Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

  Swami Chinmayananda: Arjuna is Me (individuality/ego) in the body. And who is the charioteer? Krishna, the intelligence, the pure intelligence and he has pulled the reins that there are the four horses. They can only jump about, but they cannot move an inch forward. With one han, Shri Krishna pulls it and thuds back and talks to the confused individuality in the world. Your intellect also through self-control, your higher intellect can guide you inside. Geeta is to be heard from within. Not outside. So, the horses are sense organs. The reins are the mind. Driver is intellect. The chariot is body, and you are the master.  For example: I am living in a Himalayan peak, African jungle, and you are offering me birthday present, a car. What am I to do with the car? I will have to carry it in my head, to my ashram and there put it up on a pedestal. That is all that I can do because there are no roads. A vehicle can go only when there are roads on which the horses can trot, the whee...

  Swami Chinmayananda: Krishna Stuti:  Devrishi, Rishiking, Rishikesh Pandey. These 5 shlokas from the Bhagavad Gita are the Panchamrit; pure nectar that can lift the mind, strengthen the heart, and guide us through every storm. Save. Share and tag someone who needs to read this! ================================================================================================ Wednesday 26, November 2025, 19;39.            KAIVALYA UPANISHAD: “The Homogeneity of Brahman”  from the Atharva Veda: 26 Mantras:  Reflections:  Swami Gurubhaktananda:  on the Series of 8 Lectures:  Swami Advaitananda. of the 15th Batch Sandeepany Vedanta Course held at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai: From 23rd November – 30th November 2012. Mantram - 2:  Equipment For the Journey:  Post: 3 =================================================================================================== Mantram - 2:  Equipment For the Journey:...

=================================================================================================== Monday 24, November 2025, 19:20. AITAREYA UPANISHAD: “By a Peasant for the Peasant” :   Composed by Rishi Maheedasa Aitareya Series of 10 Lectures - by SWAMI ADVAYANANDAJI Acharyaji, 15th Batch Vedanta Course AT SANDEEPANY SADHANALAYA, POWAI, MUMBAI February 15th – February 23rd, 2013. Reflections by SWAMI GURUBHAKTANANDA PART 1: Chapter - 1:  4 mantras:  The Theory of CREATION: ========================================================================================== Mantram - 1.3: Hiranyagarbha, the Chief Devata: 8  Sa eekshata = He (Brahman) reflected:     ime nu lokaah; = “Here now are the worlds, (just created).  9  lokapaalaan nu srijai iti; = Let Me now create Protectors for these worlds.”  Sah adbhya sam-uddritya eva = Then He took up a lump of the Waters 10.   purusham amurchhayat. = and gave it a human form (Hirany...

======================================================================================================= Saturday 22, November 2025, 06:50. KENA UPANISHAD: “Know That Alone as Brahman”:  on the Series of 14 Lectures by Swami Tejomayanandaji: Guruji, then Spiritual Head, Chinmaya Mission: at Chinmaya Tapovan, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand from April 8th – April 13th, 2013  Reflections: SWAMI GURUBHAKTANANDA From: A. Krishna Yajur Veda & B. Sama Veda Chapter 1- 8 Mantras: The Nature of BRAHMAN: THE DISCIPLE QUESTIONS THE GURU: Chapters - 4 Mantras:  34. Post-4. ============================================================================================ Mantram - 1.2: The Guru Introduces the Idea of Self: The Guru answers:  1  shrotasya shrotram, = It is the Ear of the ear,   manasah manah yad, = the Mind of the Mind;  2  vaachah ha vaacham, =  It is the Tongue of the tongue,   sa u praanasya praanah, =   and also the Life ...

=========================================================================================== Thursday 01, November 2025, 19:40. KATHA UPANISHAD: “A Leap into the Beyond”:Parts 1 & 2  with Bhashya by Sri Adi Shankaracharyaji.  Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda  on the 90 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayanandaji  =========================================================================================== KATHA UPANISHAD:  Part 1 – Total 71 Mantras Chapters 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3  ============================================================================================ Chapter 1.1: (29) Mantras Post-3.  ============================================================================================ Mantram: 1.1.4: Father’s Curse on Nachiketas  1  Sa ha uvaacha pitaram taata = He said unto his father:   2  “Kasmai maam daasyasi?” iti; = “To whom wilt thou give me?”  3  dviteeyam triteeyam = (He repeated this) a second an...