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Being a private pilot with a plane (C172) I have been certified as an aircraft mechanic so I can work on the plane and know what I am doing and have FAA approval.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

BENEDICTION

पूर्णमदः पूर्णं इदं पूर्णत पूरानाम उडच्याते
पूर्नास्य पूर्णं अदाद्य पूओर्नाम एव
अवसिश्यते

Poornamadah poornam idam poornat pooranam udacyate
Poornasya poornam adadya pooornam eva avasishyate


This Santi Mantra (benedictory verse) which belongs to the Sukla Yajur Veda gives in a nut shell the teaching of the Upanishads, “Brahmasatyam jaganmithya”
Literal translation will read as “ that is whole, this is whole; from the whole the whole originates. When the whole is taken away from the whole the whole remains.”
The interpretation is as follows:-
“That is whole; this is whole”. “Whole” means infinite. “That” refers to Paramatma; “This” refers to Jivatma. Infinity can only be one . So, “That is whole; this is whole’ means identity of Paramatma and Jivatma – jivabrahma aikyam.
“From the whole, the whole originates.” Here, from the whole” means “ from Brahman the world originates.” (Reference is to the unfolding of the universe from Maya, impelled by Iswara).
“When the whole is taken away from the whole, the whole remains”. This can only happen if what is taken out is unreal. So, this refers to the fact that when the world is born, Brahman does not undergo any diminution, does not undergo any change. – Brahmasatyam Jaganmithya

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