Good morning.

I was looking forward to see the faces of the brave souls who have braved the sudden cold for Vedant.

One of the qualifications for Vedant is Thittikshah, where you put up with all that the world can throw at you,

the troubles, the physical and mental troubles,

and still you stick to Vedantah.

Yes.

So heat or cold, I will go and attend a Vedantah class.

That is Titiccha. That is the practice of spiritual fortitude.

Today, I propose to dwell on one mantra from the Upanishads, from the largest of the Upanishads, the Brihadaranyak Upanishad.

There is a mantra towards the end of that Upanishad. It goes like this.

Atmanam ched, Vijaniyan, ayam asmete, purushah, kimichan kasyakamay,

Shariram anusanguaryat.

This particular mantra, I'll tell you what it means.

It contains the essence of Vedantah.

And Shankaracharya in his commentary has written a brief commentary on it, maybe a paragraph or so.

But Vidyaranya in his Panchadashi writes his biggest chapter, the seventh chapter,

290 verses on this one short mantra. 290 verses.

And that chapter is packed with a lot of insights into Vedanta into spiritual life.

So I'll primarily draw upon that and many other things today.

A lot of material, lot of ground to cover.

Let's see. I'll have to move fast and you'll have to pay attention.

That's the original language. That's the original language. What does it mean? When a person

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