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Pippalada (Sanskrit: पिप्पलाद, romanized: Pippalāda) was a sage and philosopher in Hindu tradition. He is best known for being attributed the authorship of the Prashna Upanishad, which is among the ten Mukhya Upanishads. He is believed to have founded the Pippalada school of thought, which taught the Atharvaveda. [1]
The case of Svetaketu appears in three principal Upanishads, namely, the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad S. 6.2.1 to 6.2.8, Chandogya Upanishad S.5.3 and in the Kausitaki S.1. Svetaketu is the recipient of the knowledge enshrined in the mahavakya which appears in the sixteen chapters of the 6th section (Prapathaka) of the Chandogya Upanishad.
It is a short Upanishad, and structured as a discourse between sage Jabali to sage Pippalada, and is notable for presenting the Pashupata theology. [1] It explains what Pashu and Pata means, and the Vibhuti (ash) on one's forehead as a reminder of transitory nature of life, the unchanging universality of Shiva , and as a means of one's salvation.
Satyakāma Jābāla (सत्यकाम जाबाल) also known as Satyakāma Jābāli was a Vedic sage, who first appears in the fourth prapāṭhaka/chapter of the ancient Vedic text, the Chāndogya Upanishad. [1] As a boy, in order to become brahmachārī, Satyakāma enquires about his father and his family from his mother Jabālā ...
The Rudraksha Jabala Upanishad is given as an example of a sectarian and Tantric Upanishad. These texts are said to have "abused the high name" of Upanishads to propagate their sectarian beliefs. [10] The Symbols Of Art, Religion And Philosophy echoes this sentiment, calling the text as "hardly entitled to be called" an Upanishad. [11]
The sage turned a deaf ear to this warning. Vishnu extended Shiva's maya to create a great and prosperous city in Narada's path. The king of the city, Shilanidhi, introduced his beautiful daughter, Shrimati--also known as Vishwamohini--to the sage, who grew desirous of marrying her. Shrimati was none other than an incarnation of Lakshmi.
The Upanishad describes three types of Self : the Bahya-atma or external self (body), the Antar-atma or inner self (individual soul) and the Param-atma or highest self (the Brahman, Purusha). [ 2 ] [ 6 ] The text asserts that one must meditate, during Yoga , on the highest self as one's self that is partless, spotless, changeless, desireless ...
Mudgal Upanishad is of a very special type and unique amongst all Upanishads ever written. It is the foundation of Vaishnavism , asserting that Vishnu is the Purusha , or primordial entity. [ 2 ] The great sage strongly believed in simple living high thinking and had a high-level patience amongst other Rishis.