Taittiriya Upanishad

======================================================================== Monday, February 20, 2023. 06:30. Chapter 2: The Atman -1. ========================================================================= This final substance is constituted of the essence of everything, and it is our very Self. It is called the Atman. It is the Atman because it is the root substance of all things which are in the position of an effect. The Atman is the substance of everyone and everything. It is the Total Substance of all created beings, and so it is called Brahman. The Total Substance is Brahman, and the same thing conceived as the essence of particular beings is known as the Atman. Even as there cannot be a cause behind the final cause, there cannot be an Atman behind the Atman, for the very basic substance is what is called the Atman. The substance should be ultimate, and the Atman is such. The ultimate in us is the Atman. The ultimate in the cosmos is Brahman. There cannot be anything other than t...

========================================================================= Saturday, February 04, 2023. 06:30. Chapter 1: Introduction - 7. ========================================================================= Deductive reasoning is the other way round; it is argument from the general to the particular. For example, ‘all men are mortal' is the theory. We know very well that everyone dies. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal by nature. This is the way of argument from the general to the particular. From the general concept of all humanity being mortal, we come to the conclusion that Socrates must also be mortal, since he is also a man. This is to give an idea of inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning. Philosophy is mostly inductive, especially from the point of Western thought. Western philosophers are very much inclined to the inductive way of thinking. They cannot suddenly jump to generals, inasmuch as there are great controversies concerning the nature of the...

========================================================================= Friday, January 20, 2022. 06:30. Chapter 1: Introduction - 6. ========================================================================= VIDEO :  What you will be in your next birth? ========================================================================= Two of the important Upanishads are the Aitareya and the Taittiriya, which are related to each other in a way, and coextensive in content—the one emphasising one aspect of the matter, and the other a coordinated theme. The Aitareya and the Taittiriya Upanishads speak of the same theme, but from two different points of view. They try to answer the question of life by reference to causes. This is a very proper attitude, no doubt. We know very well that every question, when it is attempted to be answered, brings us to its causative factors. Why is there a disease? Why is a person sick? We ask questions of this kind. In reply, we try to find out the present caus...

========================================================================= Thursday, January 05, 2022. 06:30. Chapter 1: Introduction -5. ======================================================================== The whole objective universe is the effect. Why do we call it an effect? Because the universe has a tendency to move forward through the process of evolution. We would never see one atom in this world lying static without movement. There is a motion of everything towards something of which there is no proper idea at the present moment. Rivers are flowing, the sun and the moon and the stars are active, and we are more active; the whole world is busy with doing something. The astronomical universe and the subatomic world are active, moving vibrantly. All seem to be ever engaged for some purpose which they have not yet fulfilled. If the purpose had been fulfilled, there would be no activity afterwards. The very fact that everything in nature seems to be busily doing something is an ...

========================================================================= ========================================================================= Monday, December 19, 2022. 08:00. Chapter 1: Introduction -4. ========================================================================= With this introduction, we may now turn to the message of some of the Upanishads, the great legacy not merely of this country but of mankind as a whole, one should say. The Upanishads are the record of the experiences of superhuman thinkers, those who had risen above the level of ordinary mankind and beyond the limitations of sensory knowledge. It is the Upanishads that will guide us in answering these questions which we raised at the beginning. We cannot independently walk with the strength of our own legs in this arduous task of solving universal questions. The Upanishads, among which we are to take up here one or two for the purpose of the analysis of the subject, are documents left by people who, by the...

 ======================================================================== Chinmaya Mission : The whirlwind visit by Pujya Swami Swaroopananda to Chinmaya Mission Manila that concluded today was enlightening and fun-filled with beautiful memories.  Pujya Swamiji gave guidance to all on how to bring positive changes in our thought patterns enabling us to remove any negativity, fear or panic by challenging the unknown and going through uncertainty with a smile.  The Balavihar students entralled all with their beautiful presentation on the Ramayana. Do invite your friends and family who live in Manila to visit the new Chinmaya MIlan centre recently inaugurated by Pujya Swamiji and register for regular classes. ========================================================================= Tuesday, November 29, 2022. 08:00. Chapter 1: Introduction -3. ========================================================================= If the aim seems to be an organisational unity—a thing that...

 ========================================================================= Chinmaya Mission Swami Swaroopananda was warmly welcomed by young, children and adults of Chinmaya Mission Dubai during his recent visit to Dubai in the first week of November. Swamiji expounded on the how the potent prayer Maha Mrutyunjana Mantra confers many corporeal benefits, including good health and long life. To the ardent seeker of Truth, the Mantra can give liberation from self-ignorance, verify a deathly state unto itself... for Mritunjaya, the Victor over Death (moha delusion), is none other than Lord Shiva Himself. Seekers were entralled to discover new meaning and found a lasting appreciation of the Mantra's efficacy on both the gross and subtle levels. ======================================================================== Friday, November 11, 2022. 08:30. Chapter 1: Introduction -2. ======================================================================== An organisation is a general term and ...