainment of Brahmanhood by the knowledge of the Brahman and (2) Realisation of the Absolute (nirupadhika) Brahman. It complets with the worship and that, too, in the form of "I am Vasudeva" i.e. there is the experience of the Brahmabhava as "I am that vasudeva alone." ** Though it is very small in contents of yogangas, it systematically discusses the vedantic topics pertaining to the attainment of the Para Brahma; it points out the realization of the Absolute Brahman, by means of meditation (Dhyana)