Dear Devotee and Yajvan ,
Any particular author that you might want to recommend me , when it comes to reading the Upanishads ?
I know Mr.Yajvan said in another post , that we should read translated works of different authors to churn out the real meaning from sanskrit texts . But for the time being i would like to start by grabbing a version of the Mukhya / Main Upanishads , that's unabridged & has a simple english translation by a decent author . That would suffice me for the time being
And i would definitely read the Kathopanishad , Mandukya and Svetasvata upanishads as Devotee suggested . But i'm also dying to read the Taitriya Upanishad . Thanks to devotee for suggesting me the Taitriya .
So does the Taitriya upanishad explain in detail about the 5 koshas , about the 5 types of prana , about the various functions of the subtle body ??
I was reading a book by Swami Abhedananda (disciple of Swami RamaKrishna of Bengal) where he mentions the qualities and properties of a subtle body . He says that a subtle body has the following -
* mind , intellect , ego , memory .
* 5 senses of perception (sight , sound , touch , taste , smell) .
* 5 organs of action: speech, hands, legs, anus and genitals)
* 5 types of Prana-Shakti : Prana (respiration), Apana (evacuation of waste from the body), Vyana (blood circulation), Udana (actions like sneezing, crying, vomiting etc), Samana (digestion)
Swami Abhedananda in his book mentions only this much & didin't explain anything in detail like how does a subtle body performs these actions ... or how these actions performed by the subtle body differs from the actions performed by the physical body .
I mean , all that a subtle body can do , the physical body can do as well . So where's the difference .
Does the Upanishads explain this difference in detail ?
Also the thing that i found most shocking , is that , the subtle body can also evacuate waste products . This task is perfomed by the prana shakti called Apana . Now in my opinion , i don't think a subtle body (after the death of its physical body) would need food to survive and therefore wouldn't produce waste products either .
Does the Upanishads explain in detail how a subtle body can perform the function of evacuating waste products ?
Thanks
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