Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

===================================================================================================== Sunday 12, April 2026, 06:30.            KAIVALYA UPANISHAD: “The Homogeneity of Brahman”  from the Atharva Veda: 26 Mantras:  Reflections:  Swami Gurubhaktananda:  Mantram: 13 - The Dream and Deep Sleep Consciousness  Post: 9. ======================================================================================================= Mantram: 13 - The Dream and Deep Sleep Consciousness  5.  swapne sa jeevah, = In the dream state, the Jiva   sukha-duhkha-bhoktaa = experiences both pleasure and pain. 6.  swa-maayayaa = Maya creates by its own illusory power  kalpita-jeevaloke; = a world of imagination for the Jiva (to enjoy).  7.  sushupti-kaale, = In the state of profound deep sleep,   sakale vileene = everything merges into its cause, 8.  tamas abhibhootah = The Jiva is overpowered ...

"Chinmaya Mission": Jhansi witnessed a spiritually enriching Chinmaya Gyan Yajna conducted by Swami Abhedananda, drawing a large number of seekers, students, and devotees. The program was organized and anchored by Secretary Er. Mukesh Gupta along with the Chinmaya Jhansi Parivar, under the guidance of Br. Raghavendra Chaitanya. The discourse series covered themes such as “Ram Aayengey” (based on the Manu–Shatarupa prasang), Gita Panchamrit, and Ram Navami Mahotsav. Swamiji emphasized that true happiness lay within and that life transformed through Nishkama Karma, Ananyata, and complete surrender, guiding seekers from individual to universal consciousness. His engaging style attracted large audiences throughout. Special sessions included a BIET engineering student talk on holistic personality development and a women empowerment session highlighting inner strength and values. The Ram Navami celebrations, with 108 Ram Naam chanting and soulful bhajans by Anuja Sahai, created a d...

  ==================================================================================================== Thursday 09, April 2026, 18:45. Books Upanishad The Philosophy of the Panchadasi: 6-4. Chapter 6: Light on the Analogy of a Painted Picture-5. 4.Isvara or the Universal God: 2. ===================================================================================================== The nature of Maya, taken independently, is inscrutable. In the Tapaniya Upanishad it is described as Jada (inert) and Mohatmaka (delusive). Its existence is proved by the personal experience, in everyone, of having a sufficient knowledge in regard to it. The inertness of Maya is that which we see in things like an earthen pot; delusion is that wherein the intellect gets stultified and cannot understand anything. For the ordinary people of the world, Maya is a reality, because it projects this world which is clearly seen by them as a fact; but to the logical mind, or the philosophical intellect, it is a mys...

===================================================================================================== 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 - 2.2: The Student Proclaims the Truth  Post-9. ======================================================================================================= Mantram - 2.2: The Student Proclaims the Truth  0.The Disciple continues: 1. na aham manye suveda iti,= I do not think that I know It well enough; 2.  nah na veda iti veda cha; = Not that I do not know; I know, and I do not know. 3.  yah nah tat veda tad veda,= He amon...

=================================================================================================== Sunday 05, April 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-9. ==================================================================================================== Mantram - 2.4: The Gods Take Up Their Super-Abode: 8  Agnih vaak bhootvaa, =  i) The God of Fire, having turned into speech, mukham praavishat; = entered the mouth;  9  Vaayuh praanah bhootvaa, = ii) The God of Air, having become scent,   naasike praavishat; = entered the nostrils;  10  Aadityah chakshuh bhootvaa, = iii) The Sun-God, having become...