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19 January 2024
- 16:2816:28, 19 January 2024 diff hist +31,686 N Mandukya Karika Lecture 137 on 17-January-2024 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == Gaudapada was trying to explain to us what is the Samsara or Jagat. Actually, there is no problem with Jagat. But our attachment to the Jagat is the real problem. Because even a Jivanmukta, he experiences this world. But he knows. This is the Leela of Brahman. The concept of Leela is very important for us to understand a little bit about a Jivanmukta. We think a Jivanmukta is seeing everything as we are seeing. If that is true, then..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:2716:27, 19 January 2024 diff hist +35,996 N Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Lecture 104 on 16-January-2024 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == In our last class, we were discussing about the topic of the Guru. There was a devotee, Mr. Choudhury, doesn't matter X, Y, Z, but most important topic. He was asking a question, Is it not possible to have the vision of God without the help of a Guru? The categorical answer is no, it is not possible. What is a Guru? The right guidance, whether it can come from within our own hearts, this is called intuition. If we take shelter under..." Tag: Visual edit
12 January 2024
- 12:3712:37, 12 January 2024 diff hist +32,469 N Sri Suktam Lecture 01 on 11 January 2024 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == By God's grace, we have completed the Devi Suktam. Devi here means divine mother. Anyone who realizes the supreme reality, they become one with that reality. So there was a daughter of a Rishi called Ambruni. And she had realized, I am the Parabrahman. And she has to express her experience. And that experience can be expressed only when there is a dualistic mood. So assuming the form of Saguna Brahma, Ishwara, she had expressed in ei..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:3112:31, 12 January 2024 diff hist +33,739 N Amrita Bindu Upanishad Lecture 02 on 7 January 2024 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We have started the study of Amrita Bindu Upanishad, which belongs to the Atharva Veda. As I mentioned earlier, it has 22 mantras and there are 5 Upanishads ending with the word Bindu. And Amrita Bindu means a drop. Shri Ramakrishna used to say, just imagine a room dark for a million years and just a litting of one match is sufficient, the darkness will vanish. How many Bindus, drops, Bindu means a drop, how many drops does it take f..." Tag: Visual edit
- 12:2812:28, 12 January 2024 diff hist +33,481 N Mandukya Karika Lecture 136 on 10-January-2024 Created page with "== full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are studying the last chapter of the Mandukya Karikasa called Allatha Shanti. Extinction of the firebrand. What is the burden? First of all, this fourth chapter is more or less a summary of the earlier three chapters. In the last chapter, which is called Advaita Prakaranam, everything is Advaita. Advaita means there is no duality. And this Samsara is only dual. Even saying Brahman and Maya, that is only from the dualistic point of..." Tag: Visual edit
- 12:2512:25, 12 January 2024 diff hist +38 Amrita Bindu Upanishad Lecture 01 on 6 January 2024 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 12:2412:24, 12 January 2024 diff hist +31 N Category:Amrita Bindu Upanishad Created page with "Category:Swami Dayatmananda" current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:2412:24, 12 January 2024 diff hist +34,340 N Amrita Bindu Upanishad Lecture 01 on 6 January 2024 Created page with "From today, we are going to study a beautiful Upanishad, albeit a minor one, containing only 22 mantras. This Upanishad is called Amruta Bindu Upanishad. And this Upanishad belongs to Atharva Veda. And you must notice here, Amruta Bindu. Amruta means nectar. Bindu means one drop. So there are five Upanishads belonging to this Atharva Veda. Atharva or Atharvana Veda. And the Shanti Patha or the Atharvana Veda, Atharva Veda, is just what we chanted just now. Bhadram, Karne..." Tag: Visual edit
- 11:0211:02, 12 January 2024 diff hist −28 Khandana Bhava Bandhana Lecture 01 on 21 April 2019 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
5 January 2024
