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When Nachiketa had gone into the Yamaloka at that time he got the self-enlightenment.



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When Nachiketa had gone into the Yamaloka at that time he got the self-enlightenment.



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When Nachiketa had gone into the Yamaloka at that time he got the self-enlightenment.



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When Nachiketa had gone into the Yamaloka at that time he got the self-enlightenment.



How Nachiketa got the Enlightenment by the lord Yamaraj?



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For his third boon, Nachiketa wanted to learn the mystery of what comes after death.



Yama was reluctant on this question. He said that this had been a mystery even to the gods. He asked Nachiketa to ask for some other boon, and offered many material gains.



But Nachiketa replied that material things will last only till tomorrow. He who has encountered Death personally, how can he desire wealth? No other boon would do. Yama was secretly pleased with this disciple, and elaborated on the nature of the true Self, which persists beyond death. The key of the realization is that this Self is inseparable from Brahman, the supreme spirit, the vital force in the universe. Yama's explanation is a succinct explication of Hindu metaphysics, and focuses on the following points:




The sound Om! is the syllabus of the supreme Brahman



The Atma, whose symbol is Om is the same as the omnipresent Brahman.
Smaller than the smallest and larger than the largest, the Soul is
formless and all-pervading. The goal of the wise is to know this Atma.



The Atma is like a rider; the horses are the senses, which he guides
through the maze of desires.



After death, it is the Atma that remains; the Atman is immortal.



Mere reading of the scriptures or intellectual learning cannot realize
Atma.



One must discriminate the Atma from the body, which is the seat of
desire. Inability to realize Brahman results in one being enmeshed in
the cycle of rebirths. Understanding the Self leads to moksha




Thus having learned the wisdom of the Brahman from Yama, Nachiketa was freed from the cycle of births.






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    Go through Yudhisthira’s definition of self-realization.



    Yudhisthira on Emancipation




    There are two well-known paths (for us), viz, the path of the Pitris
    and the path of the gods. They that perform sacrifices go by the
    Pitri-path, while they that are for salvation, go by the god-path. By
    penances, by Brahmacharya, by study (of the Vedas), the great Rishis,
    casting off their bodies, proceed to regions that are above the power
    of death. Worldly enjoyments have been styled as bonds. They have also
    been called action. Liberated from these two sins (viz, bonds and
    action) one attains to the highest end. ….As a person on the hill-top
    looketh down upon men on the plain below, so he that has got up on the
    top of the mansion of knowledge, seeth people grieving for things that
    do not call for grief. He, however, that is of foolish understanding,
    does not see this. He who, casting his eyes on visible things, really
    seeth them, is said to have eyes and understanding. The faculty called
    understanding is so called because of the knowledge and comprehension
    it gives of unknown and incomprehensible things. He who is acquainted
    with the words of persons that are learned, that are of cleansed
    souls, and that have attained to a state of Brahma, succeeds in
    obtaining great honours. When one seeth creatures of infinite
    diversity to be all one and the same to be but diversified emanations
    from the same essence, one is then said to have attained Brahma. Those
    who reach this high state of culture attain to that supreme and
    blissful end,
    and not they who are without knowledge, or they who are
    of little and narrow souls, or they who are bereft of understanding,
    or they who are without penances. Indeed, everything rests on the
    (cultivated) understanding!’




    Mahabharata Santi Parva Section XVII



    You may also go through the passage posted below.




    When men of knowledge, conversant with the rules of Yoga, become as
    fixed as a stake of wood, and as immovable as a mountain, then are
    they said to be in Yoga. When one does not hear, and smell, and taste,
    and see; when one is not conscious of any touch; when one’s mind
    becomes perfectly free from every purpose; when one is not conscious
    of anything, when one cherishes no thought; when one becomes like a
    piece of wood, then is one called by the wise to be in perfect Yoga.
    At such a time one shines like a lamp that burns in a place where
    there is no wind; at such a time one becomes freed even from one’s
    subtle form, and perfectly united with Brahma. When one attains to
    such progress, one has no longer to ascend or to fall among
    intermediate beings. When persons like ourselves say that there has
    been a complete identification of the Knower, the Known, and
    Knowledge, then is the Yogin said to behold the Supreme Soul.




