108 Upnishad Brahmvidhya Khand / Brahamvidya Khand By Pt . Shree Ram Sharma Archarya ( Yug Nirman Yojana ) Hardcover

The Brahmavidya Upanishad has 110 verses. The key issues dealt with in the scripture are Brahmvidhya– the knowledge of Brahman , the character of Brahman, the Om  symbol and an individual’s nature of self-consciousness, human attachments and freedom therefrom.

The first ten verses say that Om is composed of the three syllables, naming A, u and m. The syllable “m” is added a diacritic Anusvara in the form of dot Bindu  above it which gives the word a spiritual sound. The syllables are compared with three Vedas as well as three worlds –Svarge  (heaven, upper realms), Prthivi (earth) and Patala (lower realms). It is stated as representing the sun, moon and fire agni  The Sushumna  Nadi (channel) which runs along the  spinal cord of the body is described. The sun’s brightness emanating from 72,000 channels is compared to the sushumna .