Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

============================================================================== Monday 01, Apr 2024. 06:55. Chapter 3: Section 2. Mantram- 8, 9. POST-55. ================================================================================== Mantram-8. "Yatha nadyas syandamanus samudre astam gacchanti nama-rupe vihaya,  tatha vidvan nama-rupad vimuktah parat- param purunam upaiti divyam." (3.2.8): We attain to that Supreme Eternal Purusha and merge into that Purusha, uniting ourselves with that Supreme Being. As rivers flowing in different directions commingle with the ocean and we cannot know where what river is, all the jivas who have been liberated will melt into this great Atman, the Universal Being, as rivers melt in the ocean. As nama and rupa, names and forms, are dissolved in the ocean—Ganga is no more Ganga, Yamuna is no more Yamuna, and no river is there as its name and form because it is one mass of equality and merger—so this person, that person, this thing and that thi...

  ========================================================================== Sunday 17, Mar 2024. 06:45. Upanishads Chapter 1: Introduction to the Upanishads-3. Post-4. =========================================================================== We are all well acquainted with the doctrine known as the evolutionary process, which is highlighted these days in the modern world. We have heard that there is a gradual rise of the organisms of life from the material state of inanimate existence to the plant or the vegetable state, to the animal condition of instinct and to the human level. If evolution has stopped with man, there would be no asking by man for anything further. We would be totally satisfied as human beings. Man is not the perfection of things. Though many a time it is said that we have reached the apex of evolution, we have not reached that state. As there was dissatisfaction with the lower stages—such as the animal, etc., which gave rise to the upper level of human psyche...

================================================================================== Saturday 30, Mar 2024 06:30. Discourse No. 2.2 Post - 7. ================================================================================== The human mind is a fool, really. It understands nothing, but yet it assumes an arrogance of all-knowingness and omniscience. Nothing can be worse than this attitude of the mind—knowing nothing and imagining that it knows everything. This attitude is called ignorance. This is called vanity. This is egoism. To assume an attitude of what you are not, that is ahamkara. But the whole of life is nothing but a pretension of this kind. In every one of our activities and attitudes, and even our expressions and speeches and conduct and behaviour, we are hypocritical to the core, if we go deeply into the matter. We do not expose ourselves, because that exposure of our true personality would go contrary to the assumed satisfaction which we wish to acquire through contact of sen...

================================================================================ Friday 29, Mar 2024 06:30. SCRIPTURES UPANISHADS ISAVASYA UPANISHAD Post-25. ================================================================================== Mantram-15: The face of Truth is covered by a golden vessel. O Sun! Remove that for me whose law is to behold the Truth. The results achieved by human means and heavenly means end in the state of prakriti-laya. This is the end and the highest achievement in samsara. moksha is, however, different from and beyond this. It requires the total destruction of desires. Those who cannot attain moksha immediately attain it gradually through the passage of the Sun. This mantra and the next mantra are a prayer to the Sun for allowing one passage across to the Divine Being. Truth is veiled over by a vessel of gold. The essential consciousness within the Sun is hidden by the external disc which dazzles the eyes of the beholder. That which we see in the Sun is no...

  ===================================================================================== Thursday 28, Mar 2024. 07:30. Chapter 4: An Analysis of the Nature of the Self Section 11: The Self in Deep Sleep Mantras-1&2. Post-53. ========================================================================================= Section 11: The Self in Deep Sleep: Mantram - 1. "Tad-yatraitat suptah samastah samprasannah svapnam na vijanati esa atmeti hovaca,  etad-amrtam abhayam etad-brahmeti. sa ha santa-hrdayah pravavraja,  sa haprapyaiva devan eta-bhayam dadarsa, naha khalvayam evam sampraty-atmanam janati,  ayam aham asmi iti no evemani bhutani vinasam evapito bhavati naham atra bhogyam pasyamiti." ======================================================================================== "Now, I will tell you something different. I will point out the Atman which is not affected by the physical body, nor conditioned by the sorrows of dream, and which is blessed in its own state....

Chinmaya Mission:  Step into the memory of Chinmaya Mission's Holi Celebration, where colours mixed with spiritual vibes, creating a beautiful scene of togetherness.  People came together, sharing joy and love, spreading happiness.  It was more than just throwing colours, it was about celebrating unity and goodness.  In that peaceful place, everyone joined in, enjoying the festival's magic.  Chinmaya Mission's Holi Celebration was like a big, colorful reunion where everyone was welcome.  It was about feeling connected and happy, surrounded by vibrant colours and good vibes.  Memories linger of laughter, music, and the shared spirit of camaraderie, making it a cherished experience for all who participated. ======================================================================================== Wednesday 27, Mar 2024. 07:40. Scriptures Upanishads The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad  Chapter 3: The Supreme Goal of Life - 3. Chapter 4: Divine Immanence and t...

=========================================================================================== #6 Questions, 67 Mantras: “Questions from Disciples Answered.” ========================================================================================= GAARGYA’S QUESTION Query No 4: =========================================================================================== Tuesday 26, Mar 2024. 06:30. Mantram - 4.11 Q – 4E:  Sruti Quotation: Merging into the Supreme Post-50. ========================================================================================== Mantram - 4.11 Q – 4E:  Sruti Quotation: Merging into the Supreme 1.  Vijnaana aatmaa saha = “The cognizing self (conditioned Ego), together with   devaih cha sarvaih; -  all the deities (of the 10 sense organs and mind),  2.  Praanaa bhootaani = as also the (5) sub-Pranas and all the (5) elements –   sam-pratishthanti yatra = all these merge into that which  3.  Tad aksharam...