    Mahabharata Santi Parva Section CCCVII






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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachiketa



      For his third boon, Nachiketa wanted to learn the mystery of what comes after death.



      Yama was reluctant on this question. He said that this had been a mystery even to the gods. He asked Nachiketa to ask for some other boon, and offered many material gains.



      But Nachiketa replied that material things will last only till tomorrow. He who has encountered Death personally, how can he desire wealth? No other boon would do. Yama was secretly pleased with this disciple, and elaborated on the nature of the true Self, which persists beyond death. The key of the realization is that this Self is inseparable from Brahman, the supreme spirit, the vital force in the universe. Yama's explanation is a succinct explication of Hindu metaphysics, and focuses on the following points:




      The sound Om! is the syllabus of the supreme Brahman



      The Atma, whose symbol is Om is the same as the omnipresent Brahman.
      Smaller than the smallest and larger than the largest, the Soul is
      formless and all-pervading. The goal of the wise is to know this Atma.



      The Atma is like a rider; the horses are the senses, which he guides
      through the maze of desires.



      After death, it is the Atma that remains; the Atman is immortal.



      Mere reading of the scriptures or intellectual learning cannot realize
      Atma.



      One must discriminate the Atma from the body, which is the seat of
      desire. Inability to realize Brahman results in one being enmeshed in
      the cycle of rebirths. Understanding the Self leads to moksha




      Thus having learned the wisdom of the Brahman from Yama, Nachiketa was freed from the cycle of births.






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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachiketa



        For his third boon, Nachiketa wanted to learn the mystery of what comes after death.



        Yama was reluctant on this question. He said that this had been a mystery even to the gods. He asked Nachiketa to ask for some other boon, and offered many material gains.



        But Nachiketa replied that material things will last only till tomorrow. He who has encountered Death personally, how can he desire wealth? No other boon would do. Yama was secretly pleased with this disciple, and elaborated on the nature of the true Self, which persists beyond death. The key of the realization is that this Self is inseparable from Brahman, the supreme spirit, the vital force in the universe. Yama's explanation is a succinct explication of Hindu metaphysics, and focuses on the following points:




        The sound Om! is the syllabus of the supreme Brahman



        The Atma, whose symbol is Om is the same as the omnipresent Brahman.
        Smaller than the smallest and larger than the largest, the Soul is
        formless and all-pervading. The goal of the wise is to know this Atma.



        The Atma is like a rider; the horses are the senses, which he guides
        through the maze of desires.



        After death, it is the Atma that remains; the Atman is immortal.



        Mere reading of the scriptures or intellectual learning cannot realize
        Atma.



        One must discriminate the Atma from the body, which is the seat of
        desire. Inability to realize Brahman results in one being enmeshed in
        the cycle of rebirths. Understanding the Self leads to moksha




        Thus having learned the wisdom of the Brahman from Yama, Nachiketa was freed from the cycle of births.






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          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachiketa



          For his third boon, Nachiketa wanted to learn the mystery of what comes after death.



          Yama was reluctant on this question. He said that this had been a mystery even to the gods. He asked Nachiketa to ask for some other boon, and offered many material gains.



          But Nachiketa replied that material things will last only till tomorrow. He who has encountered Death personally, how can he desire wealth? No other boon would do. Yama was secretly pleased with this disciple, and elaborated on the nature of the true Self, which persists beyond death. The key of the realization is that this Self is inseparable from Brahman, the supreme spirit, the vital force in the universe. Yama's explanation is a succinct explication of Hindu metaphysics, and focuses on the following points:




          The sound Om! is the syllabus of the supreme Brahman



          The Atma, whose symbol is Om is the same as the omnipresent Brahman.
          Smaller than the smallest and larger than the largest, the Soul is
          formless and all-pervading. The goal of the wise is to know this Atma.



          The Atma is like a rider; the horses are the senses, which he guides
          through the maze of desires.



