8. Katha Upanishad | Mantras 21 - 24 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Katha Upanishad, which is one of the most popular Upanishads. The scripture concerns the story of a young man who goes to the house of death to find out what happens after death. The reply describes the nature of reality and the meaning of life.

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0:00.0	O'm Saha'navavu,
0:08.0	Saha'navu Nakhtu,
0:11.0	Sahhiriam Karawawah,
0:14.0	Tejas finna, Tumavidwishawahay. Oam shanty, shanty, shanty.
0:23.6	May the Lord protect us both the teacher and the taught together by revealing knowledge.
0:32.6	May the Lord protect us both by giving us the results of knowledge.
0:40.0	May we attain illumination together.
0:43.3	Let what we study be invigorating.
0:45.7	May we not cavil at each other.
0:49.3	Ome, peace, peace, peace.
1:02.0	So in Katowpanishad, we were on the 20th mantra where Natchiketa finally asks the question, which will begin the teaching of Vedantah. Before this, Natchikaeta had been offered three boons by the Lord of Death Yama.
1:09.0	And the first boon that the little boy asked for was
1:11.8	that I should go back to the world of the living
1:14.7	and my father should be happy with me,
1:16.6	basically settling his worldly affairs.
1:19.7	The second boon was he asked about the best Vedic sacrifice,
1:25.1	which can guarantee a heaven, one of those temporary heavens after death.
1:31.6	So basically taking care of his other worldly affairs.
1:34.9	Now he's asking the ultimate question, what is the reality about ourselves?
1:41.5	Is there anything that lives after, is there anything that continues after physical death? Or is there nothing? Are we just these bodies? And there also is not asking about the subtle body. Because remember, he already believes that the body dies and then we go on to other lives. But what's beyond all that?
2:01.4	What's the ultimate truth of what ourselves?
2:03.2	That's the question he's actually asking.
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