8. Mundaka Upanishad | Mantras 1.2.10 - 12 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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🗓️ 9 October 2023

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Mundaka Upanishad which one of the major Upanishads belonging to the Atharva Veda. Mundaka means ''shaved'' like a shaved head. The teachings revealed in this Upanishad are meant to leave the student clean, or shaved of the veil of ignorance. Indeed, the study of this Upanishad has been traditionally confined to the shaven-heads, or the sannyasins, who have renounced everything and devoted themselves exclusively to contemplation. The book consists of 64 Mantras (verses) split across Mundakas (parts) and Khandas (sections) as follows: Mundaka 1 - Khanda 1 - 9 mantras (1.1.1 - 1.1.9) Mundaka 1 - Khanda 2 - 13 mantras (1.2.1 - 1.2.13) Mundaka 2 - Khanda 1 - 10 mantras (2.1.1 - 2.1.10) Mundaka 2 - Khanda 2 - 11 mantras (2.2.1 - 2.2.11) Mundaka 3 - Khanda 1 - 10 mantras (3.1.1 - 3.1.10) Mundaka 3 - Khanda 2 - 11 mantras (3.2.1 - 3.2.11) Reference books: 1. Mundaka Upanisad translated by Swami Gambhirananda - https://www.vedanta.com/store/mundaka... (or) 2. Eight Upanisads Vol. 2 translated by Swami Gambhirananda - https://www.vedanta.com/store/Eight-U... ► To support the Vedanta Society of New York: http://www.vedantany.org/donate Vedanta NY Archives: / vedantanewyorkarchives Web: http://vedantany.org Soundcloud: http://Soundcloud.com/VedantaNY iTunes Podcast: http://bit.ly/vedanta-talks-itunes Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5IrDmqX... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VedantaNY ABOUT VEDANTA Vedanta is one of the world’s most ancient religious philosophies and one of its broadest. Based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India, Vedanta affirms the oneness of existence, the divinity of the soul, and the harmony of religions. ABOUT US Vedanta Society of New York is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. In fact, this is the Order's first Center started by Swami Vivekananda, in 1894. It was a historic event, for the seed of the world-wide Ramakrishna Movement was sown here in New York over a century ago. Swami Sarvapriyananda is the present Resident Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.

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0:00.0	Om, Bhadram Karnévi Shinu Yamadeva,
0:10.0	Bhadram Pashya Bhirya jatra,
0:14.0	Stira, Rangay, Sustwagam Sastanubhi
0:20.0	Vyhyahyahyahahyahahyah
0:23.6	Vrithhyahra Vridah
0:26.6	Svhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhārishwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a rish tinii nobri haspater dada to ome shanty shanty shanty
0:43.3	o gods may we hear auspicious words with our ears while engaged in sacrifices may we see auspicious things with the eyes. While praising the gods with steady limbs, may we enjoy a life that is beneficial to the gods.
1:00.0	May Indra of ancient fame be auspicious to us.
1:04.0	May the all-knowing Pusha, God of the earth, be propitious to us.
1:08.0	May Garuda, the destroyer of of evil be well disposed towards us may
1:13.5	Brihaspati ensure our welfare.
1:16.2	Ome peace peace peace so that was the peace chant and we are studying the Mundaka Upanishad
1:26.3	in the Mundaka Upanishad we saw the Mundaka Upanishad, we saw how the student, Shauna,
1:30.7	went to the teacher, Angiras, and asked this amazing question. What is that, sir, by knowing
1:36.6	which everything can be known? So he's asking about Brahmavidya, the knowledge of the ultimate
1:42.2	reality, that reality which appears to us as the
1:44.7	entire world. So if you know that, you will know everything. Everything in the sense that everything is
1:49.6	Brahman in that sense. Now, the teacher said knowledge is of two kinds. The lower knowledge and the
1:57.7	higher knowledge, the supreme knowledge and the relative knowledge. And he said the relative knowledge, the lower knowledge and the higher knowledge, the supreme knowledge, the relative knowledge, the
2:03.6	lower knowledge is everything, all the Vedas and whatever we know, whatever we call today secular,
2:08.6	whatever we call religious, all of that is the lower knowledge.
2:11.6	And the higher knowledge is that by which you realize the imperishable.
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