17. Katha Upanishad | Mantra 1.2.20 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Katha Upanishad, one of India's most revered texts which is also a part of the Vedas. It is a collection of philosophical poems representing a conversation between the sage Naciketas and Yama (god of death). They discuss the nature of Atman, Brahman and Moksha(liberation).

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0:00.0	Oum Sahanavavutu, Saha'naubunaktu,
0:08.4	Sahhiriam Karavavah,
0:11.6	Tejasvinawadi, tamasthumavidwishawahy.
0:17.7	Oum shant, shant, shanty, shanty, shanty.
0:21.6	Shanty.
0:26.6	Ome, may the Lord protect us both teacher and taught together.
0:30.6	May the Lord give us the benefit of this knowledge together.
0:34.6	May we achieve greatness together. May this study that we are doing, be illuminating,
0:42.3	and may we not caval at each other.
0:46.3	Ome, peace, peace, peace.
0:50.3	So, we are studying the Katow Upanishad, and we are studying the Katavapanishad and we are in the first chapter, second section and mantra number.
1:08.6	We had just done mantra number 19 last time.
1:14.0	So this is where Yama, the Lord of Death, who is the teacher,
1:18.8	has started teaching his student, the young boy, Natchie Geeta.
1:25.0	And he has pointed out the nature of the self.
1:30.3	The question was, what is the ultimate reality about ourselves?
1:34.3	What is going on here in this game of life?
1:37.3	And all its joys and sorrows and ups and downs.
1:40.3	What is this mystery? What is the solution to this mystery?
1:43.3	What is that ultimate reality?
1:45.0	If there is any such reality, please teach it to me. And so that is what Yama has started doing.
1:51.8	And in the 18th mantra,
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