Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

  ====================================================================================== Tuesday 27, January 2025, 19:30. Books Upanishads Lessons on the Upanishads: 3.7. Chapter 3: Preparation for Upanishadic Study -7. Post-21. ========================================================================================= Austerity is very important. Tapas is the pre-eminent prescription of the Upanishads for self-control, which actually means the inhibition or abstraction of the tendency of the mind to move towards things other than the Self. Austerity, or tapas, can be performed or carried on gradually by a systematic adoption of graduated methods. The first thing you can do in your life towards performance of austerity is to avoid luxury and a happy-go-lucky attitude. You should have or keep with you only those things which are necessary for you, and should not keep those things which are not essential for a reasonably comfortable existence. This is the first step that you can take i...

  Swami Advaitananda ================================================================================================= Sunday 25, December 2025, 18:45.            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: 5 - The Seat of Meditation  Post: 6. ==================================================================================================== Mantram: 5 - The Seat of Meditation:  7  vivikta-deshe cha = In an undisturbed place, and  sukhaasana-sthah = resting in a comfortable posture  8  shuchih, sama = clean and pure, keeping erect  greeva-shirah-shareerah; = the neck, head and body.  9  atyaashrama-sthah = in a ment...

  =================================================================================================== Friday 23, January 2025, 05:10. 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 2 - 5 Mantras:  ABODES for the Devatas Post-7. ==================================================================================================== Mantram - 2.2: Cows and Horses – The Trial Abodes:  4 taabhyah ashwam aanayat; taah abruvan  = He brought a cow for them. They said:  na vai nah ayam alam iti. = “Indeed, this too is not sufficient  5  taabhyah ashwam aanayat; taah = He brought a horse to them. They said:  abruvan na vai nah ayam alam iti. = “Indeed, this too is not sufficient for ...

  ===================================================================================================== Wednesday 21, January 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 THE DISCIPLE QUESTIONS THE GURU: Chapters - 4 Mantras:  34. Mantram - 1.4: Brahman – Illuminator of Speech:  Post-7. ======================================================================================================= Mantram - 1.4: Brahman – Illuminator of Speech:  1 yad vaachaa anabhyuditam, = What speech cannot reveal,  2 yena vaak abhudyate;= But what reveals speech;  3 tad eva brahma twam viddhi, = Know That alone as Brahman,  4 na idam yat idam upaasate.= And not this which people worship here....

=============================================== Monday 19, January 2025, 06:15. KATHA UPANISHAD: “A Leap into the Beyond”:Parts 1 & 2  with Bhashya by Sri Adi Shankaracharyaji. on the 90 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayanandaji  KATHA UPANISHAD:  Part 1 – Total 71 Mantras Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda  Chapters 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3  Chapter 1.1: (29) Mantras Mantram - 1.1.7: Lord Yama Instructs on Hospitality Post-7. =============================================================================================== Mantram-1.1.8: Consequences of Inadvertence  1  Aashaa prateekshe, = “Hopes and expectations and merits gained     sangatam soonritaam = in good company & their friendly discourses.  2  cha ishtaa-poorte, = the beneficial results of sacrifices & pious gifts  putra-pashoon cha sarvaan; = such as having sons and many cattle – all   3  etad vringkte = these are destroyed, nullified,...

  ===================================================================================================== Saturday 17, January 2026, 17:25. 05::00. TAITTAREYA UPANISHAD  1: Sheeksha Valli:   Science of Vedic Chanting” -  MEGHA & SHREE UPASANA:   Anuvaka 1.4: Retentive Memory & Wealth: The “Great Word-Junctions Rishi Yajnavalkya  on the Series of 14 Lectures by Swami Advayananda. Reflections:  SWAMI GURUBHAKTANANDA. Post-7. ======================================================================================================= MEGHA & SHREE UPASANA:  Anuvaka 1.4: Retentive Memory & Wealth: WHILE THE PREVIOUS SECTION built up the student’s understanding of actions, that alone is insufficient in performing them. Other supporting help is needed. We now focus on three primary ingredients in action that make them succeed in producing results.  The Upasanas prescribed take the form of three Mantras by repeating which the stude...