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Lessons on the Upanishads: 25 - Swami Krishnananda.

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=================================================================================================== Wednesday 06, May 2026, 07:50. Books Upanishads Lessons on the Upanishads: 4.3. Chapter 4: The Isavasya Upanishad -4. Post-25. =================================================================================================== For obvious reasons, a thing that is outside, totally, cannot become yours. How can you possess a thing that is not yours? But you somehow convince yourself that it is yours. You have a way of operating your mind and of convincing yourself: “This tree is mine from tomorrow because I have purchased it from someone.” Neither that person who got money from you really had it, nor have you really got this tree as you imagined. But the mental operation is so very important and so very tricky that it can make you happy or unhappy. If somebody has taken away something and kept it somewhere else, you consider it lost and you grieve that it has gone. It has not gone anywhere...
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KATHA UPANISHAD: 9 - Swami Gurubhaktananda.

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=================================================================================================== Monday 04, May 2026, 06:40. KATHA UPANISHAD: “A Leap into the Beyond": Parts 1 & 2  with Bhashya by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. 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 - 1.1.11: Yama Grants the First Boon. Post-9. ====================================================================================================== Mantram - 1.1.11: Yama Grants the First Boon. Lord Yama says to Nachiketas:  1  Yathaa purastaat = Just as before (with love and affection),  bhavitaa prateeta = you will be recognized and received by him,  2  Auddaalakih Aarunih = O Auddalaki-Aruni (Nachiketas),     mat prasrishtah; = when you are released from me.  3  sukham raatreeh shayitaa = He...
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KENA UPANISHAD: “Know That Alone as Brahman”: 10. SWAMI GURUBHAKTANANDA.

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===================================================================================================== Wednesday 29, April 2026, 06:25. KENA UPANISHAD: “Know That Alone as Brahman”:  on the Series of 14 Lectures by Swami Tejomayananda:  Guruji, then Spiritual Head, Chinmaya Mission: at Chinmaya Tapovan, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand from April 8th – April 13th, 2013. ============================================================= From: A. Krishna Yajur Veda & B. Sama Veda THE DISCIPLE QUESTIONS THE GURU: Chapters - 4 Mantras:  34. Chapter 2,   5 Mantras Subtlety of “KNOWING” Brahman  Mantram - 2.3: The Teacher Confirms It  Post-10. ======================================================================================================= Mantram - 2.3: The Teacher Confirms It: #The Guru Confirms:  1.yasya amatam tasya matam, = He understands It who feels he knows It not;  2.matam yasya na veda sah; = And he understands It not who feels he knows It;...
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AITAREYA UPANISHAD - “By a Peasant for the Peasant”: 10. Rishi Maheedasa Aitareya

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====================================================================================================== Monday 27, April 2026, 06:30. 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 3A,   10 Mantras:  The Creation of FOOD  Post-10. ======================================================================================================== PART- 1:   Chapter 3A,   10 Mantras:  The Creation of FOOD  Mantram - 3.1: “They Will Be Hungry Soon!” 1. 1. sah eekshata ime nu lokaah cha loka- = The Lord said: “Here now are the worlds and their  paalaah cha; annam ebhyah srijai iti. =  guardians. O, I need to create FOOD for them!” THE LORD SURVEYS what has been achie...
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TAITTAREYA UPANISHAD: Post-9. - Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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===================================================================================================== Saturday 25, April 2026, 06:30. 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-9. ======================================================================================================= Mantram - 1.4:3: Shree or Wealth: 20.yashah jane asaani swaha; = May I become successful 21.sheyaan vasyasah asaani swaha; = May I become superior among the rich;  22.tam tvaa bhaga pravishaani swaha; = O Lord of Prosperity, may I enter in into Thee;  23. sah maa bhaga pravishah swaha; =  Mayst Thou enter into me;  24.tasmin sahasra shaakhe ni bhaga, = In that Self with a thousand branches,    aha...
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AITAREYA UPANISHAD - “By a Peasant for the Peasant”: 9. Rishi Maheedasa Aitareya.

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====================================================================================================== Thursday 23, April 2026, 07:30. 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-9. ==================================================================================================== Mantram - 2.5: What About Hunger and Thirst?   16  tam ashanaayaa-pipaase abrutaam: = Hunger and Thirst said to Him:   aavaabhyaam abhiprajaaneehi, iti; = “For both of us also find out an abode 17  te abraveet, etaasu eva vaam = He told them: “To both of you along.”  devataasu aabhajaami; = with these Gods, do I assign a place,  etaasu bhaagi...
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