Kshurika Upanishad
| Kshurika | |
|---|---|
Krishna Yajurveda or Atharvaveda | |
| Chapters | 1 |
| Verses | 25 |
The Kshurika Upanishad (
Its manuscripts are either attached to the
The text includes sections on Yoga postures, breath exercises and withdrawal of senses from outside to inside as a means to cleanse the body and mind.[7] The aim of Yoga, states the Upanishad, is to know and liberate one's soul.[8] The text is also called Kṣurikopanishad.[9]
Etymology
The Sanskrit word Kshurika means "
Chronology
The text is ancient, states
Gavin Flood dates this text, along with other Yoga Upanishads, to be probably from the 100 BCE to 300 CE period.[13]
Anthology
Kshurika Upanishadis listed at number 31 in the serial order of the
Contents
The text is composed in poetic prose style.
Then, well conscious in the mind,
He chooses a quiet place,
Freed from worldly inclination and expectation,
A real knower of Yoga, by and by.
Just as a bird, cutting the cord,
Soars fearless into the sky,
So the soul (Atman), cutting the cord,
Rises above theSamsara.
Yogic meditation, states the Kshurika Upanishad, is the razor that helps severe the mind from the changing reality and worldly cravings, achieve self-knowledge and liberation from Samsara (rebirth).[23][24]
When the knife of the fixed mind whetted by breath control,
sharpened on the stone of renunication has cut through the weave of life,
adept is forever released from his bonds.
Freed from all desire, he becomes immortal;
delivered from temptations, having cut through the toil of existence,
he is no longer in samsara.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Deussen 1997, p. 671.
- ^ Deussen 1997, p. 567.
- ^ Deussen 1997, pp. 557, 671.
- ^ Ayyangar 1938, p. vii.
- ^ Deussen 1997, pp. 567–568.
- ^ Prasoon 2008, p. 82.
- ^ a b c d Ayyangar 1938, pp. 22–26.
- ^ a b Deussen 1997, pp. 673–674.
- ^ Ayyangar 1938, p. 22.
- ^ Muller 2013, p. xxvi.
- ^ Muller 2013, pp. xxvi–xxvii.
- ^ ISBN 0-691017646, pages 128-129
- ^ Flood 1996, p. 96.
- ^ Deussen 1997, pp. 556–557.
- ^ Deussen 1997, p. 561.
- ^ Deussen 1997, p. 562.
- ^ Deussen 1997, pp. 558–59.
- ^ Daniélou 1991, p. 168.
- ^ Deussen 2010, p. 26.
- ^ Ayyangar 1938, pp. 25.
- ^ Deussen 1997, p. 674.
- ^ a b Hattangadi 2000.
- ^ Deussen 1997, pp. 671–675.
- ^ Derek (tr) 1989, pp. 126–127.
- ^ Derek (tr) 1989, p. 126.
Bibliography
- Ayyangar, TR Srinivasa (1938). The Yoga Upanishads. The Adyar Library.
- Daniélou, Alain (1 August 1991). Yoga: Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. ISBN 978-0-89281-301-8.
- Derek (tr), Coltman (1989). Yoga and the Hindu Tradition. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-0543-9.
- Deussen, Paul (1997). Sixty Upanishads of the Veda. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-1467-7.
- Deussen, Paul (2010). The Philosophy of the Upanishads. Oxford University Press (Reprinted by Cosimo). ISBN 978-1-61640-239-6.
- ISBN 978-0521438780
- Hattangadi, Sunder (2000). "क्षुरिकोपनिषत् (Ksurika Upanishad)" (PDF) (in Sanskrit). Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- Larson, Gerald James; Bhattacharya, Ram Shankar (2008). Yoga : India's Philosophy of Meditation. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-3349-4.
- Muller, F. Max (5 November 2013). The Upanisads. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-86442-1.
- Prasoon, Prof.S.K. (2008). Indian Scriptures. Pustak Mahal. ISBN 978-81-223-1007-8.