prashant tripathi on katha upanishad: whatever you choose will bring sorrow to you
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Katha Upanishad
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Katha Upanishad : An Introduction
The Katha Upanishad is one of the primary Upanishads, listed as number 3 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. It is the legendary story of a little boy, Nachiketa – the son of sage Vajasravasa, who meets Yama – the Indian deity of death. Their conversation evolves to a discussion of the nature of man, knowledge, Aatman (Self) and liberation. It asserts that "Aatman (Self) only exists", teaches the precept "seek Self-knowledge which is Highest Bliss", and expounds on this premise like other primary Upanishads.
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नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्यो, न मेधया न बहुना शु्रतेन । यमेवषै वणुृते तेन लभ्यः तस्यषै आत्मा वववणुृते तन ूँ स्वाम् ॥
Shri Prashant on
Katha Upanishad (Chapter – 1, 1.1, 23 )
This Self cannot be attained by study of the Scriptures, nor by intellectual
perception, nor by frequent hearing (of It). He whom the Self chooses, by
him alone is It attained. To him the Self reveals Its true nature.
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Question?
Isn’t studying the scriptures also choosing it? What does it imply?
When we say that it is gained by him who chooses it alone, what does it imply?
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“Whenever we choose, we choose in hope of something else,
we never choose the thing itself.
The thing is just a promissory note.
When you say that you are choosing something, you are
not choosing the thing, you are choosing a promise, a hope,
you are choosing the thing as a medium to reach something
else, so you never choose anything alone by itself”
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To choose It alone is to come to the end of choosing
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“Have you ever chosen anything after which there would be no need to choose?
Have you ever chosen anything that would be final?
You choose in the hope of reaching ‘the final’.
You never choose ‘the final’ itself, because ‘the final’ itself is probably not a ‘thing’ to be chosen”
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Whatever you will choose will just be a promise, a hope.
choosing
“You choose a man or a woman, what do you think, you are choosing the man or the woman?
No, you are choosing something beyond the man or the woman, which unfortunately a man or a woman cannot give to you. What do you think, do you choose a nice piece of jewellery? No. It promises joy, but unfortunately, it never gives that
That’s why you need another piece and then the next one, and then the next.”
choosing
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“To choose Self alone is to come to the end of choosing,
and that ego cannot do,
because the ego itself will not agree to its own annihilation”
So who chooses Self alone?
Self
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“Behind all our choices is a deep desire to come the end of choosing. In some sense, all that the ego wants is, its own end.
The ego is actually suicidal, it’s just that it cannot commit suicide. It’s so afraid.
The ego wants to come to an end because its existence only gives it suffering, so it does want to come to an end.
It can only choose a hope of disappearance, it can only hope the ultimate.
And that is the reason why hope is such a deception. The ego uses hope to continue itself.”
Why do we make choices?
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“When you say that you are choosing something, you are not choosing the thing, you are choosing a promise, a hope,
you are choosing the thing as a medium to reach something else, so you never choose anything alone by itself.
Choose it alone, nothing else.
No medium is required, no hope is required, no future is required, no middleman is required”
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What do I want? Joy!
Not joy through a man. This otherness, this intermediation is a problem.
What do I want?
Freedom! Not freedom after two years.
Freedom is unqualified and instant, right now.
Choose it alone, nothing else
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“When that choice comes to the ego, it retreats. The ego will never make that direct choice.
It will keep clamoring for freedom, while never choosing freedom.
What will it choose? It will choose different types of bondages
that will supposedly lead to freedom.”
How does the ego react to this choice?
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What can be done?
“You are anyway choosing all the time. Just know that your choices are useless.
Whatever you will choose, you will only choose from escaping That which deserves to be chosen.
I am not speaking to the great aatman (Self).
I am speaking to the one who chooses. The ego, and the ego will choose.
That does not mean that you should stop choosing, because ‘you’ will choose.
Keep choosing, and be aware that all these choices are useless.”
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Why does my initial excitement vanish
once the product arrives?
Question?
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“Nobody ever sells you anything except hope and that is why you need to be hopeless.
A promise is what you buy”
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“A fairness cream is not a skin treatment cream, it is the promise of love.
Realize this. It is the promise of love.
That’s what you buy. A promise of love!”
An example!
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