Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

================================================================================================== Sunday 01, February 2026, 06:40. ISAVASYA UPANISHAD: MEDITATIONS on the Self 18 Mantras on: “The All-Pervading Reality”  Wave 3: Mantras 9-15 (6 No.) The Integration of KNOWLEDGE: on the 12 Lectures delivered: Swami Tejomayananda:  to the 15th Batch Vedanta Course:   at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai July 11th – July 16th, 2012 Reflections: Swami Gurubhaktananda  Post-10. ======================================================================================================= Wave 3: Mantras 9-14 (6 No.) -  The Integration of KNOWLEDGE. IN THIS SECTION of 6 mantras, we have two sets of 3 verses, each set following the same pattern. These are mystical verses and require the help and guidance of a Teacher to explain them. They have many interpretations, according to the orientation of the various  schools of thought. They address the eternal problem fa...

========================================================================================================= Thursday 29, January 2026, 20:10. BOOKS UPANISHAD  Commentary on the Panchadasi: 23.  Chapter 1: Tattva Viveka – Discrimination of Reality. Mantras 44-55 Mantras - 51- 55  SWAMI KRISHNANANDA Post-23. =================================================================================================== Mantram-51. "Idaṁ guṇakriyā jāti dravya sambandha vastuṣu, samaṁ tena svarūpasya sarva meta ditīṣyatām."   These problems that we raised just now of vikalpatva or nirvikalpatva, that is, finitude or infinitude as associated with Brahman, may also be considered as futile arguments in the case of quality, action, species, genus, objectivity, relation, and anything whatsoever. Guna is quality, kriya is action, jati is species, dravya is object, sambandha is relation, vastu is anything whatsoever. Hence, in any one of these categories that we find in this world, the same ...

  ====================================================================================== Tuesday 27, January 2025, 19:30. Books Upanishads Lessons on the Upanishads: 3.7. Chapter 3: Preparation for Upanishadic Study -7. Post-21. ========================================================================================= Austerity is very important. Tapas is the pre-eminent prescription of the Upanishads for self-control, which actually means the inhibition or abstraction of the tendency of the mind to move towards things other than the Self. Austerity, or tapas, can be performed or carried on gradually by a systematic adoption of graduated methods. The first thing you can do in your life towards performance of austerity is to avoid luxury and a happy-go-lucky attitude. You should have or keep with you only those things which are necessary for you, and should not keep those things which are not essential for a reasonably comfortable existence. This is the first step that you can take i...

  Swami Advaitananda ================================================================================================= Sunday 25, December 2025, 18:45.            KAIVALYA UPANISHAD: “The Homogeneity of Brahman”  from the Atharva Veda: 26 Mantras:  Reflections:  Swami Gurubhaktananda:  #on the Series of 8 Lectures:  Swami Advaitananda. of the 15th Batch Sandeepany Vedanta Course held at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai: From 23rd November – 30th November 2012. Mantram: 5 - The Seat of Meditation  Post: 6. ==================================================================================================== Mantram: 5 - The Seat of Meditation:  7  vivikta-deshe cha = In an undisturbed place, and  sukhaasana-sthah = resting in a comfortable posture  8  shuchih, sama = clean and pure, keeping erect  greeva-shirah-shareerah; = the neck, head and body.  9  atyaashrama-sthah = in a ment...

  =================================================================================================== Friday 23, January 2025, 05:10. 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-7. ==================================================================================================== Mantram - 2.2: Cows and Horses – The Trial Abodes:  4 taabhyah ashwam aanayat; taah abruvan  = He brought a cow for them. They said:  na vai nah ayam alam iti. = “Indeed, this too is not sufficient  5  taabhyah ashwam aanayat; taah = He brought a horse to them. They said:  abruvan na vai nah ayam alam iti. = “Indeed, this too is not sufficient for ...

  ===================================================================================================== Wednesday 21, January 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 THE DISCIPLE QUESTIONS THE GURU: Chapters - 4 Mantras:  34. Mantram - 1.4: Brahman – Illuminator of Speech:  Post-7. ======================================================================================================= Mantram - 1.4: Brahman – Illuminator of Speech:  1 yad vaachaa anabhyuditam, = What speech cannot reveal,  2 yena vaak abhudyate;= But what reveals speech;  3 tad eva brahma twam viddhi, = Know That alone as Brahman,  4 na idam yat idam upaasate.= And not this which people worship here....

=============================================== Monday 19, January 2025, 06:15. KATHA UPANISHAD: “A Leap into the Beyond”:Parts 1 & 2  with Bhashya by Sri Adi Shankaracharyaji. on the 90 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayanandaji  KATHA UPANISHAD:  Part 1 – Total 71 Mantras Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda  Chapters 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3  Chapter 1.1: (29) Mantras Mantram - 1.1.7: Lord Yama Instructs on Hospitality Post-7. =============================================================================================== Mantram-1.1.8: Consequences of Inadvertence  1  Aashaa prateekshe, = “Hopes and expectations and merits gained     sangatam soonritaam = in good company & their friendly discourses.  2  cha ishtaa-poorte, = the beneficial results of sacrifices & pious gifts  putra-pashoon cha sarvaan; = such as having sons and many cattle – all   3  etad vringkte = these are destroyed, nullified,...