Kathopanishad : ( 04/03/2013. )

 ======================================================================== ========================================================================= Monday, September 19,2022. 06:00. Discourse -3.  Post -15. ======================================================================== Now, the Guru should have a double qualification. He must be living what he teaches, and also he should have the power to express what he knows. That is a brahmanishtha and a shrotriya, beautifully blended. Such a person is an ananya. You have no other alternative than this. You approach a Guru who is established in the knowledge which he has acquired, in whom knowledge has become a part of his being and life and practice, and who has also the blessing of the power of expression; otherwise, this truth cannot be known. This knowledge cannot be obtained through mere study for oneself, by private enterprise, merely. It requires the grace of a Master. Knowledge acquired through a Guru is living knowledge.  It has a

 ======================================================================== Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF) 03.09.2022 Hari Om. On 31 August, the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, the CIF Family, including staff and Vedanta Sadhaka Course (VSC) students, gathered together to welcome Ganapati Bappa, with decorations in the Illom and preparation of naivedya and sweets. Br. Ved Chaitanya led the team to setup the altar and install the murti of Ganesha Bhagavan, and offered an elaborate puja with abhisheka of 11 dravyas. VSC Students along with CIF Staff and residents devotedly chanted the Ganapati Atharvashirsha 21 times followed by an offering of Ashtottara namavali. Special naivedya of modak, sweets and fruits was offered to Bhagavan. The puja concluded with joyous chanting of the Ganapati Aarti and chants of “Ganapati Bappa Moraya!” ======================================================================== Saturday, September 03,2022. 06:40. Discourse -3.  Post -14. ========