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The Chandogya Upanishad: 4-6. Swami Krishnananda.

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=================================================================================================== Wednesday 26, Aug 2026, 21:00.  Chapter 4: An Analysis of the Nature of the Self  Section 5: Importance of Brahmacharya: Mantram-4. Section 6: Course After Death: Mantras 1&2. ============================================================================================== Mantram-4 Tad-ya evaitavaram ca nyam carnavau brahma-loke brahma-caryenanuvindanti, tesam evaisa brahma-lokah tesam sarvesu lokesu kamacaro bhavati. Freedom untrammelled is our reward if we could practise this technique of meditation. We would be the possessors of all these treasures, the nectars and the trees exuding ambrosia, and the oceans of nectar, etc., referred to here. All these would be our possessions and we would be rejoicing in these experiences and be one with them provided that—a great condition is here—we are able to withdraw our senses and mind and centre our consciousness in that which we cal...

The Chandogya Upanishad: 4-5. Swami Krishnananda.

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=============================================================================================================================================  Friday 14, Aug 2026, 09:00.  Chapter 4: An Analysis of the Nature of the Self  Section 5: Importance of Brahmacharya  Mantram-3.  Sa va esa atma hrdi, tasyaitad-eva niruktam hrdy-ayam iti, tasmad-hrdayam, ahar ahar va evam-vit svargam lokam eti.  Post-3. ============================================================================================== Section 5: Importance of Brahmacharya:  Now, the means to the realisation of this great Truth is emphasised in the present section. The word used for this means is brahmacharya. The character of Brahman is brahmacharya. The conduct of Brahman is what we call brahmacharya. Charya is conduct. The meaning of the word Brahman, of course, we know very well. The conduct of Brahman is brahmacharya. To live as Brahman would be brahmacharya. How Brahman is, in that way one shou...