- 12:5912:59, 5 January 2024 diff hist +32,787 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 22 on 31 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We have been enjoying the Kaivalya Upanishad. We have come to the end of this Upanishad. The great Rishi Pashvalayana had obtained instructions how to realize God, how to realize Brahman. This Kaivalya Upanishad containing gems from the thoughts of every other Upanishad, containing only 26 mantras, is a most marvelous thing. In our last class, we have been talking about the glory of Shatarudriyam. And today, I would like to give a sm..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:5512:55, 5 January 2024 diff hist +35,422 N Devi Suktam Lecture 12 on 04 January 2024 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We have been discussing the Devi Suktam and really enjoying it. That is Brahman himself as if speaking through the medium of a realized soul. In our last class we have been seeing the sixth mantra of the Devi Sukta. Devi Sukta contains in total only eight mantras. We have completed the sixth mantra and just to recollect AHAM RUDRAYA DHANUH AATANOMI BRAHMADVISHE SHARAVE HANTAVA UH AHAM JANAYA SAMADHAM KRUNOMI AHAM DHYAVA PRATHIVI AVIV..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:5112:51, 5 January 2024 diff hist +35,214 N Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Lecture 103 on 02-January-2024 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == So we have entered into the year 2024. Every passing day we are approaching the end of our life. But I wish you all very peaceful, happy, spiritual new year. Let us continue our gospel study, meditation actually. So in our last class we have been talking about the concept of Guru. There are so many things we have to understand. One of the most important things we need to understand is how come most of us have Gurus and yet we are not..." Tag: Visual edit
- 08:3308:33, 5 January 2024 diff hist +32,544 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 21 on 30 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. We have almost come to the end of this Upanishad, which contains 26 mantras. In our last class, we have been studying the 24th. We completed it and then we entered into the 25th. A very marvellous mantra, not only 25th and 26th, but the entire Kaivalya Upanishad. It is of easy language. Also, it picked up the very essential Vedantic truths and puts it in a very understandable language. The spec..." current Tag: Visual edit
4 January 2024
- 00:3300:33, 4 January 2024 diff hist +34,920 N Devi Suktam Lecture 11 on 28 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are studying the Devi Suktam. This is the 125th Stotram or Suktam from book 10 Dasyama Mandala of the Rig Veda. It is also called Vaak Suktam, Vaagum Bruni Suktam. We have been studying the 6th Mantra. This Devi Suktam has only 8 mantras. But every mantra is full of symbolism and inner meaning. If we just substitute the word Devi or Aham with the word Brahman, Brahma, then the whole universe is nothing but the manifestation of Bra..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:2900:29, 4 January 2024 diff hist +33,231 N Mandukya Karika Lecture 135 on 27-December-2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are studying Karikas 51 onwards of the 4th chapter of the Mandukya Upanishad called Alatha Shanti Prakrana. Gaudapada wants to drive into us that there is no creation at all. This is called Ajati Vada. But we are all thinking that there is a creation just as nobody will deny. Who are your parents? So and so. So you are born of those parents. Yes. And your parents are born of their parents. This is called Karana Karya Vada. The fir..." Tag: Visual edit
- 00:2100:21, 4 January 2024 diff hist +35,284 N Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Lecture 102 on 19-December-2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == So one of the devotees had given a bit of a quotation, the souls play, something like that it goes. How do we understand it in the topic, in the context of Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna? Frankly, I never read this kind of books. When I want to understand about spirituality, I only read the books that are the teachings or the sayings or even sometimes the writings of books by realized souls. How do we know whether this is a realized soul..." current Tag: Visual edit
24 December 2023
- 18:0718:07, 24 December 2023 diff hist +35,055 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 20 on 24 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. We have almost come to an end. There was a great Rishi called Ashvalayana. He approached Bhagawan Brahma himself to help him, to teach him, to show him the right path so that he could realize his identity with Brahman. The essence of all Upanishads, of all Vedanta is Jiva Brahma Aikya Jnanam. The knowledge that I am Brahman, there is no Jiva, there is no Jivatma, there is no Paramatma, whatever..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:1712:17, 24 December 2023 diff hist +37,332 N Devi Suktam Lecture 10 on 21 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We have been enjoying the Devi Suktam. In our last class we have been discussing the fifth mantra of this Devi Suktam. The Divine Mother, that is to say, the lady called Vak. She became a knower of Brahman, became Brahman, identified herself with Brahman and then she was telling, just like our Holy Mother, once somebody asked, why do we always find you involved in worldly matters? She smiled sweetly and said, what to do my son? I am..