Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

========================================================================= Saturday,  01 Jul,  2023. 06:30. Chapter 3: Ishvara and Jiva-8. ======================================================================== There are grades of knots. These are called granthis in mystical psychology. Granthis are like rope knots but are actually psychic knots, the knots of the mind. We may call them the knots of consciousness, if we like, which have somehow or other got stifled into a consciousness of these knots, so that the knots cannot become aware of there being a long rope behind them. If there is a longish rope with several knots at various places on the rope, the knots do not cease to be the rope, though they are knots; they are knots of the rope itself. There may be a hundred knots, but they are constituted of the very stuff of the rope. But if the structure of the knot becomes conscious of that particular structure only, and not the rope aspect of the structure, that would be bonda...

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Chinmaya Mission  Chinmaya Mission Ahmedabad celebrated the auspicious occasion of Rath Yatra on 20th June with splendor and devotion. A special puja was performed for all three deities - Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadraji. In the evening, the deities commenced their journey in a wooden chariot specially made in Jagannath Puri, Odisha. They were warmly welcomed by devotees at various locations around the temple premises. The Bhagavan received a special aarti and was offered naivedya. Devotees sang kirtans, played garba, and the temple resonated with the chants of "Jai Ranchhod Makhanchor" and "Krishna Murari Jai Krishna Murari." After an hour and a half, the Yatra concluded at the temple, leaving all the devotees present feeling His divine presence in their hearts. They offered prayers for increased devotion and spiritual connection. ========================================================================= Thursday, 29 Jun, 2023. 06:30. MANDUKYA UP...

======================================================================== Wednesday, 28 Jun, 2023. 06:30. Mantram - 3. Post-3. ======================================================================== 1. Mantram-3. "Asurya nama te loka andhena tamasa vrtah | Tagms te pretyabhi-gacchanti ye ke catma-hano janah" ||3|| ======================================================================== 2. Translation : "Sunless are those worlds, and enveloped in  blindening gloom to which all those people, who  are slayers of their own Souls go departing  from here."  ========================================================================= 3. "Those worlds of devils are covered by blinded darkness. Those people that kill the Self go to them after giving up this body." In this analogy, human society becomes an organism of a larger type, wider than the physical body which requires to be maintained by this cooperative participation of individuals for their own equanimous wel...

========================================================================= Tuesday,  27  Jun,  2023, 06:15. Chapter 1.Section - 2 : ( 25 Mantras ) : THE CHOICE : (“A Leap Into the Beyond”) :  Bhashyam by Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya ji. ========================================================================= Chapter-1,  Section-2. THE CHOICE : Mantram - 1.2.1: The Choice Available to All Men Post-30. ========================================================================= Chapter 1. Section - 2 : ( 25 Mantras ) :  THE CHOICE : THIS CHAPTER IS DOMINATED by a discussion on the choice that is available to men  living in this world. At every moment man is free to make a choice between the two paths  known as Preyas and Sreyas, the pleasant path and the good path. Lord Yama leads the  discussion, following his satisfaction at seeing Nachiketas successfully pass his severe test in  the last chapter. Having tested the disciple, and found h...

========================================================================= Monday,  26  Jun,  2023. 07:30. Chapter 3: Ishvara and Jiva-7. ======================================================================== So on account of this situation and the fatigue that comes as a consequence thereof, there is the cycle of jagrat, svapna and sushupti experience. And there is a struggle again. This struggle is the battle of life. We are striving hard by one means or the other to get out of this cycle of transmigratory existence, which comes automatically as a result of the impossibility of satisfying desires in the life of one particular body. The body that is given to us, the human body for instance, is inadequate because it cannot last eternally. As it is made up of physical components, naturally it will disintegrate when the time for it comes. The disintegration of the bodily individuality takes place when the forces of the appetite of the individual which gave rise to the mani...

Chinmaya Mission : Swami Shashvatanandaji conducted a three-day Shloka training program at Chinmaya Upasana, Hosur, on the 7th, 8th, and 12th of June. The program aimed to spread knowledge through classes, focusing on the recitation of sacred verses. Swamiji imparted teachings on the Dhakshinamoorthy Dhyana Shlokam, Gita Dhyanashlokam, Shivamanasa Pooja, and Ganesa Stava, accompanied by their meanings. The training was open to both men and women, enabling participants to learn the Shlokas with precise pronunciation and understand their significance. The emphasis was placed on learning the Shlokas in-depth, pronouncing them correctly, and cultivating inner harmony. The attendees showed great enthusiasm, actively engaging in the training and successfully absorbing the teachings. ========================================================================= Sunday,  25  Jun,  2023. 07:30. Chapter-2, Section-2. Mantram-4 (The analogy of penetration) : POST-32. ====================...

================================================ Saturday,  24  Jun,  2023. 06:40. CHAPTER 4: AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF THE SELF Section : 1.The Universal Self within the Heart and in the World-2 Post-31. ========================================================================= 1. "Harih om. atha yad-idam asmin brahma-pure daharam pundarikam vesma,  daharo'smin antarakasah, tasmin yad-antah, tad-anvestavyam,  tad-vava vijijnasitavyam." We now commence the eighth and the last chapter of the Chhandogya Upanishad. In our own self, in the deepest recess of our own heart, there is a great secret. This is the subject of this chapter. We carry within our own self a great mystery. No one can be a greater mystery than our own Self. Everything else is capable of definition and understanding, but one's own Self is the greatest enigma in the whole world. Everything can be investigated into, but not one's own Self, because it is a great secret by itself. It is not an open...