I have finished the Upanishads. It is quite interesting that these teachings that were derived from the Vedas could bare such a stricking resemblence to the teachings of Christ and the New Testament. Example in the Supreme Teaching; it states: "Let him not ponder on many words, for many words are weariness," and in Ecclesiasts (12:12) it states: "Of making books there is no end, much study is the weariness of the flesh."
There is also a resemblence from the Upanishads to Camus' writing in "According as a man acts and walks in the path of life, so he becomes... And they say in truth that a man is made of desire. As his desire is, so is his faith. And as his faith is, so are his works. As his works are, so he becomes... A man comes with his actions to the end of his determination." Camus stated, "to be is to do," much more succinctly.
Then we have Socratic like verses: "Into deep darkness dall those who follow action. Into deeper darkness fall those who follow knowledge." All that contemplation could provide is more questions and less understanding.
There are also verses in the spirit of quantum mechanics: "For only where there seems to be a duality, there one sees another, one feels another's perfume, one tastes another, one speaks to another,one listens to another, one touches another, and one know another." Meaning that existence depends upon observing entities. Solike Schrodinger's cat, we don't know if it is alive or dead until it is observed and until that point the cat is both.
The references to love would rival Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: " As a man in the arms of the woman beloved feels only peace all around... no desires are there, and there is no sorrow."
Important questions are given answers. Like is there life after death? Of course there IS but the big question is: are you consious after death? The answer (in the Upanishads) is NO. So cut and dry; not much room for argument. In explaination, it is believed that the sould, the seed of consciousness, returns to the source (which is Brahman and is the ALL), and since the soul becomes the all, there are no distincions to cause contemplation. Without distinction, nothing can be compared.
There is also a resemblence from the Upanishads to Camus' writing in "According as a man acts and walks in the path of life, so he becomes... And they say in truth that a man is made of desire. As his desire is, so is his faith. And as his faith is, so are his works. As his works are, so he becomes... A man comes with his actions to the end of his determination." Camus stated, "to be is to do," much more succinctly.
Then we have Socratic like verses: "Into deep darkness dall those who follow action. Into deeper darkness fall those who follow knowledge." All that contemplation could provide is more questions and less understanding.
There are also verses in the spirit of quantum mechanics: "For only where there seems to be a duality, there one sees another, one feels another's perfume, one tastes another, one speaks to another,one listens to another, one touches another, and one know another." Meaning that existence depends upon observing entities. Solike Schrodinger's cat, we don't know if it is alive or dead until it is observed and until that point the cat is both.
The references to love would rival Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: " As a man in the arms of the woman beloved feels only peace all around... no desires are there, and there is no sorrow."
Important questions are given answers. Like is there life after death? Of course there IS but the big question is: are you consious after death? The answer (in the Upanishads) is NO. So cut and dry; not much room for argument. In explaination, it is believed that the sould, the seed of consciousness, returns to the source (which is Brahman and is the ALL), and since the soul becomes the all, there are no distincions to cause contemplation. Without distinction, nothing can be compared.
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