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The Kenopanishad: Commentary on Section -1 : Swami Krishnananda.

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  ======================================================================================= Thursday 17, Sep 2026, 15:45. Articles Scriptures The Kenopanishad: Commentary on Section - 1 Swami Krishnananda ======================================================================================= Mantram-2. śrotrasya śrotram manaso mano yad vāco ha vācaṁ sa u prāṇasya prāṇah, cakṣuṣaś cakṣur atimukya dhīraḥ, pretty āsmāl lokāt amṛta bhavanti. ============================================================================================ Simple is the answer of the Upanishad, as simple was its question. What is that, was the question. The answer is: It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of the speech, the breath of the breath, the eye of the eye. Knowing this, heroes, having departed hence, relinquish what is mortal and become immortal. This is the second mantra in the form of an answer to the question of the first mantra. When the Upanishad says that the real is the eye ...
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The Kenopanishad: Commentary on Section - 1: Swami Krishnananda

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  ====================================================================================================== Wednesday 09, Sep 2026, 14:15. Articles Scriptures The Kenopanishad: Commentary on Section - 1:  Swami Krishnananda ============================================================================================ Invocation āpyāyantu mamāṅgāni vāk prānaś cakṣuḥ śrotram atho balam indriyāṇi ca sarvāṇi. sarvam brahmopaniṣadam mā'ham brahma nirākuryām mā mā brahma nirākarot anirākaraṇam astu anirākaraṇam me'stu. tad ātmani nirate ya upaniṣatsu dharmās te mayi santu; aum śantiḥ, śantiḥ, śantiḥ. Mantram 1 keneṣitam patati preṣitam manaḥ kena prāṇaḥ prathamaḥ praiti yuktaḥ, keneṣitaṁ vācam imāṁ vadanti cakṣuh śrotraṁ ka u devo yunakti. Thus begins the Kena Upanishad with a question: Who is the impeller and propeller of the mind, who is it that incites life into activity, propelled by whom does speech function properly, and who is the Divinity that harnesses the senses, such as the ey...
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KENOPANISHAD - ( Upanishad ends ) : 1.2.12. Swami Krishnananda.

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========================================================================= Monday,  January 02,  2023. 07:30. SECTION -TWO :  THE PHILOSOPHY OF YAKSHOPAKHYANA : (Continued) Post-12. ========================================================================= MEDITATION ON BRAHMAN : The story teaches us that everything is despicable except the knowledge of Brahman. The glory of this world is less than a straw. The greatest of the gods are nothing before the Brahman. Even the king of the gods is nothing before it. The story also shows that it is very difficult to realise Brahman, as even the best of the gods failed in their attempts to comprehend it. It further shows that Agni, Vayu and Indra became great through the knowledge of Brahman alone. Brahmajnana is supreme greatness and glory. It is vain to think that any individual has the power to act or to enjoy. It is Brahman that is, and nothing else.  Brahman is the embodiment of all qualities, powers and existence. It is ...
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KENOPANISHAD - 1.2.11. Swami Krishnananda.

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========================================================================= ========================================================================= Thursday, December 15, 2022. 09:30. SECTION -TWO :  THE PHILOSOPHY OF YAKSHOPAKHYANA : (Continued) Post-11. ======================================================================== Another instruction that this story gives us is that Brahman does exist. If it does not exist, then, something else must exist. What is that something else? It may be held that the universe or the world exists. Because the universe is a collection of individuals, it means that the individual is real. But this individual is a stress of the ego. If the ego is real, it must succeed in all its attempts. The very fact that it attempts at something constantly, shows that it is not real. Moreover, the ego is subdued every moment either through external or internal agencies. One day or the other, all the egos shall be smashed. The grief of this world is the experienc...
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KENOPANISHAD - 1.2.10. Swami Krishnananda.

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 ======================================================================== Chinmaya Mission : Inauguration of Chinmaya Milan Manila, Phillipines 24th November 2022 was the auspicious day that all members of Chinmaya Mission Manila were waiting for all through the Pandemic for a formal inauguration of their new centre Chinmaya Milan by Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head Chinmaya Mission.  Invoking Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda and offering Paduka puja the centre was declared open for all public events and programmes of Chinmaya Mission.  The centre also welcomed a new Sevak Brni. Satrupa who studied in the 18th batch Vedanta Course and will be serving the communities of Chinmaya Mission Manila. The centre has a multi purpose prayer hall that can accomodate 200 people with the altars of Shri Rama and Hanuman and Gurudev, 5 classrooms for Bala Vihar, CHYK and Study Classes, a bookstore and 2 resident teachers living quarters. ================================================...
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