Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

 ============================================================= ============================================================== Saturday, April 30, 2022. 20:15. #6 Questions, 67 Mantras : “Questions from Disciples Answered ” ##KABANDHI’S QUESTION : Query No 1: “Matter & Energy” =============================================================== Mantram- 1.3 The First Question  by Kabandhi ''Atha kabandhee kaatyaayana upetya papracchha; Bhagavan, kutah ha  vaa imaah prajaah  prajaayanta iti.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation :  1.Atha kabandhee kaatyaayana upetya papracchha; = Then Kabandhi, the son of Katyayana, approached Pippalada and asked:  2.Bhagavan, kutah ha vaa imaah prajaah  prajaayanta iti. = “O Revered, venerable Master,  whence are all these creatures  born?” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commentary

 ============================================================== ============================================================= Friday, April 29, 2022. 19:45. From the Atharva Veda (26 Mantras) : “The HOMOGENEITY of Brahman” 1. THE PRELIMINARIES : (Mantras  1-3a, 3 no.) ================================================================ Mantram 3a: The Importance of Renunciation "na karmana na prajaya dhanena, tyagena eke amritatwam anashuh." ================================================================ Translation : 9 na karmana na prajaya dhanena,    = Not by work, nor by progeny, nor by wealth, but 10 tyagena eke amritatwam anashuh. = by renunciation alone, Immortality is attained. ============================================================== Commentary : 9-10 The usual means by which we get things done in the world – namely, through work, through family members and through wealth – are eliminated here for the attainment spiritual goals. For both the paths that are listed i

 ============================================================= =============================================================== 6 Chapters (64 Mantras) Chapter-1. Section-1. 1. THE ORIGINS OF KNOWLEDGE (Mantras 1-9, 9 no.) =============================================================== Friday, April 29, 2022. 05:15. Mantram -4 : Angira’s Answer to Shaunaka =========================================================== "dve vidye veditavye,  iti ha sma yad;  brahmavidah vadanti, para cha eva apara cha." ===================================== tasmai sa hovacha – To him (Shaunaka), he (Angira) said: 1 dve vidye veditavye, = There are two kinds of knowledge to be acquired: 2  iti ha sma yad;  = About That (knowledge), it is usually 3 brahmavidah vadanti,  = said by the great seers who know Brahman, there is 4 para cha eva apara cha.  = the Higher and the Lower (Para and Apara). ============================================== 1 Both kinds of knowledge will always exist in this world for

 =============================================================== ========================================================== Wednesday, April 27, 2022. 21:00. ======================================================= Mantram - 1.3: Hiranyagarbha, the Chief Devata  "Sa ekshata  ime nu lokaah;  lokapalan nu srijai iti;   Sah adbhya sam-uddritya eva  purusham amurchhayat." ========================================================= Translation :  Sa ekshata  ime nu lokaah; = He (Brahman) reflected:  “Here now are the worlds, (just created).  lokapalan nu srijai iti; = Let Me now create Protectors for these worlds.”  Sah adbhya sam-uddritya eva  purusham amurchhayat. = Then He took up a lump of the Waters  and gave it a human form (Hiranyagarbha). ======================================================== Commentary :  Lokapalan: “protectors of the worlds”. When the worlds were created,  nothing was in them. There were no living beings. So the next intention that crossed the   Supreme

 =============================================================== ============================================================== Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 21:00 (Parts 1 & 2) :  Part 1 – Total 71 Verses Chapters 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3. Chapter 1.1: (29 verses) : The story of Nachiketeas in the House of Death  (“A Leap Into the Beyond”) :  Bhashyam by Sri Swami Adi Shankaracharya ji. ============================================================= Mantram -1.1.3: Gifts Not Worth the Name Nachiketas to himself: 1" Pitodaka,  jagdha-truna, 2 dugdha-doha,  nir-indriyah; 3 ananda nama te lokah 4 tan sah gacchati ta dadat." =========================================================== Translation : Nachiketas to himself: 1Pitodaka,  jagdha-truna, = “(These cows) have drunk water (for the last time),  and eaten grass (for the last time), 2 dugdha-doha,  nir-indriyah; = they have yielded all their milk (cannot yield any more),  and have lost their senses (become barren). 3 ananda nama te lo

 ============================================================== =========================================================== Monday, April 25, 2022. 20:00. PART 1: 12 No.Chapters  Chapter-1.On the Science of Pronunciation etc. ============================================================== FIVE UPASANAS ON SANDHEES :  Chapter-1.Section -3: Mantram-2 Upasana 1 – About the “Worlds” ================================================================ The “Great Word-Junctions” 1.3.1a Prayer by Teacher and Student ============================================================= Mantram : 1.3. 1a 1saha nau yashah; saha nau brahmavarchasam. ============================================================= Translation : 1saha nau yashah; saha nau brahmavarchasam. = May we both attain Fame  together. May we both obtain spiritual pre-eminence ============================================================== 1.3:1b Meditations on Word Junctions (Sandhees) ========================================================

