42. Katha Upanishad | Mantras 2.3.9 - 11 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 73 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 Saha'navavavu, Saha'naubhunaktu,
0:09.0	Sahhyaam Karavahawahy,
0:13.0	Tejasvinawadhi, Tamasthumavid Vidvishawah
0:19.0	Oam Shanti,me shanty Shanty
0:22.6	Shanty
0:23.6	Oam
0:25.6	May the Lord
0:26.6	protect us both the
0:27.6	teacher and the
0:28.6	thoughts together
0:29.6	May the Lord give us the results
0:31.6	of our knowledge
0:32.6	May we attain
0:34.6	vigor together
0:35.6	Let what we know
0:36.6	Let what we study be invigorating, illuminating May we attain vigor together? Let what we know, let what we study be invigorating, illuminating.
0:40.6	May we not cavail at each other?
0:43.0	Ong, peace, peace, peace.
1:12.6	So in the cutatau Upanishad, we are on the third section of the second chapter, which is the last section of the whole Upanishad. The Upanishad has six sections divided into two chapters of three-section siege. In this last section, Yama, the Lord of Death, who is the teacher, is teaching the
1:21.8	student, who's the young boy, Natchiketa, and he is wrapping up, sort of summarizing the entire teaching, what is Brahman,
1:30.5	the nature of the ultimate reality, and how we realize it. So that's what's going on,
1:35.1	the process of realizing. All of these things have been touched upon earlier, but again he is
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