Rudra Upanishad 2

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Om Namah Sivaya

 

Sri Vyasa Maharshi said to his son Sri Suka :

 

'There are two Vidyas to be known. They are Para and

Apara. Apara Vidya is the embodiment of the four Vedas

and their six Angas. They do not deal with the Nature

of the Atman. But the Para Vidya is called the

Moksha-Sastra. It deals with that supreme philosophy

of the Absolute Truth, ununderstandable, impersonal,

Nirguna, Nirakara, WITHOUT ears, WITHOUT eyes, WITHOUT

hands, WITHOUT feet, eternal, omnipresent,

imperishable, and knowable by the intelligent daring

sages.

 

>From that Lord Siva who performs a terrible penance in

the form of Supreme Jnana-Marga, this whole world is

created which is the food of the mortals. This world

is Maya. It seems to appear just like a dream. It is

superimposed on the Lord just like a rope on a

serpent. This is the eternal Truth. There is no

creation in reality. All is absolute. All is Truth.

Knowing this, one is liberated at once.

 

Only through Jnana, you can get rid of this Samsara.

Only through Jnana, you can understand this existence

and never through Karma. Understand this through the

guidance of a Brahmanishtha-Srotriya Guru. The Guru

will give the disciple all the necessary knowledge of

Brahman, the Absolute. By cutting off the bondage of

Ajnana or Avidya, one should take refuge in Lord

SADASIVA. This is the real wisdom to be understood by

an aspirant seeking after Truth.

 

The Pranava is the bow. The Atman is the arrow. The

Para-Brahman is the target. Just like the arrow, the

Atman will become one with Brahman.

 

But all these three, the bow, the arrow and the target

are not different from that Sadasiva. There do not

shine the bodies of the sun, moon or the stars. There

does not blow the wind, there do not exist many

Devatas. He, the One Lord only exists. He only, the

Purity of purities, shines for ever and ever.

 

There are two birds in this body, the Jiva and the

Paramatman. The Jiva eats the fruit of his Karmas, but

the Paramatman is untouched by anything. The

Paramatman is only the Sakshi. He does not do

anything. He only assumes the form of the Jiva through

His Maya, just as the Akasa inside a pot seems to be

different from the Akasa outside and assumes the form

of the pot. In reality all is Siva, Advaita, the One

Absolute. There is no difference of whatever kind.

 

When all is understood to be One, Omkara, the

Absolute, there is no sorrow, there is no Maya. Then

the attainment of the Advaita-Paramananda is very

easy. Think that you are the basis of all this

universe, you are the One, Kevala, Sat-Chit-Ghana. All

people cannot understand this Truth. Those devoid of

Maya can know this secret. After knowing this, the

Atman does not move towards any place at any time. It

becomes one with the Absolute, just like Ghatakasa

with Paramakasa. Just as Akasa does not move anywhere,

similarly this Atman does not have any movement. It

becomes one with OM.

 

One who knows this great secret Truth is the real

Muni. He becomes the Para-Brahman Itself. He becomes

Satchidananda. He attains permanent peace. '

 

Namah Sivaya

 

 

 

 

 

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What rascal translation is this ?