Shri Kabir Mansur

Atharva Ved Mundak Upanishad 1 – 4 & 5

 

‘There are two types of Knowledge, described by the Knowledgeable Ones as Paraa and Aparaa. (4)’

 

Of these two, (the 4 vedas) - Rig Ved, Ayurved, Saam Ved, Atharva Ved, and (the 6 Shastras) Shiksha, Kalp, Vyaakaran, Nirukt, Chhand and Jyotish, altogether, are called ‘Aparaa’(lower); and that knowledge, by which the Supreme Being (Sat Purush) is realized, is called ‘Paraa’ (higher). (5)  

 

 

DISCUSSION

 

Looking at the above two statements, I gather that all literature, whether it be of mundane or spiritual category, can be safely relegated to the area of ‘lower knowledge’ – this will include all information, received  through our sense-perception organs – eyes, ears, touch, taste and smell.

 

The last part of the second statement infers that there exists another medium of extra-sensory knowledge (not literary) - ‘higher knowledge’ through which we can have information of our true origin !

 

   

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