41. Katha Upanishad | Mantras 2.3.6 - 8 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

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Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 February 2023

⏱️ 79 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 Sahanavavutu, Saha'naubhunaktu,
0:10.0	Sahyryam Karavahawahy,
0:14.0	Tejasvinawadhi, tamasthumah vidvishawahy.
0:20.0	Oam shantte, shanty, shanty.
0:24.6	May the Lord protect us both the teacher and the taught together.
0:29.6	May the Lord give us the results of knowledge.
0:32.6	May we attain vigor together.
0:34.6	Let what we study be illuminating.
0:36.6	May we not cave let each other.
0:39.3	Ome, peace, peace, peace.
0:44.3	Namaste and good evening everybody. Welcome to the Qathe Upanishad class.
0:50.3	We are towards the end of the Upanishs actually.
0:56.0	We are on the second chapter.
0:59.0	There are two chapters in the second chapter and the final section of the second chapter.
1:03.0	Where the teacher, the teacher is none other than the Lord of Death, Yama.
1:09.0	And the student is the brilliant and amazing young man, young boy, Nachi Keta.
1:16.6	So Yama is wrapping up the teaching in this last section. He has told us the nature of the ultimate reality. What is the ultimate reality? Brahman. It is these two aspects,
1:29.3	pure existence, consciousness, bliss, which is our nature. We are unlimited being, unlimited,
1:35.3	limitless consciousness and limitless bliss. And also the same Satjidana and the Brahman,
1:43.3	which pervades everything, is the reality of this entire universe, is our own reality, we are that.
1:49.6	But that also is the god of this universe, the Saguna Brahman or Ishwala.
1:54.9	Same Satjidana and the Brahman, limited by Maya or empowered by Maya, becomes the god of this universe the creator, preserver, and destroyer of this universe.
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