 ================================================================ ================================================================ Sunday, April 24, 2022. 18:00. 3 Parts, 6 Chapters, 33 No. Mantras - “By a Peasant for the Peasant” Introduction : PART - 1 : Chapter One : THE THEORY OF CREATION. PART 1: Chapter 1, 4 Mantras - The Creation of the Worlds ======================================= Mantram - 1.3: Hiranyagarbha, the Chief Devata 8 Sa eekshata ime nu lokaah; 9 lokapaalaan nu srijai iti;  10 Sah adbhya sam-uddritya eva  purusham amurchhayat. ======================================= Translation : 8 Sa eekshata  ime nu lokaah; = He (Brahman) reflected :  “Here now are the worlds, (just created). 9 lokapaalaan nu srijai iti;  = Let Me now create Protectors for these worlds.” 10 Sah adbhya sam-uddritya eva  purusham amurchhayat. = Then He took up a lump of the Waters  and gave it a human form (Hiranyagarbha). =============================================================== Commentary :

============================================================== ============================================================ 4 Chapters,  No. Mantras. - 34. ============================================================== Saturday, April 23, 2022. 19:00. Chapter 1 : The Nature of BRAHMAN ============================================================== Mantram 1.2: The Guru Introduces the Idea of Self Post-4. ============================================================= 1 shrotasya shrotram,  manasah manah yad,  2 vaachah ha vaacham,  sa u praanasya praanah,  3 chakshushah chakshuh; atimuchya dheeraah, 4 pretya asmaat lokaat  amritaah bhavanti.  ============================================================ Translation : 1 shrotasya shrotram,  manasah manah yad, = It is the Ear of the ear,  the Mind of the Mind; 2 vaachah ha vaacham,  sa u praanasya praanah, = It is the Tongue of the tongue, and also the Life of life; 3 chakshushah chakshuh; atimuchya dheeraah, = It is the Eye of the eye. The

 =============================================================== ================================================================ Friday, April 22, 2022. 20:00 Wave 2: MEDITATIONS on the Self Mantras 4-8 (5 No.)  ============================================================== Mantram -4: The Elusive Self or Atman 1" Anejat ekam  manasah javeeyah,  2 na enat devaah apnuvan  poorvam-arshat; 3 tat dhaavatah anyaan - atyeti tishthat, 4 tasmin apah maatar - ishwaa dadhaati." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 Anejat ekam manasah javeeyah, = The Self is the motionless one,  yet it is swifter than the mind. 2 na enat devaah apnuvan =  poorvam-arshat; The Devas (senses) cannot overtake It, for It runs before them. 3 tat dhaavatah anyaan-atyeti tishthat, = Than others who run after It,  It overtakes them while sitting! 4 tasmin apah maatar-ishwaa dadhaati. = In It, as water by the air, all actions of

 ============================================================== ============================================================== Wednesday, April 13, 2022. 19:00. Post-4. =============================================================== Everybody says duty must be done, but what is duty? Work done as duty can alone purify, no other work can purify the self. It is not any kind of labour that can be regarded as Karma yoga. Now, what is this duty that you are talking of which is going to chasten the personality of the individual, purify it? Briefly it can be called unselfish action. It is a work that you do for the benefit that may accrue to a larger dimension of reality and not merely to the localized entity called your own individual self. When you serve people, you are to bear in mind always the reason why this service is done at all. Mostly, the reason is buried underneath. We have social reasons, political reasons, economic reasons, and family considerations when we do any work in the fo

 ============================================================== =============================================================== Tuesday, April 12. 2022. 19:00. Thinking the Cosmic Totality- 5. (Spoken on April 25, 1972 during night satsang on Swamiji's 50th birthday.) ============================================================= We know the difference between treating oneself as a subject and treating oneself as an object. This needs no commentary. It is quite clear. The subject is incapable of externalisation. We cannot hate a subject. The subject is a source of affability, love and satisfaction. We can dislike, cast away or hate an object. Can we hate a subject? No. Inasmuch as everyone is an object to everyone else, well, the whole world is full of hatred, animosity, and an atmosphere of warfare. But can we change our very attitude? Everyone is a subject from his own or her own point of view, so it is impossible to hate anyone in this world. This cosmic totality of subjectivity

 ============================================================== ============================================================= Adi Shankaracharya Swami Sivananda Swami Tapovanji Swami Chinmayananda SERVE  LOVE  GIVE  PURIFY  MEDITATE  REALISE ============================================================= Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda : on the 18 Lectures delivered by Swami  Guruji, during the 15th Batch Vedanta Course at at the Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai : February 21st – March 2nd, 2012. ============================================================== #6 Questions, 67 Mantras : “Questions from Disciples Answered” ============================================================== ##KABANDHI’S QUESTION : Query No 1: “Matter & Energy” ============================================================= Monday, April 11, 2022. 20:00. ###Mantram 1.2 : The Guru’s Welcome. ============================================================ 1 Tanha sa rishih uvacha :  2 “Bhuya eva tapasa

 ================================================================ ============================================================= Adi Shankaracharya Swami Sivananda Swami Tapovanji Swami Chinmayananda SERVE  LOVE  GIVE  PURIFY  MEDITATE  REALISE =============================================================== Reflections : by Swami Gurubhaktananda : on the Series of 8 Lectures by Swami Advaitanand Ji : Acharyaji of the 15th Batch Sandeepany Vedanta Course : held at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai : From 23rd November – 30th November, 2012." ============================================================== ============================================================== Sunday, April 10, 2022. 19:00. From the Atharva Veda (26 Mantras) : “The HOMOGENEITY of Brahman” =============================================================== 1. THE PRELIMINARIES : (Mantras  1-3a, 3 no.) Mantram- 2: Equipment For the Journey. =============================================================== Mant