Taittiriya Upanishad

========================================================================= Thursday, April 27,  2023. 07:00. Chapter 3: Ishvara and Jiva-3. ========================================================================= Now the metaphor continues. The Great Being projected a bull before them and said, “Here is the abode for you. This is the body for you. You enter this body and satisfy your hunger and your thirst.” The divinities looked at the bull and said, “This is not suitable. This is not a proper abode for us.” Then He projected a horse. They looked at the body of the horse and concluded that the horse, too, was not a proper body for real satisfaction. Then He projected a human body. “This is correct,” they said. “We want this body only,” and they entered it. The Aitareya Upanishad is very precise. It does not go into long details of the evolutionary process of the individual body. But certain other Upanishads, such as the Maitrayani for instance, give us hints of there having been a...

Chinmaya Mission : Chinmaya Mission Mattancherry in Cochin recently hosted a successful Balavihar Summer Camp for children from the Chinmaya Kindergarten School in Vedakkemadom. The program is ongoing and has received positive feedback from participants. The summer camp featured different themes each day, with the first day's theme being "Selfie with Success" for the older group, and "Forget Superman, Think Hanuman" for the younger children. Activities included understanding the Chinmaya Mission pledge, discussing family values, watching short films, playing games, and dancing. On the second day, children learnt about building strong relationships, courage, and discipline. They listened to a discourse on fighting against false values and low tendencies and participated in games and activities to build courage and discipline. The third day emphasized living a noble life of service and sacrifice, producing more than consuming, and giving more than taking. Children...