          After death, it is the Atma that remains; the Atman is immortal.



          Mere reading of the scriptures or intellectual learning cannot realize
          Atma.



          One must discriminate the Atma from the body, which is the seat of
          desire. Inability to realize Brahman results in one being enmeshed in
          the cycle of rebirths. Understanding the Self leads to moksha




          Thus having learned the wisdom of the Brahman from Yama, Nachiketa was freed from the cycle of births.






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          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachiketa



          For his third boon, Nachiketa wanted to learn the mystery of what comes after death.



          Yama was reluctant on this question. He said that this had been a mystery even to the gods. He asked Nachiketa to ask for some other boon, and offered many material gains.



          But Nachiketa replied that material things will last only till tomorrow. He who has encountered Death personally, how can he desire wealth? No other boon would do. Yama was secretly pleased with this disciple, and elaborated on the nature of the true Self, which persists beyond death. The key of the realization is that this Self is inseparable from Brahman, the supreme spirit, the vital force in the universe. Yama's explanation is a succinct explication of Hindu metaphysics, and focuses on the following points:




          The sound Om! is the syllabus of the supreme Brahman



          The Atma, whose symbol is Om is the same as the omnipresent Brahman.
          Smaller than the smallest and larger than the largest, the Soul is
          formless and all-pervading. The goal of the wise is to know this Atma.



          The Atma is like a rider; the horses are the senses, which he guides
          through the maze of desires.



          After death, it is the Atma that remains; the Atman is immortal.



          Mere reading of the scriptures or intellectual learning cannot realize
          Atma.



          One must discriminate the Atma from the body, which is the seat of
          desire. Inability to realize Brahman results in one being enmeshed in
          the cycle of rebirths. Understanding the Self leads to moksha




          Thus having learned the wisdom of the Brahman from Yama, Nachiketa was freed from the cycle of births.







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              Go through Yudhisthira’s definition of self-realization.



              Yudhisthira on Emancipation




              There are two well-known paths (for us), viz, the path of the Pitris
              and the path of the gods. They that perform sacrifices go by the
              Pitri-path, while they that are for salvation, go by the god-path. By
              penances, by Brahmacharya, by study (of the Vedas), the great Rishis,
              casting off their bodies, proceed to regions that are above the power
              of death. Worldly enjoyments have been styled as bonds. They have also
              been called action. Liberated from these two sins (viz, bonds and
              action) one attains to the highest end. ….As a person on the hill-top
              looketh down upon men on the plain below, so he that has got up on the
              top of the mansion of knowledge, seeth people grieving for things that
              do not call for grief. He, however, that is of foolish understanding,
              does not see this. He who, casting his eyes on visible things, really
              seeth them, is said to have eyes and understanding. The faculty called
              understanding is so called because of the knowledge and comprehension
              it gives of unknown and incomprehensible things. He who is acquainted
              with the words of persons that are learned, that are of cleansed
              souls, and that have attained to a state of Brahma, succeeds in
              obtaining great honours. When one seeth creatures of infinite
              diversity to be all one and the same to be but diversified emanations
              from the same essence, one is then said to have attained Brahma. Those
              who reach this high state of culture attain to that supreme and
              blissful end,
              and not they who are without knowledge, or they who are
              of little and narrow souls, or they who are bereft of understanding,
              or they who are without penances. Indeed, everything rests on the
              (cultivated) understanding!’




              Mahabharata Santi Parva Section XVII



              You may also go through the passage posted below.




              When men of knowledge, conversant with the rules of Yoga, become as
              fixed as a stake of wood, and as immovable as a mountain, then are
              they said to be in Yoga. When one does not hear, and smell, and taste,
              and see; when one is not conscious of any touch; when one’s mind
              becomes perfectly free from every purpose; when one is not conscious
              of anything, when one cherishes no thought; when one becomes like a
              piece of wood, then is one called by the wise to be in perfect Yoga.
              At such a time one shines like a lamp that burns in a place where
              there is no wind; at such a time one becomes freed even from one’s
              subtle form, and perfectly united with Brahma. When one attains to
              such progress, one has no longer to ascend or to fall among
              intermediate beings. When persons like ourselves say that there has
              been a complete identification of the Knower, the Known, and
              Knowledge, then is the Yogin said to behold the Supreme Soul.




