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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

9. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Mantra 2.4.13 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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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

Ome Purnam Adaf, Purnamidam, Purnamidam, Purnat, Pudhārna, Phajata, Purnasya, Purnam Adaya,

0:19.0

Purnam eva, Shurnamiwavashita.

0:21.6

Oum, shanty, shanty, shanty, shanty.

0:28.6

Ome, that is infinite and this is infinite.

0:33.6

From that infinite, this infinite has arisen. In in this infinite if its infinitude is

0:40.4

discovered then infinity alone exists oh peace peace peace welcome back to this class on the

0:53.0

prehadarna kupanishad and to this class on the Priyadarnec Upanishad.

0:55.0

And in this class, we are studying just one section of this great Upanishad.

1:06.0

The dialogue between the sage Yagya Valkya and his wife, Maitre. The entire message, the entire

1:14.8

teaching can be summarized in one word. In Sanskrit, Sarawatma Bhava, which means being the

1:22.5

essence or the self of the entire universe of everything, or to put it even more simply, oneness.

1:29.3

The whole universe is one with you. You are one with the entire universe.

1:35.3

A little qualification here, a technical qualification.

1:42.3

Oneness does not mean in this case a collection. For example,

1:49.2

there are all these things in this room. Suppose you put them all together is a bundle of things.

1:55.3

All the things in one bundle, the things in this room, a collection, an inventory, a catalogue of books. Not in that sense.

2:02.6

The oneness we are talking about here, the oneness of all things would still exist, even if all things did not exist.

2:10.6

So it is oneness because it is such an anand, the existence consciousness place, appearing as this entire universe.

2:20.3

If the appearance were to disappear, still the reality would remain.

2:25.3

And that reality you are. In fact, that is the discussion today, we will see.

2:30.3

So that reality you are, you are that one reality appearing as everything.

2:35.0

When you look at everything, you are the one reality at the heart of everything.

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