Kathopanishad : ( 04/03/2013. )

====================================================================================================== Monday 20, July 2023, 18:30.  The Secret of the Katha Upanishad: 5.4.  Swami Krishnananda. Discourse No. 5-4 Post -29. ======================================================================================================= yadā pañcāvatiṣṭhante jñānāni manasā saha, buddhiś ca na viceṣṭati, tām āhuḥ paramāṃ gatim. The intelligent one, the discriminative seeker, should introvert the senses in such a way that they stand in unison with the substance of the mind. The mind and the senses, though they work in collaboration with each other, are not identical in their function. The difference in their activities lies in the fact that while the mind can contemplate spatial and temporal objects independently of the functions of the senses, the senses require space and time and externality for their activity. Also, they cannot work unless the mind is actively associated with them. There ...

  ========================================================================================================= Monday 08, June 2023, 18:30.  The Secret of the Katha Upanishad: 5.3.  Swami Krishnananda. Discourse No. 5-3. Post -28. ============================================================================================== Discourse No. 5 The path of the soul to its supreme destination is explained in the Katha Upanishad through a description of the chariot of the body. How does this chariot move? What is the methodology involved in the progress of the individual to its goal? This inner process of the movement of the individual to the Absolute is what we know as the practice of sadhana, or yoga. While there are elaborate textbooks on this subject, the Upanishad touches upon the point in a single mantra, as follows: 1.yacched vāṅ manasī prājñas tad yacchej, etc. The way of yoga is a process of gradual ascent and illumination. It is also a systematised process of achieving fr...

Chinmaya Mission : Chinmaya Mission Durban began the month of April with a celestial celebration and a heartfelt offering to the Divine in the form of Samarpanam 2023! The dazzling night was filled with a bonanza of bhajans that ushered the minds of the attendees into pure bliss. Samarpanam 2023 pulled over 250 devotees to our Ashram on the 1st of April 2023! Melodious bhajans by celebrated artists from India, Anuja Sahai, and Dhananjay Bhatt, accompanied by our very own local instrumentalists of the Swarang Group, truly set everyone grooving to the glories of God! This year's Samarpanam was even more special as Pujya Swami Abhedananda launched the Crowdfunding Initiative for Chinmaya Mission South Africa's noble endeavor - Nourish to Flourish! ========================================================================= Wednesday, April 12, 2023. 07:40 Discourse No. 5-2. Post -27. ======================================================================== The first step, according to...

======================================================================== Tuesday, March 28, 2023. 08:00 Discourse No. 5-2. Post -26 ========================================================================= Bondage is not only dependence on the non-Atman but also forgetfulness of the nature of the Atman, at the same time. The consciousness of the object necessitates a forgetfulness of the subject in some proportion. As a matter of fact, the awareness of the existence of anything outside is due to a transference of a part of our consciousness to the object outside. All perception is an extroverted operation of consciousness. The awareness of an object, the knowledge that we have of things outside, is a form of the operation of our consciousness within in terms of what is outside. We are aware of the existence of a world on account of our being in a state of motion towards the conditions of externality. This is why human life is to be regarded as a state of becoming, rather than being. Li...

Swami Swaroopananda Chinmaya Tapovan Ashram is located in the idyllic valley of Sidhbari, where this great institution was founded by Pujya Gurudev, to impart in-depth learning of the Gita and the Vedantic scriptures.  Seekers can find themselves within the heart of nature, surrounded by majestic Himalayan peaks, imbibing knowledge at the various camps and discourses conducted at the Sandeepan HIM. The entire campus has a positive, vibrating energy drawn from Gurudev’s samadhi alongside the Shri Rama and Shri Hanuman temples. ======================================================================== Wednesday, March 15, 2023. 07:00 Discourse No. 5-1. Post -25 ======================================================================== The path of the soul to its supreme destination is explained in the Katha Upanishad through a description of the chariot of the body. How does this chariot move? What is the methodology involved in the progress of the individual to its goal? This inner proc...

Swami Chinmayananda : In the face of a man approaching us we can easily detect whether he is cheerful or miserable.  There is something in the lines of his face that clearly declares his mental attitude.  Posture plays a vital role! ========================================================================= Thursday, March 02, 2023. 07:00 Discourse - 4.5. Post -24. ========================================================================= The concept of God, the notion of the goal of life before us, is the ultimate determining factor in the success of our practice of yoga, and the Kathopanishad, in this passage on self-control—atmanam rathinam viddhi, etc.—makes it clear that this chariot of the body can go hither and thither if the charioteer lets loose the reins and allows the horses to move according to their whims and fancies. Our intellect can be blurred and clouded by the force exerted upon it by the senses. The senses are very powerful and their power is such that their ac...