Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

 =============================================================== ============================================================== Adi Shankaracharya Swami Sivananda Swami Tapovanji Swami Chinmayananda SERVE  LOVE  GIVE  PURIFY  MEDITATE  REALISE ============================================================== Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda : on the 18 Lectures delivered by Swami  Guruji, during the 15th Batch Vedanta Course at at the Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai : February 21st – March 2nd, 2012. ============================================================== Thursday, March 03, 2022. 20:00. THE PRASHNA UPANISHAD : 6 Questions, 67 Mantras “Questions from Disciples Answered” ============================================================== Prashna means “question”. In this Upanishad, there are six students who each ask a question to the Guru, and the Guru answers them. Hence arises the name of the Upanishad. Among the top 10 Upanishads, 3 are from the Atharva Veda. ...

 ============================================================== ===============================================================  From the Atharva Veda (26 Mantras) : “The HOMOGENEITY of Brahman” =============================================================== Wednesday, March 02, 2022. 20:00. INVOCATION (Santhi Mantram ) - As this text is from the Atharvana Veda, the appropriate invocation is the following: ) : 2. ================================================================ "Reflections : by Swami Gurubhaktananda : on the Series of 8 Lectures by Swami Advaitanand Ji : Acharyaji of the 15th Batch Sandeepany Vedanta Course : held at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai : From 23rd November – 30th November, 2012." ============================================================== Adi Shankaracharya Swami Sivananda Swami Tapovanji Swami Chinmayananda SERVE  LOVE  GIVE  PURIFY  MEDITATE  REALISE =============================================================== INVOCATION (Santh...

 ============================================================== =============================================================== Reflections : by Swami Gurubhaktananda : on the Series of 14 Lectures by Swami Advayananda Ji Acharyaji for 15th Batch Vedanta Course at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai. March 1st – March 16th, 2013. =============================================================== Adi Shankaracharya, Swami Sivananda, Swami Tapovanji, Swami Chinmayananda. SERIES THEME: “Piercing the Clouds; Crossing the Seas”. =============================================================== Tuesday, March 01, 2022. 19:30. Chapter-1.On the Science of Pronunciation etc. Shiksha Valli or Samhiti Upanishad :  The Science of Vedic Chanting : PART 1: 12 No.Chapters ( Anuvakas ) ================================================================ MANGALACHARAN  Anuvaka 1.1 :  ============================================================== Peace Invocatory Chant (Santhi Mantram) om sh...

 =============================================================== ============================================================== Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda on the 90 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayananda ji Acharyaji, 15th Batch Vedanta Course at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai July 17th – September 29th, 2012. ============================================================== Adi Shankaracharya, Swami Sivananda, Swami Tapovanji, Swami Chinmayananda. SERVE  LOVE  GIVE  PURIFY  MEDITATE  REALISE =============================================================== Monday, February 28, 2022. 19:00 (Parts 1 & 2) :  Part 1 – Total 71 Verses Chapters 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3. ABOUT THE BHASHYAM: ============================================================== ABOUT THE BHASHYAM: The following Mantram contains all that constitutes a perfect Bhashyam: " Sutrartho varnyate yata, padaih sutraru saribhih; swapadani cha varnyante, bhashyam bhashyavido vidhuh." Meaning: i) “The o...

 ============================================================== ============================================================== Sunday, February 27, 2022, 20:00. 1.Introduction- =============================================================== The theme of the Mandukya Upanishad is an exposition of the Mystic Syllable, Om, with a view to training the mind in meditation, for the purpose of achieving freedom, gradually, so that the individual soul is attuned to the Ultimate Reality. The basis of this meditation is explained in the Vidya (meditation), known as the Vaisvanara Vidya. This is the secret of the knowledge of the Universal Being, designated as Vaisvanara. Its simple form of understanding is a transference of human attributes to the Divine Existence, and vice versa. In this meditation, one contemplates the Cosmos as one's Body. Just as, for example, when one contemplates one's individual body, one simultaneously becomes conscious of the right eye, the left eye, the right ha...

 =============================================================== =========================================================== Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda on the Series of 54 Lectures by Swami Advayananda ji Acharya mji of the 15th Batch Sandeepany Vedanta Course held at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai. From 16th December, 2012 – 13th February, 2013 ============================================================== Adi Shankaracharya Swami Sivananda Swami Tapovanji Swami Chinmayananda SERVE  LOVE  GIVE  PURIFY  MEDITATE  REALISE =============================================================== Saturday, February 26, 2022. 19:00. MUNDAKA UPANISHAD : 6 Chapters (64 Mantras) ============================================================= Chapter-1. Section-1. Mantram - 1. Guru Parampara : Lineage of Teacher : =============================================================== Mantram - 1.1. 1 Om, brahma devanam prathamah sambabhuva, 2 vishvasya karta  bhuvanasya gopta; 3 sa...

 =============================================================== ============================================================== Reflections : Swami Gurubhaktananda : on the Series of 14 Lectures : Swami Tejomayanandaji, Guruji, then Spiritual Head, Chinmaya Mission, at Chinmaya Tapovan, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand from April 8th – April 13th, 2013 ============================================================== Adi Shankaracharya, Swami Sivananda, Swami Tapovanji, Swami Chinmayananda. SERVE  LOVE  GIVE  PURIFY  MEDITATE  REALISE =============================================================== KENA UPANISHAD : ( Know That Alone as Brahman ) 4 Chapters,  No. Mantras. - 34 ============================================================== Friday, February 25, 2022. 20:00. INVOCATION PRAYERS ( Santhi Mantras ) From: A. Krishna Yajur Veda & B. Sama Veda. ============================================================== Santhi Mantram : 1. om. aapyaayantu mama angaani,  vaak praanah...