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 The  Atmapuja Upanishad The Atmapuja Upaninad is non-principal Upanishad focused on practical inner yoga rather than elaborate metaphysics. It presents worship as an inward discipline. Its ritual terms are retained, but each offering is understood as a condition of awakened awareness. In this reading, the worshipper, the object of worship, and the act of worship are resolved in the one Self. The text does not reject outward worship. Instead, it reads each familiar act of puja as a contemplative recognition. The movement is from ritual action to knowledge: what is offered externally is discovered inwardly as a quality of the Self. • Meditation: Meditation is described as niscintana, freedom from anxiety and mental preoccupation. It is not merely concentration upon an object, but the quieting of the mind’s habitual movements—planning, remembering, and worrying—so that awareness rests in itself. • Invocation: Avahana ordinarily means inviting the deity. Here the Divine is no...

 The Gayatri Upanishad  The Gayatri Upanishad is a minor Upanishad closely based on, or extracted from, the section on the sacred Gâyatrî in the Brihadâranyaka Upanicad (5.14). It is a short Sanskrit text focused on the esoteric, meditative, and protective significance of the Gâyatrî meter/mantra. Traditional accounts present the text through dialogues—such as between Maitreya and Maudgalya or Brahma and Yajnavalkya—exploring the inner metaphysical truths behind the sacred chant. The well-known Gâyatrî/Sâvitrî mantra (from Rigveda 3.62.10) is: “ Om bhûr bhuvah svah, tat savitur varenyam; bhargo devasya dhîmahi, dhiyo yo nah pracodayât .” (We meditate on the excellent/adorable radiance of the divine Savith; may that inspire/illuminate our intellects.) The text analyzes the Gâyatrî as having (traditionally) three feet of eight syllables each, plus a mystical fourth (turîya) foot: First foot : The three worlds— earth (bhûmi), intermediate space/sky (antarikca), and heaven (dyaus)...