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Old 07-30-2012, 03:39 AM   #2
Beerinkol

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Similarly, one who wants to concentrate on the teachings of Upanishads only, without going through the process of cooking, is like one trying to have a fruit, without having to go through the stages of flowers, cross pollination, then a raw fruit, and finally a ripe fruit (different stages of Pakvam). Each stage is inevitable and one cannot reach a higher level without passing through the lower stage.
There is indeed a preparation and interplay between the Samhitas and Upanishads. For example, many important suktas like Naasaatiya Suktam, Purusha Suktam, trayambaka Mantram, etc are chanted in the Samhita part of the Vedas and not in the Upanishads. Similarly, some rituals like "naachiketaagni" etc are mentioned only in the Upanishads and not in the Samhitai.
Dear sir,

Fully agree with what you had written but some individuals are born naturally with the inclination for the Jnaankanda portion of Vedas.

I read once that each one of us go through each stage but some have completed the Karmakanda portion in a previous life and hence born with the inclination for only Jnaankanda in this present birth.

Some might have even completed Jnanakanda in a previous birth but had a desire again for Karmakanda and might be born just to enjoy Karmakanda again.

So there is no real sequence which should come first and also no rigid classification of which is a "lower" level and which is a "higher" level.

There is an interplay of spiritual needs rather than stages of spiritual evolution.
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