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:1612:16, 24 December 2023 diff hist +32,721 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 19 on 23 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We have been studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. This great Rishi called Ashvalayana approached Bhagawan Brahma and from him he was getting a Upadesha. Upadesha means the right direction so that one can reach God. In that context, in our last class, we have been studying the 21st mantra and sometimes this Kaivalya Upanishad is classified into or divided into two chapters, Khandas. So first chapter was over, this practically falls into t..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:1412:14, 24 December 2023 diff hist +32,476 N Mandukya Karika Lecture 134 on 20-December-2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == In our last class, we have been studying the 49th Karika of the 4th or last chapter called Alatha Shante Prakarana. Alatha means a fire brand, a burning tip, just a tip. But when we move it fast enough, we can produce various forms. Simplest imagination will be a square, a circle, a triangle, etc. But experts can produce any object that we want. Now Gaudapada is taking us very deep into the refinement of our intellect. When this tip..." Tag: Visual edit
- 09:1709:17, 24 December 2023 diff hist +276 Aitareya Upanishad Lecture 13 on 16 September 2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
20 December 2023
- 07:1807:18, 20 December 2023 diff hist +33,116 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 18 on 17 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. Bhagwan Brahma himself is giving a knowledge about Brahman to one of the greatest Rishis called Ashvalayana. In this Kaivalya Upanishad, we have completed 17 already. And 18 also we have completed. 19th we have started. It is always my custom to go back one or two mantras so that the thread will be a connecting thread between what we have heard and what we are going to discuss further. So Brahm..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 07:1707:17, 20 December 2023 diff hist +33,350 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 17 on 16 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == There was a great seeker of Brahman, his name was Ashvalayana. He approached the very Parameshwara and Parameshwara accepted him. Because he found him very yogya purusha, adhikari purusha, sadhana chatustraya sampanna purusha. And he has been teaching. And the only way is to remain aloof from all the three states. And that capacity to remain as a witness must be obtained with tremendous amount of meditation, which is herein called as..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 07:1407:14, 20 December 2023 diff hist +35,349 N Devi Suktam Lecture 09 on 14 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are all enjoying the Devi Suktam. In my last class, we have been discussing the third mantra. This Devi Suktam has got eight mantras. So once more, I would like to go through this. There was a Rishika, a woman Rishi who had practiced spiritual sadhana, attained Brahma Gnanam, knew that I am Brahman and she is expressing her joy. Whatever these great Rishis express, they are called mantras. And they are only of truth. And that trut..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 07:1207:12, 20 December 2023 diff hist +33,296 N Mandukya Karika Lecture 133 on 13-December-2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == In our last class, we have been studying the 46th kārikā of the last chapter, 4th chapter called Alāta Shānti Prakarana. This peculiar title, Alāta Shānti, that is extinguishing of a firebrand. And Gauḍapada so far has not entered into the description of that one. But very soon we are going to come to that shloka or kārikā. So, in this 46th, this we have discussed already. evam na jāyate chittam evam dharmāḥ ajāha-sm..." Tag: Visual edit
12 December 2023
- 16:1916:19, 12 December 2023 diff hist +36,404 N Devi Suktam Lecture 08 on 07 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are enjoying the Devi Suktam from the 10th Mandala and 125th Suktam. In our earlier classes, we have discussed the very first mantra that I manifest Myself in the form of all the Adheshtha Truh Devatas, presiding deities as illustrated in the examples given Rudra, Vasu, Mitra, Varuna, Indra, Agni, Ashwini, Kumar, Asat. And the essence of this whole Devi Suktam is I have become the Sakala Adhyatmika, Sakala Adhibhautika and Sakala..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:1716:17, 12 December 2023 diff hist +36,035 N Devi Suktam Lecture 07 on 30 November 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == This is the most marvelous Shanti Patha and this summarizes the essence of this Devi Suktam and before I enter into the second mantra, we have to keep in background, same ideas, all the ideas that we get in these eight mantras of the Devi Suktam, we get in much more elaborate manner in the Durga Saptashati starting with yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu etc. vidyā, avidyā, brahman, everything because she is only manifesting as māyā in t..