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Line 302: − + + − The second part of the sixth anuvaka of ''Shiksha Valli'' asserts that the "Atman (Soul, Self) exists" and when an individual Self attains certain characteristics, it becomes one with Brahman (Cosmic Soul, Eternal Reality). These characteristics are listed as follows in verse 1.6.2,<ref name="Paul Deussen page 226">Paul Deussen, Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Volume 1, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120814684, page 226</ref> − {{Quote| − <poem> − (When) the Soul attains self-sovereignty, becomes lord of the mind, − it becomes lord of speech, the lord of the eyes, the lord of the ears, the lord of knowledge; − then it becomes Brahman; − its body is the boundless space, its essential nature is the reality, truth; − its playground the life-force, its consciousness a state of bliss, − it exists in serenity, in calmness, in peace, − a state of immortality. − </poem> − |Taittirĩya Upanishad, I.6.2<ref name=pauldeussentu162>Paul Deussen, Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Volume 1, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120814684, pages 225-226</ref><ref name=ssastri162>[https://archive.org/stream/AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English/05AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English#page/n81/mode/2up Taittiriya Upanishad] SS Sastri (Translator), The Aitereya and Taittiriya Upanishad, pages 76-79</ref>}} − The sixth anuvaka ends with exhortation to meditate on this Oneness principle, during ''Pracina yogya'' (प्राचीन योग्य, ancient yoga),<ref>Sanskrit original: इति '''प्राचीनयोग्यो'''पास्स्व; [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद् Wikisource]</ref> making it one of the earliest mentions of the practice of meditative [[Yoga]] as existent in ancient India.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English/05AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English#page/n81/mode/2up Taittiriya Upanishad - Shiksha Valli, Chapter VI] SS Sastri (Translator), The Aitereya and Taittiriya Upanishad, page 77</ref>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Taittriya Upanishad (तैत्तिरीय-उपनिषद्) (view source)
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A detailed study of Prana, Apana and Vayu can be made [[Prana|here]].
A detailed study of Prana, Apana and Vayu can be made [[Prana|here]].
====A theory of Oneness and holy exclamations - Fifth and Sixth Anuvāka====
====Sixth Anuvaka ॥ षष्ठोऽनुवाकः॥====
This Anuvaka is important because we find a description where Brahman (ब्रह्म) is actually shown to be located within the physical body. This Anuvaka also describes ''Pracina yogya'' (प्राचीन योग्य, ancient yoga) in the second verse. This is one of the earliest mentions of the practice of meditative [[Yoga]] as existent in ancient India.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English/05AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English#page/n81/mode/2up Taittiriya Upanishad - Shiksha Valli, Chapter VI] SS Sastri (Translator), The Aitereya and Taittiriya Upanishad, page 77</ref>
=====Literal Translation of first verse =====
स य एषोऽन्तरहृदय आकाशः । तस्मिन्नयं पुरुषो मनोमयः । अमृतो हिरण्मयः । अन्तरेण तालुके ।
य एष स्तन इवावलम्बते सेन्द्रयोनिः । यत्रासौ केशान्तो विवर्तते । व्यपोह्य शीर्षकपाले भूरित्यग्नौ प्रतितिष्ठति ।
भुव इति वायौ ॥ १ ॥
स य एषोऽन्तरहृदय आकाशः । तस्मिन्नयं पुरुषो मनोमयः । अमृतो हिरण्मयः । अन्तरेण तालुके ।
य एष स्तन इवावलम्बते सेन्द्रयोनिः । यत्रासौ केशान्तो विवर्तते । व्यपोह्य शीर्षकपाले भूरित्यग्नौ प्रतितिष्ठति ।
भुव इति वायौ ॥ १ ॥
सुवरित्यादित्ये । मह इति ब्रह्मणि । आप्नोति स्वाराज्यम् । आप्नोति मनसस्पतिम् । वाक्पतिश्चक्षुष्पतिः ।
श्रोत्रपतिर्विज्ञानपतिः । एतत्ततो भवति । आकाशशरीरं ब्रह्म । सत्यात्म प्राणारामं मन आनन्दम् । शान्तिसमृद्धममृतम् ।
इति प्राचीनयोग्योपास्स्व ॥ २ ॥
===== Detailed Description =====
Explaining "In the space of heart": Though Chaitanya exists pervading the whole of the physical body, yet the heart is considered as the chief center of animation and hence it is considered as the fit place of meditation on the soul.
====Parallelism in knowledge and what is Om - Seventh and Eighth Anuvāka====
====Parallelism in knowledge and what is Om - Seventh and Eighth Anuvāka====