32. Katha Upanishad | Mantra 2.2.1 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

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🗓️ 8 October 2022

⏱️ 61 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,
0:07.0	Saha'naubhannabhutu,
0:10.0	Sahhiriam Karavavahah,
0:13.0	Tejas Vinavadi,
0:16.0	Tamsthumavidwishawah
0:20.0	Oanth, shanty, shanty.
0:25.6	Ome, may the Lord protect us both the teacher and the taught together by revealing knowledge.
0:34.6	May the Lord protect us both by giving us the results of knowledge. May we attain
0:40.2	vigor together. Let what we study be illuminating. May we not cavail at each other. Ome, peace, peace.
0:52.6	So we are studying the Kato Opanishad.
0:57.0	It is Swami Vivekananda's favorite Upanishan.
1:00.0	The Kato Pannation has two chapters, each of three sections.
1:04.0	So we had completed the first chapter, and then we had started the second chapter.
1:08.0	We had completed the first section, the second chapter,
1:12.8	and before summer.
1:18.7	And now we are about to start the second section of the second chapter of the Kathwa Oppenishu.
1:22.4	Briefly, we all know the story.
1:31.5	The little boy in Natchie Keta goes to the house of death and asks death about the mystery, you know, what happens after death.
1:33.9	The well-known story, the death grants him three boons and the point here is actually the
1:40.6	third boon.
1:41.5	The third boon was the question, the most important question, the mystery of death.
1:46.3	What happens to us when we die? Is it just the complete end as a materialist would have it? Or do we
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