              Mahabharata Santi Parva Section CCCVII






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                Go through Yudhisthira’s definition of self-realization.



                Yudhisthira on Emancipation




                There are two well-known paths (for us), viz, the path of the Pitris
                and the path of the gods. They that perform sacrifices go by the
                Pitri-path, while they that are for salvation, go by the god-path. By
                penances, by Brahmacharya, by study (of the Vedas), the great Rishis,
                casting off their bodies, proceed to regions that are above the power
                of death. Worldly enjoyments have been styled as bonds. They have also
                been called action. Liberated from these two sins (viz, bonds and
                action) one attains to the highest end. ….As a person on the hill-top
                looketh down upon men on the plain below, so he that has got up on the
                top of the mansion of knowledge, seeth people grieving for things that
                do not call for grief. He, however, that is of foolish understanding,
                does not see this. He who, casting his eyes on visible things, really
                seeth them, is said to have eyes and understanding. The faculty called
                understanding is so called because of the knowledge and comprehension
                it gives of unknown and incomprehensible things. He who is acquainted
                with the words of persons that are learned, that are of cleansed
                souls, and that have attained to a state of Brahma, succeeds in
                obtaining great honours. When one seeth creatures of infinite
                diversity to be all one and the same to be but diversified emanations
                from the same essence, one is then said to have attained Brahma. Those
                who reach this high state of culture attain to that supreme and
                blissful end,
                and not they who are without knowledge, or they who are
                of little and narrow souls, or they who are bereft of understanding,
                or they who are without penances. Indeed, everything rests on the
                (cultivated) understanding!’




                Mahabharata Santi Parva Section XVII



                You may also go through the passage posted below.




                When men of knowledge, conversant with the rules of Yoga, become as
                fixed as a stake of wood, and as immovable as a mountain, then are
                they said to be in Yoga. When one does not hear, and smell, and taste,
                and see; when one is not conscious of any touch; when one’s mind
                becomes perfectly free from every purpose; when one is not conscious
                of anything, when one cherishes no thought; when one becomes like a
                piece of wood, then is one called by the wise to be in perfect Yoga.
                At such a time one shines like a lamp that burns in a place where
                there is no wind; at such a time one becomes freed even from one’s
                subtle form, and perfectly united with Brahma. When one attains to
                such progress, one has no longer to ascend or to fall among
                intermediate beings. When persons like ourselves say that there has
                been a complete identification of the Knower, the Known, and
                Knowledge, then is the Yogin said to behold the Supreme Soul.




                Mahabharata Santi Parva Section CCCVII






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                  Go through Yudhisthira’s definition of self-realization.



                  Yudhisthira on Emancipation




                  There are two well-known paths (for us), viz, the path of the Pitris
                  and the path of the gods. They that perform sacrifices go by the
                  Pitri-path, while they that are for salvation, go by the god-path. By
                  penances, by Brahmacharya, by study (of the Vedas), the great Rishis,
                  casting off their bodies, proceed to regions that are above the power
                  of death. Worldly enjoyments have been styled as bonds. They have also
                  been called action. Liberated from these two sins (viz, bonds and
                  action) one attains to the highest end. ….As a person on the hill-top
                  looketh down upon men on the plain below, so he that has got up on the
                  top of the mansion of knowledge, seeth people grieving for things that
                  do not call for grief. He, however, that is of foolish understanding,
                  does not see this. He who, casting his eyes on visible things, really
                  seeth them, is said to have eyes and understanding. The faculty called
                  understanding is so called because of the knowledge and comprehension
                  it gives of unknown and incomprehensible things. He who is acquainted
                  with the words of persons that are learned, that are of cleansed
                  souls, and that have attained to a state of Brahma, succeeds in
                  obtaining great honours. When one seeth creatures of infinite
                  diversity to be all one and the same to be but diversified emanations
                  from the same essence, one is then said to have attained Brahma. Those
                  who reach this high state of culture attain to that supreme and
                  blissful end,
                  and not they who are without knowledge, or they who are
                  of little and narrow souls, or they who are bereft of understanding,
                  or they who are without penances. Indeed, everything rests on the
                  (cultivated) understanding!’




