8. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Mantra 2.4.12 | Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York
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🗓️ 23 March 2026
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Summary
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 | Om, Purnamadhaf, Purnami Dam, Purnat, Purnamu Dajyati, |
| 0:13.0 | Purnasya, Purnamadaya, Purnami Vavashiatiita Oom Shanti, |
| 0:23.6 | Shanti, |
| 0:25.6 | shanty |
| 0:26.6 | That is infinite and this is infinite. |
| 0:32.6 | From that infinite, this infinite has come. |
| 0:36.6 | In this infinite, when the infinity is recognized, realized, then infinity alone remains. |
| 0:43.7 | Ome, peace, peace, peace. |
| 0:50.7 | I was just thinking how tightly the teachings follow this peace chant closely, that there is an infinite reality, Saguna Brahman. |
| 1:04.6 | And from that infinite reality, this Jiva has arisen and all this world that we experience. And when in this Jiva has arisen and all this world that we experience. |
| 1:12.8 | And when in this Jiva, in our own experience of ourselves, when we recognize our real nature |
| 1:21.2 | as the infinite, then the infinite alone remains, Nirgunabramhana alone remains. |
| 1:25.8 | And we will see that today. That's exactly the |
| 1:28.6 | teaching which we will see today. What has been given in a nutshell, a capsule in the |
| 1:35.7 | peace chant, Purnamadav Purnamidam, that itself will be discussed here. We are almost at the |
| 1:43.7 | conclusion of the dialogue, the wonderful, grand dialogue between |
| 1:47.5 | Yagya Valkya and Maitri, where she asks her husband and who now becomes her guru, |
| 1:58.0 | can you teach me that by which one attains immortality? |
| 2:01.9 | And Yagya Valka tells sir that the self, you have to realize the real nature of the self. |
| 2:11.3 | How do you realize the real nature of the self? |
| 2:13.9 | Atma-awaridrastavvvvvvvvviam. |
| 2:15.4 | The self should be seen, my dear. |
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