Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

  ========================================================================================================= Thursday 19, February 2026, 05:15. BOOKS UPANISHAD  Commentary on the Panchadasi: 24.  Chapter 1: Tattva Viveka – Discrimination of Reality. Mantras 44-55 Mantras - 51- 55  SWAMI KRISHNANANDA Post-24. ========================================================================================================= Discourse 6 Chapter 1: Tattva Viveka – Discrimination of Reality Mantras - 54-65 54. Tābhyāṁ nirvicikitse'rthe cetasaḥ sthāpi tasya yat, eka tānatva metaddhi nidi dhyāsana mucyate (54).  When the ideas that we have gathered through hearing and studying from a preceptor are made to enter our feelings by deep reflection on the same, and when these ideas that have become practically part of our nature by way of deep investigation—when concentration and reflection become inseparable from us—we become absorbed in them to such an extent that we think only these ide...

============================================================================================== Tuesday 17, February 2026, 05:30. Books Upanishads Lessons on the Upanishads: 4.1. Chapter 4: The Isavasya Upanishad -1. Post-22. =============================================================================================== Of the many Upanishads, I mentioned the names of ten that are very important. Among these ten, one is known as the Isavasya Upanishad. Inasmuch as it occurs in the mantra portion, or the Samhita part of the Vedas, it is also called the Mantra Upanishad. Though it is very short, it is a very important Upanishad. In a sense, this Isavasya Upanishad gives us four important instructions. Four types of knowledge are imparted to us by this Upanishad. Firstly, the Creator pervades the whole of creation. Secondly, everyone is to do one's duty. Thirdly, knowledge and action have to be combined and not be considered as opposites. Fourthly, we should view God and the world as b...

  ================================================================================================= Sunday 15, February 2026, 04:45.            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: 6/7a: Goal 1: Upasana of Formless Shiva (Nirguna)  Post: 7. ==================================================================================================== Mantram: 6/7a: Goal 1: Upasana of Formless Shiva (Nirguna)  11  hritpundareekam =  On the lotus of the heart,  1virajam 2vishuddham =  Untainted and pure 12  vichintya madhye = Meditate within (on Brahman),    3vishadam 4vishokam; = the Clear and the Griefless;  13...

=================================================================================================== Friday 13, February 2026, 05:20. 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 2 - 5 Mantras:  ABODES for the Devatas Post-8. ==================================================================================================== Mantram - 2.3: MAN – The Perfect Abode!   6  taabhyah purusham aanayat; taah = When He brought MAN to them; They cried:    abruvan sukritam bat iti;= “Oh! Well done, what a masterpiece 7  purushah vaava sukritam; taah abruveet = Verily, man is a thing well made!” He said to  yathaa aayatanam pravishat iti. ! = them: “Enter into your respective abode...

===================================================================================================== 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. Chapter 2,   5 Mantras Subtlety of “KNOWING” Brahman  Mantram -2.1: Did the Student Understand?  Post-8. ======================================================================================================= ============================================================================================== Wednesday 11, February 2026, 05:30. Chapter 2,   5 Mantras Subtlety of “KNOWING” Brahman  Mantram -2.1: Did the Student Understand?  =========================================...