Kathopanishad : ( 04/03/2013. )

 ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== Wednesday, November 17, 2021. 8:00. PM. Kathopanishad: The Science of the Inner Life :1-1 1.INTRODUCTION :  ================================================================================ ==================================================================================== 1. INTRODUCTION : 1. The Kathopanishad may be regarded as a most appropriate introduction to spiritual life in general. The story with which the Upanishad begins provides the proper foundation for commencing a study of the science of the higher life of man. From the exoteric ritual of the performance of sacrifice and charity by sage Vajasravasa, the Upanishad takes us to the spiritual longing of the seeker, Nachiketas, which moves along a definite pattern of development.  The three boons requested for by Nachiketas from Yama represent the terrestria

======================================================================= ======================================================================== Tuesday, November 2 2021. 8:57.PM. The Secret of the Katha Upanishad : 3. Swami Krishananda. Chapter -1.  Discourse No - 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The story that is the background of this exposition of the Upanishad is something like this—to give you in outline. There was a sage called Vajasravasa, known also as Gautama. He performed a yajna or a sacrifice called Vishvajit, a yajna or a sacrifice by which he aspired to enter the heaven of the gods. This sacrifice was of a very peculiar nature which demanded of the performer that he gave in charity everything that he possessed, dear and near. This Vishvajit sacrifice known as the sarvavedasa yajna was performed by Gautama or Vajasravasa, the sage. In this yajna, through which performance he aspi

 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, November 2 2021. 8:57.PM. Chapter -1.  Discourse No - 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone has been caught in this network of things called the world, right from creation up to the present day, and we have no reason to believe that the future generation will not be so caught. The pattern of life is not merely a location of objects for our enjoyment, for our likes and dislikes. The pattern of existence is a tremendously well thought-out involvement, externally as well as internally