Hence the title - Contemplation on Taittiriya Upanishad. Although we have followed His commentary, the book is presented in the form of talks and not as a word to word meaning and commentary. Modern day examples were found suitable to indicate and emphasise the point made by the great Master. We have followed the commentary of Bhagawan Shankaracharya in letter and spirit to understand the secrets revealed in the text. The equivalent of the Sanskrit words in English is given initially when the word is first introduced. I was extremely thrilled while editing the pages as if it was a new revelation to me! All the non-English words and names are in Italics for easy comprehension. This is called as abhyasa in technical terms.
This will be evident when repetition will be observed by the reader every now and then. I felt this as a necessity for every seeker to be reminded of the subjective approach during the study and avoid objectification of the Self. They included all age-groups from teenage to ton age! Their commitment and intense longing for the Truth - that inspired me! The scheme of thought presentation had been to devote first few minutes for the recapitulation followed by the next topic in the Upanishad for loud thinking. These are the accompanying texts for the Upanishads classes which are available in the Poornalayam website.The seekers of Truth were well-read and committed to the spiritual path in spite of their worldly involvements. In order to facilitate this, the sub-divisions of the text have been put up separately, as well.
Listeners can take print outs of the text or refer to the online version while listening to the respective Upanishads. This text has now been put up in the website, in PDF format, for the benefit of listeners.
The text contains the mantras in Sanskrit, their transliteration in Tamil, word-by-word meaning in Tamil, the summary of each mantra and the essence of the various sections in each Upanishad. Swami Guruparananda has brought out a comprehensive text compiling Seven Upanishads.
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