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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

20. Katha Upanishad | Mantra 1.3.1 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

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

Om Sahanavavu,

0:07.0

Saha'naubhnaubhnaubhnuaktu,

0:09.0

Sahhviriam Karavavah,

0:12.0

Tejas Vinavhidhhhhāhahhhhhahi.

0:18.0

Oam shantish, shanty.

0:23.6

Oh, may the Lord protect us both teacher and taught together.

0:28.6

May the Lord give us both the results of this study.

0:31.6

May the Lord make our study illuminating.

0:34.6

When we attain bigger together, may maybe not cavell at each other

0:39.3

home peace peace peace so we have been studying the cuthubanishad and we have made some progress we have

0:51.8

actually completed the second section so So Katak Panisha has two

0:58.9

chapters. Each chapter has three sections called Wally's. So we have completed in the first chapter

1:07.5

we have completed the first section, first W, and the second section, second worldly.

1:12.4

Now we are about to start the third section.

1:14.7

In the first section, we were told about, we were introduced to the story.

1:21.6

The little boy, Natchiketa, goes to the house of death, Yama, and asks his questions, and that's the context.

1:29.3

The main thing that we introduced to was the third question of Naji Keta, the mystery of death.

1:37.4

What are we really?

1:39.0

Which he rephrased later on.

1:40.7

We saw in the second section that he rephrased the same question more precisely.

1:45.5

That reality within us, which is beyond body, beyond mind, beyond duality, beyond karma,

1:51.4

beyond karma and a drama. Tell me about that reality. The real nature of the Atman.

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