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:1616:16, 12 December 2023 diff hist +35,208 N Devi Suktam Lecture 06 on 23 November 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are enjoying the Devi Suktam. We are still in the first mantra. There was a great lady who performed immense Tapasya. She was the daughter of a great Rishi called Ambruna. Therefore she is called Ambruni and the feminine equivalent of Rishi is Rishika. So she was called also by the name Vaak. So this Suktam. Suktam means expression of the experience of Brahman as I am everything. So when a person experiences this that person doesn..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:1516:15, 12 December 2023 diff hist +34,192 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 16 on 10 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. There was a worthy disciple called Ashwalayana. He was being instructed in Brahma Vidya by Swayam Parameshwari himself, who is the originator of the Guru Parampara system. What did we discuss in our past classes? That every Jeeva undergoes three states. Rather, it would be better for us to express it this way. Brahma, assuming three different dresses, assuming three separate names, have three d..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:1416:14, 12 December 2023 diff hist +35,278 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 15 on 09 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. A great Mahatma, desirous of realizing Brahman, approached Bhagawan Brahma himself, the creator, took refuge at him, surrendered himself totally to the lotus feet of the Guru, and begged him to enlighten him, to give him Brahma Jnanam. And he has been giving instructions. We have been, for the last two classes, started with eleven. That is, आत्मानम् अरणिम् कृत..." current Tag: Visual edit
8 December 2023
- 04:1304:13, 8 December 2023 diff hist +33,488 N Mandukya Karika Lecture 132 on 06-December-2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == In our last class, we have been studying the 45th Karika of the 4th chapter of Mandukya Upanishad called Alatha Shanti Prakarana. And the question that came is that we all in this dualistic world believe in the theory of cause and effect. Our experience shows everything points to cause and effect. And cause and effect in their turn remind us of time, space and causation. So causation, parents are the cause, children are the effect. A..." Tag: Visual edit
- 04:1204:12, 8 December 2023 diff hist +31,612 N Mandukya Karika Lecture 131 on 29-November-2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == So we are studying the last fourth chapter of the Mandukya Upanishad. The commentary of Uddhavvada is equal to Tarika's. He divided his commentary into four chapters. We are in the last chapter. We have been in a bit of a discussion. What is it? That there are people in this world who go on telling this world is real and everything that we have is also real. And what is the cause because of which, what are the arguments by which thes..." Tag: Visual edit
- 04:0704:07, 8 December 2023 diff hist +36,216 N Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Lecture 101 on 05-December-2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are entering into a most important topic, the topic of the Guru. The most discussed and the least understood topic is Guru itself. What does it mean to have even the concept of the Guru? That is very very important for all of us to understand. First let me read a little bit Sriram Krishna. Everybody will surely be liberated, but there is always a but. But one should follow the instructions of the Guru. If one follows a devious pat..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5503:55, 8 December 2023 diff hist −4 Aitareya Upanishad Lecture 08 on 27 August 2023 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5503:55, 8 December 2023 diff hist −4 Aitareya Upanishad Lecture 06 on 20 August 2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5403:54, 8 December 2023 diff hist −4 Aitareya Upanishad Lecture 05 on 19 August 2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5403:54, 8 December 2023 diff hist −4 Aitareya Upanishad Lecture 04 on 13 August 2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5403:54, 8 December 2023 diff hist −5 Aitareya Upanishad Lecture 03 on 12 August 2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5403:54, 8 December 2023 diff hist −4 Aitareya Upanishad Lecture 02 on 6 August 2023 →Full Transcript(Not Corrected) current Tag: Visual edit
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7 December 2023
