Chandogya Upanishad: ( 30/03/2013. )

 ======================================================================= ====================================================================== Sunday,  Novamber 28, 2021. 8:00. PM. The Chandogya Upanishad - CH-3, SECTION 3-2. CHAPTER III: SANATKUMARA'S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA : 3-2. SECTION 3 - Mind-2 ====================================================================== Whatever the mind can think, that should be brought within the purview of the object of meditation. This is perhaps the last stage which ordinary people can reach in meditation. What can they do beyond the level of the thoughts of their mind? So, we should try to find out what are the possibilities of the mind, and bring all of them together into a stage of harmony, in an artistic manner. The pattern of thought should be beautiful. It should be complete.  This is the meaning of the term 'absolute' here. We have to remember this again. The absolute is the completeness of any particular concept, whatev...

 ====================================================================== ======================================================================= Monday,  Novamber 22, 2021. 8:00. PM. CHAPTER III: SANATKUMARA'S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA : 3-1. SECTION 3 -Mind-1 ======================================================================= Mantram:  1. Mono vava vaco bhuyah, yatha vai dve vamalake  dve va kole dvau vaksau mistir-anubhavati, evam  vacam ca nama ca mano’nu-bhavati, sa yada  manasa manasyati, mantran-adhiyiyeti, athadhite,  karmani kurviyeti, atha kurute, putrams-ca  pasumsceccheyeti, athecchate, imam ca lokam amum  ceccheyeti, athecchate, mano-hy-atma, mano-hi loko mano hi brahma, mano upassveti. 2. Sa yo mano brahmetyupste yavan-manaso gatam tatrasya yatha kamacaro bhavati yo mano  brahmetyupaste ‘sti bhagavo manaso bhuya iti manaso vava bhuyo’stiti tanme bhagavan bravatviti. ======================================================...

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deepavali at Chinmaya Mission ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sunday, Novamber 7, 2021. 9:00. PM. CHAPTER III: SANATKUMARA'S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA : 2. SECTION 2 : Speech ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam 2." Sa yo vacam brahmeti upaste, yavad-vaco gatam  tatrasya yatha kamacaro bhavati, yo vacam  brahmety-upaste; asti, bhagavah, vaco bhuya iti,  vaco vava bhuyo’stiti, tan-me, bhagavan, bravitviti."  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One is free to the extent of one’s knowledge. So, knowledge is power. This is a great conclusion that we can draw from these descriptions of the nature ...

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chandogya Upanishad - CH-3, SECTION 2 : Speech.. Swami Krishnananda. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, September 22, 2021. 8:15. AM. CHAPTER III: SANATKUMARA'S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA : 2. SECTION 2 : Speech --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam : 1. Vag-vava namno bhuyasi, vag-va rg-vedam  vijnapayati, yajurvedam, sama-vedam, atharvanam  caturtham, itihasa-puranam pancamam, vedanam  vedam, pitryam, rasim, daivam nidhim,  vakovakyam, ekayanam, deva-vidyam, brahma vidyam, bhuta-vidyam, ksatra-vidyam, naksatra vidyam, sarpa-...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BID FAREWELL. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 22, 2021. 8:15. AM. CHAPTER III: SANATKUMARA'S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA : 2. SECTION 1: NAME. 6. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sa yo nama brahmeti upaste yavan-namno gatam, tatrasya yatha kamacaro bhavati yo nama brahmetyupaste'sti, bhagavah, namno bhuya iti; namno vava bhuyo'stiti, tan-me bhagavan bravitviti. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whoever contemplates 'name' as Brahman, which means to say, whoever regards the object of meditation as absolute, gains whatever that object includes within its gamut. The principle of meditation is this: whatever the object of your meditation be, that has to be taken as absolute. There should ...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, September 20, 2021. 8:15. AM. HAPTER III: SANATKUMARA'S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA : 2. SECTION 1: NAME. 5. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the mistake that many people make even in the practice of spiritual life. They suddenly think that they are God-men or that they are about to jump into the ocean of God-consciousness and drink the nectar of ambrosia. They are caught hold of by their very legs through the laws that operate in the physical world. Knowledge does not mean ignorance of any particular aspect of experience. It is a total comprehension of fact as such. Even bondage has to be known in its true structure. When we are bound, we must know why we are bound. That is real knowledge. You cannot say, "Well, I am not concerned with the stages of b...

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, September 17, 2021. 8:15. AM. HAPTER III: SANATKUMARA'S INSTRUCTIONS ON BHUMA-VIDYA : 2. SECTION 1: NAME. 4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nama va rg-vedo yajur-vedah pitryo-rasir-daivo, nidhir vakovakyam, ekayanam, deva-vidya, brahma-vidya, bhuta-vidya, ksatra-vidya, naksatra-vidya, sarpa-deva-jana-vidya, namaivaitat, namopassveti. Sanatkumara continues: "Now, well, I will tell you once again that this is only theory, and therefore, it is not of much consequence in your life, but it has an importance in that it is the beginning of knowledge. Therefore, meditate on 'name'." Though mere information is not of any ultimate utility in one's practical life, it is not without some utility, because learning begins with gathering of information. The ide...