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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...