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The Chandogya Upanishad - 3-15: Swami Krishnananda.

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 ======================================================================== ========================================================================= Thursday, November 24,  2022. 10:00. Chapter - 3 : Sanatkumara's Instructions on Bhuma-Vidya :  SECTION 15: LIFE ========================================================================= SECTION 15: LIFE Mantram-1. "Prano vava asaya bhuyan, yatha va ara nabhau samarpitah,  evam asmin prane sarvam samarpitam, pranah pranena yati,  pranah pranam dadati, pranaya dadati, prano ha pita,  prano mata, prano bhrata, pranah svasa,  prana acaryah, prano brahmanah." Nobody can understand what life is. We utter the word 'life' many times, but we cannot explain what it means. It is not what we do daily that is called life. Though we generally identify life with our activity, it is a mistake that we commit. Life is something inscrutable. Life is really what we are. Here, it is called prana. It is not the breathing process, but the l

The Chandogya Upanishad - 3-14: Swami Krishnananda.

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 ========================================================================= Chinmaya Mission Being organized since 2016, the celebrations of  Karthika Deepotsavam 2022 by Chinmaya Mission, Kadapa is going on at the Municipal grounds of Kadapa since 31st October to 8th November 2022.   In 2019, the event witnessed Swami Swaroopananda explain the significance of the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra leading us to the light within.  This year the audience has been witnessing and participating in spiritually empowering processes such as the Rudrabhishekam, Maha Deepa Prajwalanam and Shri Maha Ganapati Kalyanotsavam amongst others. ***** ========================================================================= Saturday, November 05,  2022. 08:00. Chapter - 3 : Sanatkumara's Instructions on Bhuma-Vidya :  SECTION 14: HOPE ========================================================================= Mantram -1. "Asa vava smarad-bhuyasi, aseddho vai smaro mantran adhite karmani kurute,  putrams-ca p