Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

=================================================================================== Friday 01, November 2024, 06:50. Article Scriptures The Doctrine of the Upanishads:2.  Swami Krishnananda =================================================================================== Naive Realism (Continued) If mind and consciousness are products of matter, they must be inherent in matter. What is not in the cause in some form or the other cannot be produced as the effect. If the cause is matter, the effect also would be matter. If mind and consciousness are facts of experience, and if they are said to be effects, they must have a conscious cause, too. How can something arise from nothing? The attempt to merge the entire individual experiencer in a material universe is bound to end in failure. Epistemologically and metaphysically the theory of naive realism is found to be unsatisfactory on account of its inability to explain facts of consciousness and experience of matter by consciousness. W...

=================================================================================== Thursday 31, October 2024, 06:30. Article Scriptures Sage Yajnavalkya in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: 5.  Swami Krishnananda. Post-5. =================================================================================== In the Atharva Veda there is a Sukta called Varuna Sukta. It is available in English translation. If you have any longing, it will melt down in the fire of this inclusiveness of God-being. All these statements of the Upanishads in different places amount to one thing: that by externalizing consciousness we will achieve nothing. It is not enough if you merely internalise it also. You should neither be an extrovert nor an introvert but, if you can coin a word, an omnivert. Everywhere you perceive everything. That 'I' is not the physical 'I' with which you see the world – it is the soul observing itself in things which look like non-Self. The non-Self does not exist; but even...

Chinmaya Mission: Twenty-six Yuvaveers from the 14th batch of the Youth Empowerment Programme recently visited Adi Sankara Nilayam, the maternal birth home of Adi Sankaracharya, as an expression of gratitude for the great Master.  Having studied his compositions during their course, they offered Sankara Kriti Parayana, a respectful chanting of Sadhana Panchakam and Tattvabodha, led by Swamini Sampratishthananda, Br. Sudheer Chaitanya, Br. Sundar Chaitanya, Br. Ved Chaitanya, and Brni. Taarini Chaitanya.  The Parayana began with Totakashtakam, followed by mantras from both texts, and concluded with the aarti of Sri Sankaracharya. Offering Sankara Kriti Samarpanam at Adi Sankara Nilayam, where Adi Sankaracharya underwent his Vidyarambham and Upanayanam, remains a meaningful tradition for seekers honoring the Master’s profound legacy. =================================================================================== Wednesday 30, October 2024. 06:50. Upanishads Chapter 3: Prepar...

=================================================================================== Tuesday 29, October 2024, 06:30. Article Scriptures Meditation According to the Upanishads -6.  Swami Krishnananda. (Spoken on January 14th, 1973) Post-6. =================================================================================== The Upanishad deduces that there should be a cosmic counterpart of these three states experienced by individuals—namely, the waking, dream and sleep states. While we are individually body-conscious in the waking state, the cosmic counterpart, known as the Virat, is said to be universally, physically conscious. Or, to explain it in another way, there is a simultaneous consciousness of all the physical existences in the cosmos. This is said to be the cosmic counterpart of the individual, physical condition. Virat, or Vaishvanara, is the cosmic physical consciousness, of which the vishva, or the individual waking condition, is regarded as a part, a segment or a sectio...

=================================================================================== Monday 28, October 2024, 06:40. Upanishads: The Secret of the Katha Upanishad:  Swami Krishnananda. Discourse No. 4 (continued) Post - 22. =================================================================================== The disturbances within our personalities are mostly due to our disagreement with the circumstances outside. We hate conditions now prevailing in the world. We hate persons who do not think as we think. We have a thorough resentment in respect of every event that takes place, which is not conducive to the pleasure of our physical personality. This resentment is sometimes expressed in speech and action, but oftentimes it is hidden in the mind itself. We are always in a state of resentment. We have a mood of our own, which is not compatible with inner satisfaction, not conducive also to the pleasure or the good of other people. We put on what Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj used to call a...

Chinmaya Mission is with Chinmaya Yuva Kendra and Chyk Noida. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Swami Chidrupananda ji inspired over 1,000 students at Invertis University, Bareilly, addressing the crucial topic of Challenges Faced by Today's Youth.  It was a powerful session filled with wisdom, guidance, and practical tools to help navigate the complexities of modern life. Swamiji beautifully explained three types of people:  1.Advanced Planners, 2. Last-Minute Managers, and 3. Procrastinators,  while highlighting the common challenges young people face today, including distractions, addictions, and conflicting viewpoints.  His message encouraged the youth to stop comparing themselves to others, reminding them that true uniqueness lies within.  The only real disability in life? A negative attitude. Let’s uplift ourselves, embrace our strengths, and bring posit...

==================================================================================== Saturday 26, October 2024. 06:45. Chapter 4: An Analysis of the Nature of the Self Appendix 1: Sandilya-Vidya Post-68. ===================================================================================== Mantram-2. "Mano-mayah prana-sariro bha-rupah  satya-samkalpa akasatma sarva-karma  sarva-kamah sarva-gandhah sarva-rasah  sarvam idam abhyatto'vakyanadarah." The whole mental world is permeated by this Being. The light of the mind, the light of understanding, the light of intelligence is the light of Brahman. It appears to be embodied through these pranas and the body. They are a vehicle, an embodiment to particularise this infinite consciousness. And as I have mentioned already, even these as effects are not different from consciousness, the cause. So, this mental body or vital body of ours is not to be regarded as distinct from the Absolute. They are only occasions for the meditation ...