Kenopanishad : ( 18/01/2013. )

 =========================================================== ============================================================== Sunday, January 23, 2022.. 18:00. Chapter -1. Mantrams -  8. (Numbers) The Nature of Brahmam : ============================================================== The Disciple Questions The Guru : The Disciple Asks: Mantram-1. "1 kena ishitam patati  preshitam manah, 2 kena praanah prathamah  praiti yuktah; 3 kena ishitaam  vaacham imaam vadanti, 4 chakshuh shrotram  kah u devah."  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 kena ishitam patati  preshitam manah,      =  By whom willed and directed  does the mind alight upon its objects? 2 kena praanah prathamah  praiti yuktah;    =  Commanded by whom does the main vital air proceed to function? 3 kena ishitaam  vaacham imaam vadanti,   =  By...

 ================================================= =================================================== Tuesday, January 11, 2022.. 9:00.PM. Chapter -1. Mantrams - 8. The Nature of Brahmam : ================================================== The Disciple Questions The Guru : Mantram 1.1: The Disciple’s Questions =========================== The Disciple Asks: Mantram-1. "1 kena ishitam patati  preshitam manah, 2 kena praanah athamah  praiti yuktah;   3 kena ishitaam  vaacham imaam vadanti, 4 chakshuh shrotram  kah  udevah yunakti." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 kena ishitam patati  preshitam manah,      =  By whom willed and directed  does the mind alight upon its objects? 2 kena praanah athamah  praiti yuktah;        = Commanded by whom does the main vital air proceed to function? 3 kena ishitaam  vaacham imaam vadanti,...

 ================================================================= ================================================================= Sunday, January 02, 2022.. 7:00.PM. B. Peace Invocation ( Santhi Mantram ) : from the Sama Veda : ================================================================ Santhi Mantram : 1 om. aapyaayantu mama angaani,  vaak praanah chakshuh shrotram,  athah balam indriyaani cha sarvaani. 2 sarvam brahma upanishadam,  maa aham brahma niraakuryaan  maa maa brahma niraakarod. 3 aniraakaranam astu,  aniraakaranam me astu;  tad aatmani nirate; 4 ya upanishatsu dharmaah,  te mayi santu, te mayi santu. OM Shaantih shaantih shaantih! ================================================================== Mantram Translation : i) Vigorous may my limbs grow; so, too, my  speech, Prana (vital air), eye, ear,  and the strength of all my senses! ii) All is Brahman of the Upanishads.  May I never deny Brahman;  may Brahma...

===================================================================== ==================================================================== Thursday, December 23, 2021. 8:00.pm. From: A. Krishna Yajur Veda & B. Sama Veda INVOCATION PRAYERS : A. GENERAL INVOCATION : from Krishna Yajur Veda ==================================================================== Mantram : OM saha navavatu | saha nau bhunaktu | saha virya karavavahai | tejasvi navadhitamastu | ma vidvivahai || OM Sanyih! Santih!! Santih!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 om.  saha nau avatu;           = May He protect us both together. 2 saha nau bhunaktu;             = May He protect us both. 3 saha veeryam karavaavahai; = May we attain vigour together. 4 tejaswi nau adheetam astu;   = Let what we study be invigorating. 5 maa vidvishaavahai.  ...

 =============================================================================== ================================================================================= KENA  UPANISHAD : “Know  That  Alone as Brahman” Chapters : 4.  Mantras : 34   Know That Alone  as  Brahman  =============================================================================== INTRODUCTION  TO  KENA  UPANISHAD KENA  UPANISHAD  IS  the  9th  Chapter  of  the  Talavakara  Branch  in  the  Sama  Veda. The  first  eight  chapters  are  concerned  with  the  Karma  and  Upasana  which  fall  under  Apara Vidya.  They  belong  to  the  Mantra  Samhitas and  the  Brahmanas of  the  Vedas.  Then  follows the  Brahma  Jnana  or  Para  Vidya...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, March 08, 2021. 07 : 46. PM. MEDITATION ON BRAHMAN : 3. Post-20. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.  MEDITATION ON BRAHMAN : Brahman is the embodiment of all qualities, powers and existence. It is possible for anyone to obtain any...

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, February 25, 2021. 10 : 09. AM. THE PHILOSOPHY OF YAKSHOPAKHYANA : 2. Post-19. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...