- 10:2410:24, 7 December 2023 diff hist +33,405 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 14 on 03 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We are studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. In our last class, we completed the process of churning the mind, which is to say continuously meditating, removing any thoughts that provide as obstacles. That is, if the mind deviates from the lotus feet of God, then we have to be very careful. That very moment, we have to get rid of that alien thought. Shri Ram Krishna used to narrate. Once I had a vision and I saw that a sanyasi resembling..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:2110:21, 7 December 2023 diff hist +34,256 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 13 on 02 December 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We have been studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. There was an Adhikarika Purusha, a very fit person. His name was Ashvalayana. He wanted to realise Brahman. He approached Bhagavan Parameshwari, Brahma himself. And he surrendered himself at the lotus feet of the Guru. And then he asked, how can I realise God or Brahman? And the Sadguru, being Parameshwari himself, who is Brahman himself, who is the first Guru in the Guru-Sishya Sampraday..." current Tag: Visual edit
2 December 2023
- 02:4202:42, 2 December 2023 diff hist +34,252 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 12 on 26 November 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == We have been studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. There was a great Rishi called Ashvalayana. He wanted to get the highest knowledge, Supreme Brahman, Supreme Brahma Jnana. So he approached Parameshti and then surrendered himself completely. He was endowed with Shraddha, Bhakti, Dhyana, Yoga and he took refuge at the feet of the Guru. That is the meaning of carrying fire sticks. That is like fire sticks which are used to burn. I am prepa..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 02:4102:41, 2 December 2023 diff hist +33,163 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 11 on 25 November 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == So we are studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. Therein we have seen that how the One Supreme Reality has become everything. In the eighth mantra, this fact has been beautifully put. He who is the Nirguna Brahma is Saguna Brahma. And He who is the Saguna Brahma is the Nirguna Brahma. And while describing the universal aspect or Saguna Brahma aspect, Here it is so beautifully put. So Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwara, Srishtikarta, Sthitikarta an..." current Tag: Visual edit
24 November 2023
- 11:5811:58, 24 November 2023 diff hist +34,420 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 10 on 19 November 2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == A great soul, spiritual sadhaka called Ashvalayana approached Bhagavan Brahma Parameshti. Please help me, teach me so that I can realize my own true nature. And he has been giving instructions. We have been studying the seventh mantra, where for those people who are not capable of contemplating the abstract thoughts about the highest reality, it is unthinkable, unimaginable, inexpressible and it is beyond all limitations. It is one...." current Tag: Visual edit
- 11:5311:53, 24 November 2023 diff hist +38 Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 09 on 18 November 2023 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 11:5311:53, 24 November 2023 diff hist +34,291 N Kaivalya Upanishad Lecture 09 on 18 November 2023 Created page with "We are studying the Kaivalya Upanishad. A great soul called Ashvalayana approached Bhagavan Brahma himself for teaching him Brahma Vidya. Of course, Brahma knows better than anybody else. Brahma Vidya means self-knowledge. Brahma himself is Brahman, so he should know better. He was a manifestation of the supreme reality so that he can bestow his grace upon all the people like us. So he manifests as Brahma, as Vishnu, as Shiva, as Uma, as Parvati, as Kali, as Surya, as In..." Tag: Visual edit
- 11:4711:47, 24 November 2023 diff hist +32,881 N Mandukya Karika Lecture 130 on 22-November-2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == So we have entered into the very beautiful teaching of Advaita Vedanta, especially the topic of causality. We will just recollect very briefly what we have been discussing earlier. This world which we are experiencing, and we are experiencing this world through our body and mind, especially through the mind and the material with which this mind is made, it is called time, space and causation. It is like looking through a colored glas..." Tag: Visual edit
- 11:4611:46, 24 November 2023 diff hist +37,295 N Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Lecture 100 on 21-November-2023 Created page with "== Full Transcript (Not Corrected) == In our last class, we have discussed one of the most important topics. This Shri Ramakrishna was asked by a devotee, Is it possible to realize God in the life of a householder? He says, Shri Ramakrishna replies, Everybody will be released. We will discuss about it a little further. Going back a little earlier, One of the questions that comes is, Why are there evil people in this world? Shri Ramakrishna replied, If somebody has to mai..." current Tag: Visual edit