Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

======================================================================== 6 Chapters (64 Mantras) Chapter-2. (Mantras - 23-32, 10 no. Section-1 : THE SUPREME PURUSHA) ======================================================================== Thursday, April 20, 2023. 06:30.  3. THE SUPREME PURUSHA (Mantras - 23-32, 10 no.) Thus begins the first Section of the Second Canto. Post - 24. ========================================================================= 24. Mantram - 3.2: Absolute Nature of Brahman 1  divyah hi amoortah purushah,   =  The Divine Being is formless, indeed; 2  sa-baahya abhyantarah hi ajah;   =  both within and without; unborn; 3  apraanah hi amanaah shubhrah,  =   anterior to both life and mind; pure; 4  hi aksharaat   =  verily, even from the Indestructible (Causal),  paratah parah.  =  high though it is, It is still Higher! ===============================================...

========================================================================= Wednesday, April 19, 2023. 06:45. MANDUKYA UPANISHAD  With Part -1/4 of Goudapada's Karika Agama Prakarana - "The Scriptural Treatise" ========================================================================= THE “FOURTH” QUARTER – TURIYA Upanishad Section 2 :  Mantras - 7. Mantra - 7: The Fruit of the Process of “Negation” ========================================================================= OBJECTIONS : Objection 5: Is it a Shunya State (“Nothingness” or Void)? Poorvapakshi: Is this Fourth Quarter a mere void? Answer :  No, an unreal illusion cannot exist without a substratum. Silver has the  substratum of a shell; the snake of a rope; the ghost of a post; the mirage of a desert. In the  same manner, the Fourth state is the substratum of the other three states. Without Turiya,  the other three – Vishwa, Taijasa and Prajna – cannot exist. Objection 6: What is TURIYA in Words? Poo...

======================================================================== Tuesday, April 18,  2023, 06:45. Chapter 1.Section-1: (29 Mantras) : The story of Nachiketas in the House of Death (“A Leap Into the Beyond”) :  Bhashyam by Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya ji. ========================================================================= Chapter-1, Section-1. THE THIRD BOON : 1.1.25: Test 4: Heavenly & Sexual Pleasures Post-24. ========================================================================= Mantram - 1.1.25: Test 4: Heavenly & Sexual Pleasures Yama presses Nachiketas to the limit: 1  Ye ye kaamaah   =  Whatever heavenly desires are there which are  durlabhaah martya loke  =  too difficult to obtain in this world of mortals, 2 sarvaan kaamaan chhandatah   =  all those desires, according to your fancy,  praarthayasva;  =  you may ask for (any of these heavenly pleasures)! 3 imaah raamaah   =...

========================================================================= Monday, April 17 , 2023. 07:15. Chapter 4 - 9 Mantras. (The Story Interpreted) An Illustrative STORY The Inner Essence Post -25. ======================================================================== Mantram - 4.8: The Edifice of Brahma Vidya 1 tasyai tapah damah   =  Of that (knowledge), austerity, self-restraint and  2 karma iti pratishthaa;   =  dedicated work – these are the foundations; 3 vedaah sarvaangaani,   =  the Vedas are Its limbs; 4 satyam aayatanam.   =  and Truth is Its abode. ======================================================================== The Guru’s reply here justifies the deeper meanings of the previous verse. In  accordance with the second of the above interpretations, the Guru answers that there are  some practical aids to Brahma Vidya. The implication is that Brahman Vidya is indeed independent of any other m...

======================================================================== #6 Questions, 67 Mantras : “Questions from Disciples Answered” ##BHARGAVA’S QUESTION :  Query No 2: “The Supremacy of Power” ========================================================================= Monday, April 10 , 2023. 06:50.  Mantram - 2.8 iv) Prana as a “Courier Service” Post-23. ========================================================================= Mantram - 2.8 iv) Prana as a “Courier Service” 1  Devaanaam asi vanhitamah  =  Thou art the best “courier” to the Gods; pitrunaam prathamaa svadhaa;  =   and carry the first oblations to the forefathers. 2  risheenaam charitam satyam  =  Thou art the true, right conduct of the senses, athah va-angirasaam asi.  =   which are the essential factors of the body. ========================================================================= Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) : 1 Vanhitamah: “the best carrier”....

Chinmaya Mission : Akhanda Ramayan Parayan was organized in Chinmaya Vrindavan, Cranbury, New Jersey on April 1st and 2nd under the guidance of Swami Shantananda ji! The parayan was led with melodious chanting by Acharya Sundeep Tyagi ji from Canada! More than 300 people participated! Balavihar children participated and enacted the Sita Swayamvara and Vivaah scene and joined in the Hanuman Chalisa chanting at the end! It was a blissful experience for all devotees! ======================================================================== Sunday, April 09, 2023. 09:10. 7. THE FRUITS OF REALISATION (Mantras -  25-26, 2 no.) Mantram - 26 : The Fruits of Kaivalya ========================================================================= Mantram - 26 : The Fruits of Kaivalya 9  anena jnaanam-aapnoti,  =  By this one attains the knowledge that 10  samsaaraarnava-naashanam;  =  destroys the endless experience of change 11  tasmaad-evam viditvainam,  =...

======================================================================== Saturday, April 08, 2023. 06:25. SAGUNA-BRAHMAN UPASANAS : Part-1. Chapter-6. Meditations on Form  Mantram - 1.6.5: More Attributes for Meditations Post-25. ========================================================================= Mantram - 1.6.5: More Attributes for Meditations 8  etat tatah bhavati;  =  Then he becomes This  akaasha shareeram brahma;  =   Brahman, whose Body is space;  satyaatma, praanaa raamam  =   whose nature is Truth, who sports in Prana,  manah aanandam;  =   whose mind is Bliss.  shaanti samriddham, amritam;  =   who is full of peace, and who is Immortal; 9  iti praacheena-yogya upaasva.   =  Do thou meditate on this “time-honoured Yoga”. ========================================================================= Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) : 8  Six more attributes are now lis...