Chandogya Upanishad: ( 30/03/2013. )

======================================================================================== Friday 24, July 2026, 05:00. Chapter 4: An Analysis of the Nature of the Self Section 3: The Space Within the Heart Mantram-3. Sa va esa atma hrdi, tasyaitad-eva niruktam hrdy-ayam iti, tasmad-hrdayam, ahar ahar va evam-vit svargam lokam eti. Post-32. ========================================================================================== Mantram-3. Sa va esa atma hrdi, tasyaitad-eva niruktam hrdy-ayam iti, tasmad-hrdayam, ahar ahar va evam-vit svargam lokam eti. There is a peculiar etymological derivation of the meaning of the word hridaya, which usually means heart. The Upanishads are very fond of these kinds of etymological extractions of meanings for certain words giving the significance of the words. As I said, hridaya means heart. It is a Sanskrit word and the Upanishad now explains why the heart is called hridaya. "Here inside is He." This means to say, Truth is inside you; it is...

======================================================================================== Wednesday 15, July 2026, 19:00. Chapter 4: An Analysis of the Nature of the Self Section 3: The Space Within the Heart Post-31. ========================================================================================== Section 3: The Space Within the Heart: The capacity to fulfil a desire is actually the power of the vision to find out where the object of desire is and what connection the object has with one's own self. The lack of this vision in respect of the object of desire is the impediment which acts as an obstacle to the fulfilment of the desire. Desires are really the visions of consciousness which act in different ways, in different levels of experience. When, due to the locking up of consciousness in a particular level of experience, it cannot visualise what is outside it or beyond it, then it becomes difficult for it to come in contact with the objects of its desires. Mantram-1. Ta i...