Amritabindu & Amritanada Upanishads

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Amritabindu Upanishad</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Amritanada Upanishad</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> are said to have been composed between 100 BCE and 300 CE and influenced by the tantric philosophy of the time. Both emphasise the importance of the mantra</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Om</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> as a vehicle to liberation. They are two of the thirty-two Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda Upaṇiṣads. </span></p><p></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Amrita-bindu has twenty-two verses. Amrita literally means deathless or immortal representing the transcendent Self which never dies. Bindu is the seed containing the inherent source or power of sound and consciousness. There are two kinds of mind pure and impure; it is difficult to liberate the mind from the impure as it is attached to the experiences of the five senses. The craving mind is in bondage; the mind that does not crave is liberated. The repetition of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>om</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> with sound can lead to the echo of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>om</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> without sound. By meditating on the soundless the yogin reaches the state of inner peace the Supreme Spirit.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Amṛtanāda Upaniṣad has thirty-nine verses. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nada</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> in the form of sound is the first vibration from which all creation has emerged being the first manifestation of the unmanifested absolute. The mantra </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>om</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the vehicle the yogin uses to reach Brahman. Once the yogin has attained Brahman he has no need of the mantra. Willpower can be strengthened through the sixfold path of yoga retention of the breath and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>gayatri mantra</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Nadi shodana</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> alternate nostril breathing should be practised to prepare for meditation. </span></p>