Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

 ============================================================== ============================================================== Sunday, February 13, 2022. 19:00. Discourse-1. Chapter- I  FIFTH BRAHMANA  : PRAJAPATI'S PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD AS FOOD FOR HIMSELF " Spoken on 8 February 1977. ============================================================== "What is this sevenfold food that you mention, and how is it connected with the consumers or eaters of food question? ============================================================== Mantram-2 : "'yat saptānnāni medhayā tapasā janayat pitā' iti medhayā hi tapasājanayat pitā. 'ekam asya sādhāraṇam' iti. idam evāsya tat sādhāraṇam annam, yad idam adyate.  sa ya etad upāste na sa pāpmano vyāvartate, miśraṁ hy etat. 'dve devān abhājayat' iti, hutaṁ ca prahutaṁ ca; tasmād devebhyo juhvati ca pra ca juhvati, atho āhuh, darśapūrṇamāsāv iti; tasmān neṣṭi-yājukaḥ syāt. 'paśubhya ekam prāyacchat' iti. 

 ============================================================== #Glimpses of First Anniversary Celebration of 18th Vedanta Course First Anniversary Celebration of 18th Vedanta Course was celebrated on 5 February 2022 on the occasion of Vasant Panchami, in the holy presence of Pujya Swami Tejomayananda and Pujya Swami Swaroopananda at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai. ============================================================= Tuesday, February 08, 2022. 20:00. Discourse-1. Chapter- I  FIFTH BRAHMANA  :  PRAJAPATI'S PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD AS FOOD FOR HIMSELF Spoken on 8 February 1977. ============================================================= Now, this object of desire, in the language of the Upaniṣhad, is generally called 'food'. It is a peculiar term used in the Upaniṣhads only. 'Anna' is the word that is used in the Upaniṣhad. Anna means food, or a diet of the senses. So, the diet of the sense is the object of desire. All objects of desire are the food