Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

=================================================================================================== Monday 24, November 2025, 19:20. 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 - 1:  4 mantras:  The Theory of CREATION: ========================================================================================== Mantram - 1.3: Hiranyagarbha, the Chief Devata: 8  Sa eekshata = He (Brahman) reflected:     ime nu lokaah; = “Here now are the worlds, (just created).  9  lokapaalaan nu srijai iti; = Let Me now create Protectors for these worlds.”  Sah adbhya sam-uddritya eva = Then He took up a lump of the Waters 10.   purusham amurchhayat. = and gave it a human form (Hirany...

======================================================================================================= Saturday 22, November 2025, 06:50. 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 Chapter 1- 8 Mantras: The Nature of BRAHMAN: THE DISCIPLE QUESTIONS THE GURU: Chapters - 4 Mantras:  34. Post-4. ============================================================================================ Mantram - 1.2: The Guru Introduces the Idea of Self: The Guru answers:  1  shrotasya shrotram, = It is the Ear of the ear,   manasah manah yad, = the Mind of the Mind;  2  vaachah ha vaacham, =  It is the Tongue of the tongue,   sa u praanasya praanah, =   and also the Life ...

=========================================================================================== Thursday 01, November 2025, 19:40. KATHA UPANISHAD: “A Leap into the Beyond”:Parts 1 & 2  with Bhashya by Sri Adi Shankaracharyaji.  Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda  on the 90 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayanandaji  =========================================================================================== KATHA UPANISHAD:  Part 1 – Total 71 Mantras Chapters 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3  ============================================================================================ Chapter 1.1: (29) Mantras Post-3.  ============================================================================================ Mantram: 1.1.4: Father’s Curse on Nachiketas  1  Sa ha uvaacha pitaram taata = He said unto his father:   2  “Kasmai maam daasyasi?” iti; = “To whom wilt thou give me?”  3  dviteeyam triteeyam = (He repeated this) a second an...

========================================================================================== Tuesday 18, November 2025, 18:35. TAITTAREYA UPANISHAD – 1: Sheeksha Valli:  Science of Vedic Chanting” - Rishi Yajnavalkya  on the Series of 14 Lectures by  Swami Advayananda.  Reflections:  SWAMI GURUBHAKTANANDA. Post-4. =========================================================================================== FIVE UPASANAS ON SANDHEES: Mantram: 1.3:2- Upasana 1-  About the “Worlds”  6. atha adhi-lokam; =  Now the teaching concerning the “Worlds” is this:  7. prithivee poorva roopam; =  EARTH- is the first letter;  dyauh uttara roopam; =  HEAVEN- is the last letter;  aakaashah sandhih; = SKY- is the meeting place;  vaayuh sandhaanam; = AIR- is the link;  8  iti adhi-lokam (dhyaayat). = This is the meditation with regard to the “Worlds”. ================================================================================...

==================================================================================================== Sunday 16, October 2025, 20:10. Books Upanishads The Philosophy of the Panchadasi: 4.5. Chapter 5: Discrimination of the Mahavakyas: 1. 1.'Consciousness is Brahman':Swami Krishnananda. ===================================================================================================== Chapter 5: Discrimination of the Mahavakyas:'Consciousness is Brahman': There are four Mahavakyas, or great statements in the Upanishads, which have a profound significance as pointers to Reality. They are: (1) Prajnanam Brahma – Consciousness is Brahman; (2) Aham Brahmasmi – I am Brahman: (3) Tat Tvam Asi – That Thou Art; (4) Ayam Atma Brahma – This Self is Brahman. These Mahavakyas convey the essential teaching of the Upanishads, namely, Reality is one, and the individual is essentially identical with it. In the sentence, ' Prajnanam Brahma' or Consciousness is Brahman, a definit...

========================================================================================== Friday 14, November 2025, 19:25.           ISAVASYA UPANISHAD:   18 Mantras on: “The All-Pervading Reality”  Reflections: Swami Gurubhaktananda  on the 12 Lectures delivered: Swami Tejomayananda:  to the 15th Batch Vedanta Course:   at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai  July 11th – July 16th, 2012 Post-6. =========================================================================================== ISHAVASYA UPANISHAD  MEDITATIONS on the Self Wave 2: Mantras 4-8 (5 No.)  ============================================================================================ Gajendra Moksha, the power of Surrender! Mantram - 5: Finding the Correct Means: 1  Tat ejati tat na ejati, = That (the Atman) moves and yet It moves not; 2  tat doore tat u antike; = It is far away and yet It is near;   3  tat antah a...

  ================================================================================================= Tuesday 11, November 2025, 20:30. BOOKS UPANISHAD  Discourse - 4 Chapter 1: Tattva Viveka – Discrimination of Reality. Mantras 28-43 Mantras 37- 40. SWAMI KRISHNANANDA Post-19. ========================================================================================================= Mantram-41. Suṣuptya bhāne bhānantu samādhā vātmāno'nvayaḥ, vyatirekas tvātma bhāne suṣuptya nava bhāsanam (41).  In the state of samadhi, consciousness exists, but the causal body does not exist. Now we have gotten rid of even the causal body. Consciousness is there in samadhi, but the causal body is not there. This is anvaya. The abolition of the causal body, the negation of the causal body while consciousness persists in samadhi, is vyatireka. What has happened now? We have proven that consciousness, which is our real nature, can exist independently of the physical body, independently of the subtl...