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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

7. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Mantra 2.4.11 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, one of the oldest and most foundational Principal Upanishads of Hinduism, is being taught in this lecture series by Swami Sarvapriyananda. Belonging to the Śukla Yajurveda and forming the concluding portion of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, its name means “the great forest.” The text comprises six chapters organized into the Madhu, Yājñavalkya (Muni), and Khila kāṇḍas, and is tenth in the traditional canon of 108 Upanishads. Renowned for its profound nondual philosophy, it includes the celebrated dialogue between Yājñavalkya and his wife Maitreyi, where all love is shown to be ultimately directed toward the Self (Ātman), whose realization as identical with Brahman leads to immortality and infinite bliss. For more information, please visit:


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0:00.0

O Oo, Purnam Adaf, Purnamidam, Dhar, Purnamudhāsa, Purnamudajati,

0:14.0

Purnasya, Purnamadaaya, Purnameva, shihyathe.

0:21.6

Oom, shanty, shanty, shanty,

0:28.6

Ome.

0:31.6

That is the infinite, this is the infinite.

0:34.6

From that infinite, this infinite has arisen when one

0:39.5

recognizes the infinity within this infinite then infinite alone remains

0:45.2

home peace peace peace

0:50.0

namaste and good evening or good morning wherever you are in different parts of the world.

0:58.0

We are studying a chapter from the Brehzharnik Upanishad.

1:03.0

It is the largest of the Upanishads, but we are going to study only one section of it,

1:09.0

which is the wonderful dialogue between Yagya Valkya and his wife, Maitri.

1:15.6

So this Yagya Valkya Maitri dialogue, we are studying it.

1:20.6

And we saw how when Maitri asked for instructions in Vedanta, the knowledge that will make her immortal.

1:31.2

So, Yagyavalke starts off by saying something rather interesting, even disturbing.

1:38.9

He says we love anything and everything only for ourselves, for the sake of the self.

1:47.0

That which makes us happy, we love that. And that which does not make us happy, we do not love that.

1:50.0

So all our pursuits for fulfillment are basically for the sake of the self.

1:56.0

That sounds a little disturbing because it sounds like a prescription for utter selfishness,

2:01.6

you know, instrumentalizing love, that we love others for ourselves only.

2:06.6

But you be patient, you'll see it's just the opposite.

2:09.6

But the first effect of that is, then we must,

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