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The Chandogya Upanishad - 3-24. : Swami Krishnananda.

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Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF) : CIF campus is always abuzz with activity and yet at its heart it is the serene silence of divinity that rings true for those who tune in. This last weekend CIF was hosting two camps – the first was the Narada Bhakti Sutra Camp, facilitated by Br. Anand Chaitanya for participants from the upcoming centre at Chinmaya Mission Vellore and members of CM Chennai.  Participants reveled in the sessions as well as learnt more about the history of Adi Sankara Nilayam and visited various temples in Ernakulam.   Also on campus was the enthusiastic Youth Alliance team, from Uttaranchal, who made the best use of the various spaces on campus to conduct a fun orientation workshop for young participants from the Southern zone.  ========================================================================= Wednesday, March 01,  2023. 07:00. Chapter Three: Sanatkumara's Instructions on Bhuma-Vidya - 24. =============================================================

The Chandogya Upanishad - 3-22 & 23. : Swami Krishnananda.

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========================================================================= Tuesday, February 14,  2023. 07:30. Chapter - 3 : Sanatkumara's Instructions on Bhuma-Vidya :22&23. ========================================================================= SECTION 22: HAPPINESS : Continued So Sanatkumara says, "My dear Narada, happiness is not anywhere and yet it is everywhere; it is in a completeness of Being that you can find happiness." It is not in any kind of accumulation of particulars that happiness can be found. It is not in any aggregate of finitudes that happiness can be discovered. The finitude of a particular situation does not get obviated merely because of the aggregate of finitudes. Even millions and millions of finite objects put together do not cease to be finite in the end. The finitude which is the character of things persists even in an aggregate of finitudes. Even the whole world put together is finite. It cannot be regarded as infinite, because it is limi