Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

  =================================================================================== Sunday 27, July 2025, 06:00.  TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD   Pertaining to the SELF-CREATION of Brahman there is a Shruti Mantram… Upanishad Part-3.  ABHAYA PRATISHTHAA   BRAHMAANANDA MEEMAAMSAA  Anuvaka 2.8 A Measure of “Relative Joy”  Bhashya F:  THE MAHAVAKYA OF THIS UPANISHAD  Coverage: Mantras From 2.8.13 to 2.9.1. Post-95. Objection 14:  Self and Brahman are Same: Defect a). =================================================================================== 14a. Poorvapakshi: If the Self and Brahman are the same, then there arises the absurdity that the same entity becomes the subject and the object, as we discussed earlier.  Answer: No, the attainment consists of enlightenment. When attainment is spoken of, it really means to say realization. It is not like the reaching out of a leech from one leaf to another, where a subject and object ar...

  ====================================================================================== Friday 25, July 2025, 07:00. Article Scriptures Commentary on the Isa Vasya Upanishad: 14. Part-3. Swami Krishnananda POST: 14. ====================================================================================== Part -3: andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti yo'vidyām upasate | tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāṁ ratāḥ ||9|| anyad evāhur vidyayā anyad āhur avidyayā | iti śuśruma dhīrāṇām ye nas tad vicacakṣire ||10|| vidyāṁ cāvidyāṁ ca yas tad vedobhayam saha | avidyayā mṛtyuṁ tīrtvā vidyayāmṛtam aśnute ||11|| andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye'sambhūtim upāsate | tato bhuya iva te tamo ya u sambhutyāṁ ratāḥ ||12|| anyad evahūḥ sambhavād anyad āhur asambhavāt | iti śuśruma dhīrāṇām ye nas tad vicacakṣire ||13|| sambhūtiṁ ca vināśaṁ ca yas tad vedobhayaṁ saha | vināśena mṛtyuṁ tīrtvā sambhūtyā amṛtam aśnute ||14|| ========================================================================================= These ...

  ======================================================================================= Tuesday 22, July 2025, 07:00. Books Upanishads The Philosophy of the Panchadasi: 2.9. Chapter 2: Discrimination of the Elements-9. 5.Liberation-in-Life: Chapter 3: Discrimination of the Five Sheaths 1. 1.The Sheaths and Their Constitution Swami Krishnananda. ====================================================================================== Liberation-in-Life: When existence is differentiated from the physical cosmos that appears as the object of Jivas, it may still appear to them, but cannot affect the indivisible nature of existence, as the water of a mirage cannot wet the desert. Once knowledge arises to the effect that the background of all the elements and their formations, and even of Maya, is the indivisible Absolute, Brahman, it cannot again be shaken by any other experience. Nevertheless, the liberated souls may, through the medium of the body, continue to perform actions as before...

  ====================================================================================== Sunday 20, July 2025, 06:30. Books The Mundaka Upanishad: 13.  The Third Mundaka:  Second Khanda Mantras- 1to 11 Swami Krishnananda. ====================================================================================== The Third Mundaka: Second Khanda Mantram - No. 1: Him who knows this Supreme Abode of Brahman in which the whole universe is situated and which is brilliantly shining, those heroes who adore and worship, without any desire in their minds, transcend this seed of birth. Mantram - No. 2: He who contemplates on objects of desire, having a desire for them, is born here and there due to those desires; but for him whose desires are all fulfilled, whose Self is perfectly contented due to the sense of perfection, all desires dissolve themselves here itself. An individual is born in that condition of mental experience in which it will be possible for it to fulfil the desires che...

. ==================================================================================== Monday 18, July 2025, 06:30. Books: Upanishads. Commentary on the Panchadasi:11.  Swami Krishnananda. Discourse 3 Chapter 1: Tattva Viveka – Discrimination of Reality Mantras 14-27 Post-11. ====================================================================================== Slogam-18:  "Tamaḥ pradhana prakṛte stadbho gaye srvara jnaya,  viyat pavana tejo'mbu bhuvo bhutni jajrire (18)." =============================================================================================== The jivas, or individuals—people like us, human beings—have been born into this body due to our past karmas, the fulfilment of which is to be worked out through this body and through any other body which may be compelled upon us on account of our not living a righteous and good life in this world at the present moment. For the sake of the experience of the past karmas of individuals, a field has to be created...

Chinmaya Mission: On the auspicious occasion of Toli Ekadashi, 6th July 2025, Chinmaya Yuva Kendra, Kadapa presented a vibrant theatrical offering titled “SURYA - 108”, a light and sound show glorifying the radiant and life-giving Sun God. The production, staged at the serene premises of Chinmaya Mission, Kadapa, within the sacred Sri Lalita Panchayatana Temple, captivated the audience with its dynamic blend of devotional music, dramatic narration, and luminous visuals. The show not only paid homage to the sun god but also highlighted the significance of Surya in the Vedic tradition, embodying spiritual illumination, vitality, and divine grace. ===================================================================================== Wednesday 16, July 2025, 06:20. Books Upanishads Lessons on the Upanishads: 2.3. Chapter 2: The Problem in Understanding the Upanishads-3. Swami Krishnananda Post-9. ====================================================================================== The conc...