35. Katha Upanishad | Mantras 2.2.9 - 11 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

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🗓️ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 71 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	Ome Sahanavavato,
0:07.0	Saha'naubhunaktu,
0:09.0	Sahhyaeeriam Karavahawahy,
0:13.0	Tejasvinawadi,
0:15.0	Tamas, Tumavidvithihah,
0:19.0	Oam shanth, shanty, shanty, shanty.
0:24.6	Ome, may the Lord protect us both the teacher and the taught together
0:29.6	by revealing knowledge.
0:31.6	May the Lord protect us both by giving us the results of knowledge.
0:36.6	May we attain vigour together. Let what
0:39.3	we study be eliminating. May we not cavail at each other. Ome, peace, peace. So, cut
0:48.9	open, we had, we are on this second chapter, second section, eight mantra.
1:01.0	We have done the eight mantra and we'll proceed from there.
1:06.0	What's going on here.
1:18.8	The original question of Natchiketa about death, the deeper meaning of that was the nature of the self. What happens after death? What is the nature of the self? Do we die at physical death?
1:23.7	And the answer is, no, we go on to other lives. But then what's the point of all of that?
1:29.3	What are we actually?
1:31.3	And then Yama, the teacher, uses that question as an occasion to teach Vedantah, that we are
1:39.3	actually not this physical body, which dies at death.
1:43.3	That is absolutely sure. It dies at death. If you, if you, I mean, that is absolutely sure, it dies at death.
1:47.0	We are not even this subtle body, this mind, this personality, this limited individuality,
1:53.0	which survives physical death, but that's not good news because it goes on to other existences.
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