Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

 ====================================================================== Chinmaya Mission Chinmaya Mission Pune and Chinmaya Yuva Kendra Navi Mumbai jointly organised a 4-day residential youth camp at the divine Chinmaya Maauli Ashram in Pune. The camp, titled “TBH: To Be Happy” saw the enthusiastic participation of over 50 youngsters under the leadership of Br. Ved Chaitanya and Brni. Maitreyee Chaitanya. Spread over an action-packed weekend, the camp sessions, which were based on “Jeevanasutrani: Tips for Happy Living” by Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda enlightened the youngsters with extremely simple tips towards happiness, fuelled even more by Vedji’s captivating mannerism and clarity of thought. Along with daily sessions, the camp saw an abundance of fun activities, the groups were asked to make mud sculptures single handedly. Other than that physical outdoor games like Bhasmasur, Villager, Chain Chain, Relays, and Volleyball were thoroughly enjoyed by the campers. Evening Aar...

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================= Tuesday, August 09, 2022. 07:00. Chapter- II : FOURTH BRAHMANA :  THE CONVERSATION OF YAJNAVALKYA AND MAITREYI ON THE ABSOLUTE SELF : 12. ========================================================================= Mantram-12.  Sa yathā saindhava-khilya udake prāsta udakam evānuvilīyeta,  na hāsya udgrahaṇāyeva syāt, yato yatas tv ādadīta lavaṇam eva,  evaṁ vā ara idam mahad bhūtam anantam apāraṁ vijñāna-ghana eva;  etebhyo bhūtebhyaḥ samutthāya, tāny evānuvinaśyati; na pretya saṁjñāsti, iti are bravīmi, iti  hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sa yathā saindhava-khilya udake prāsta udakam evānuvilīyeta:  Another illustration is given here to make out the nature of the Supreme Being from whom all knowl...

 ======================================================================= ======================================================================== Wednesday, July 20, 2022. 21:00. Chapter- II : FOURTH BRAHMANA :  THE CONVERSATION OF YAJNAVALKYA AND MAITREYI ON THE ABSOLUTE SELF : 10 & 11. ========================================================================= Mantram-10. Continued ..... Evaṁ vā are'sya mahato bhūtasya niḥsvasitaṁ:  From the aspiration, as it were, of this eternal, infinite Reality, all the knowledge of this world has come. Just as when you breathe out there is a breath coming from your nostrils, the Absolute breathes, as it were, this wisdom of all His creation. And, all this wisdom of the world put together cannot be equated with a fraction of It. It will be another aspect of this mystery which is mentioned in the following passages. The wisdom of the Veda, which is regarded as eternal knowledge, can be compared to the aspiration of the Absolute....

 =============================================================== =============================================================== Monday, July 04, 2022. 04:50. Chapter- II : FOURTH BRAHMANA :   THE CONVERSATION OF YAJNAVALKYA AND MAITREYI ON THE ABSOLUTE SELF : 9&10. =============================================================== The sage Yājñavalkya says that the nature of effects cannot be known unless their cause is known. It is futile on our part to investigate into the nature of any finite object without correlating its form and context with the causes which gave rise to its present form, in a series which cannot be comprehended by the mind. Every link in a chain is connected with every other link. The pull or force exerted by the topmost link is felt by the lowermost link even if the chain be millions of miles in length, irrespective of the fact that the lowest link might not have even seen the very existence of the topmost link. The presence of that topmost link will...

 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Monday, June 13, 2022. 20:30. Chapter- II : FOURTH BRAHMANA :  THE CONVERSATION OF YAJNAVALKYA AND MAITREYI ON THE ABSOLUTE SELF : 6,7,8,9. continued ==================================================================== 6.brahma tam parādād yo'nyatrātmano brahma veda. kṣatraṁ tam parādād yo'nyatrātmanaḥ  kṣatraṁ veda. lokās tam parādur yo'nyatrātmano lokān veda. devās tam parādur yo'nyatrātmano devān veda. bhūtāni tam parādur yo'nyatrātmano bhūtāni veda. sarvaṁ tam parādād yo'nyatrātmano sarvaṁ veda. idam brahma, idaṁ kṣatram, ime lokāḥ, ime devāḥ, imāmi bhūtāni, idaṁ sarvam, yad ayam ātmā. Finally the Upaniṣhad says; sarvaṁ tam parādād yo' nyatrātmano sarvaṁ veda: Everything shall leave you if you regard anything as other than you. It is a metaphysical point, a psychological theme, and a practical truth. You cannot ...

 ================================================================ ============================================================= Tuesday, May 24, 2022. 20:30. Chapter- II : FOURTH BRAHMANA :  THE CONVERSATION OF YAJNAVALKYA AND MAITREYI ON THE ABSOLUTE SELF : 5 continued ============================================================= So, what you love is a completeness of being which is reflected in the condition felt to exist between yourself and the object concerned. You must mark this point. What you love is only the condition that you imagine to be present in the state of the possession of the object. But that state can never be reached, for the reason already mentioned. So, nothing is dear in this world. What is dear is the condition which you intend to create, or project in your own being by an imagined contact with the object. So, not one person is dear in this world, but what is dear is that condition which is imagined to be present after the possession of that object or ...

 ================================================================ ================================================================ Wednesday, May 04, 2022. 21:45. Chapter- II : FOURTH BRAHMANA :  THE CONVERSATION OF YAJNAVALKYA AND MAITREYI ON THE ABSOLUTE SELF : 5 continued ============================================================== The desirability of the object is, again, a condition of the mind. It is a perception of the mind in the contour of the object, of certain characters which are necessitated by the mind. The mind is a pattern of consciousness. You may call it a focused form of consciousness, a shape taken by consciousness, something like the shape the waters of the ocean may take in the surge of the waves. A particular arrangement of consciousness in space and time may be said to be a mind, whether it is a human mind or otherwise. This particular arrangement of consciousness is naturally finite. Every particularised shape or form is finite, merely because of the...