                  Mahabharata Santi Parva Section XVII



                  You may also go through the passage posted below.




                  When men of knowledge, conversant with the rules of Yoga, become as
                  fixed as a stake of wood, and as immovable as a mountain, then are
                  they said to be in Yoga. When one does not hear, and smell, and taste,
                  and see; when one is not conscious of any touch; when one’s mind
                  becomes perfectly free from every purpose; when one is not conscious
                  of anything, when one cherishes no thought; when one becomes like a
                  piece of wood, then is one called by the wise to be in perfect Yoga.
                  At such a time one shines like a lamp that burns in a place where
                  there is no wind; at such a time one becomes freed even from one’s
                  subtle form, and perfectly united with Brahma. When one attains to
                  such progress, one has no longer to ascend or to fall among
                  intermediate beings. When persons like ourselves say that there has
                  been a complete identification of the Knower, the Known, and
                  Knowledge, then is the Yogin said to behold the Supreme Soul.




                  Mahabharata Santi Parva Section CCCVII






                  share|improve this answer












                  Go through Yudhisthira’s definition of self-realization.



                  Yudhisthira on Emancipation




                  There are two well-known paths (for us), viz, the path of the Pitris
                  and the path of the gods. They that perform sacrifices go by the
                  Pitri-path, while they that are for salvation, go by the god-path. By
                  penances, by Brahmacharya, by study (of the Vedas), the great Rishis,
                  casting off their bodies, proceed to regions that are above the power
                  of death. Worldly enjoyments have been styled as bonds. They have also
                  been called action. Liberated from these two sins (viz, bonds and
                  action) one attains to the highest end. ….As a person on the hill-top
                  looketh down upon men on the plain below, so he that has got up on the
                  top of the mansion of knowledge, seeth people grieving for things that
                  do not call for grief. He, however, that is of foolish understanding,
                  does not see this. He who, casting his eyes on visible things, really
                  seeth them, is said to have eyes and understanding. The faculty called
                  understanding is so called because of the knowledge and comprehension
                  it gives of unknown and incomprehensible things. He who is acquainted
                  with the words of persons that are learned, that are of cleansed
                  souls, and that have attained to a state of Brahma, succeeds in
                  obtaining great honours. When one seeth creatures of infinite
                  diversity to be all one and the same to be but diversified emanations
                  from the same essence, one is then said to have attained Brahma. Those
                  who reach this high state of culture attain to that supreme and
                  blissful end,
                  and not they who are without knowledge, or they who are
                  of little and narrow souls, or they who are bereft of understanding,
                  or they who are without penances. Indeed, everything rests on the
                  (cultivated) understanding!’




                  Mahabharata Santi Parva Section XVII



                  You may also go through the passage posted below.




                  When men of knowledge, conversant with the rules of Yoga, become as
                  fixed as a stake of wood, and as immovable as a mountain, then are
                  they said to be in Yoga. When one does not hear, and smell, and taste,
                  and see; when one is not conscious of any touch; when one’s mind
                  becomes perfectly free from every purpose; when one is not conscious
                  of anything, when one cherishes no thought; when one becomes like a
                  piece of wood, then is one called by the wise to be in perfect Yoga.
                  At such a time one shines like a lamp that burns in a place where
                  there is no wind; at such a time one becomes freed even from one’s
                  subtle form, and perfectly united with Brahma. When one attains to
                  such progress, one has no longer to ascend or to fall among
                  intermediate beings. When persons like ourselves say that there has
                  been a complete identification of the Knower, the Known, and
                  Knowledge, then is the Yogin said to behold the Supreme Soul.




                  Mahabharata Santi Parva Section CCCVII







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