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 ========================================================================= ========================================================================= Sunday, June 19, 2022. 06:00. AM. Khandam X : II. The Five Sheaths : Post-34. ========================================================================= II. The Five Sheaths : Disciple: What is meant by a Kosha? Guru: Kosha means a sheath. Disciple: Kindly illustrate these sheaths. Guru: Just as a pillow-cover is a covering or a sheath for the pillow, just as a scabbard is a sheath for the sword or the dagger, so also this body, Pranas, mind, intellect and the causal body are sheaths that cover the Atman or the Soul. There is the singlet close to the body; over this there is the shirt; over the shirt there is the waist-coat; over the waist-coat there is the coat; over the coat there is the overcoat. Even so, the Atman is enveloped by these five sheaths. Disciple: How many sheaths are there in the body? Guru: There are five sheaths. Disc...

 ====================================================================== ======================================================================= Wednesday, June 01, 2022. 06:00. Khandam X : I. The Three Bodies : Their Enumeration Post-33. ========================================================================= I. The Three Bodies : Their Enumeration (The individual experiencer is a consciousness-centre enveloped by several layers of matter existing as the factors causing objective awareness in it. The analysis of these layers or bodies is necessary to ascertain the nature of the true Self.) Hari Om. Om Sat-Guru-Paramatmane Namah. Disciple: How many bodies are there in an individual (Jiva)? Guru: There are three bodies in every individual (Jiva). Disciple: Please name them. Guru: The physical body or the gross body (Sthula Sarira), the astral body or the subtle body (Sukshma Sarira or Lingadeha) and the causal body or the seed body (Karanasarira) are the three bodies. Disciple:...

 ============================================================= ================================================================ Tuesday, May 17, 2022. 18:00. Khandam X : Siva Jnana Amrita Upanishad : Mantram - 17 to 20. Ends & BASES OF VEDANTA : Introduction : Begins Post-32. ============================================================= Mantram - 17.  j¤ànàdhigame karmaõàü pravilayaþ | j¤àninaþ pràrabdhakarmàpi na vidyate || 17 || 17. When one gets Jnana, all Karmas are destroyed. There is no Prarabdha (fructifying) Karma for a Jnani. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram- 18. jivata eva j¤àninaþ turãyàtãtada÷àyàü videhamuktirbhavati || 18 || 18. Videha Mukti comes when a Jnani is living. A Jnani gets disembodied salvation (Videha Mukti) when he enters the state of Turiyatita, the Absolute. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram-19. traikàlikaü j...

 =============================================================== =============================================================== Sunday, April 10, 2022. 07:00. Khandam X : Siva Jnana Amrita Upanishad : Mantram - 11 to 16. Post-31. ============================================================== sàdhanacatuùñayasaüpanno mumukùuþ ÷rotriyàd brahmaniùñhat adhãtya ÷rutãþ ùaóligapratipattyà brahmavicàraü kçtvà dhyànasamàdhã anupravi÷et || 11 || 11. That aspirant who is endowed with the four means, should hear the Srutis from a Brahma-srotri—Brahmanishtha and enquire into the nature of Brahman through the help of ShadLingas and then reflect and meditate sàdhanacatuùñayasaüpannasya sàdhakasya mumakùoþ sàttvikabhàvaprabhavà brahmàkàravçttiþ aj¤ànàvaraõaü vibhidya svayamapi na÷yati || 12 || 12. The Brahmakara Vritti that arises from the Sattvic mind of the aspirant who is equipped with the four means destroys the veil of ignorance and dies by itself. mana÷càpi jaóam | sattvaguõakàryabhåtam | b...

 ============================================================= =============================================================== Tuesday, March 15, 2022. 19:00. Khandam X : Siva Jnana Amrita Upanishad : Mantram - 6 to 10. Post-30. ============================================================== Mantram-6 : omityeùa praõavo brahmaõaþ pratãkaþ | vãryavaccaitasyoccàraõaü oükàràdeùa prapa¤caþ saüvçttaþ | oükàre pratitiùñhati | oükàre ca pralãyate mahàpralaye | oükàre pratitiùñhati | oükàre ca pralãyate mahàpralaye | oükàra÷caturõàü vedànàü sàrabhåtaþ || 6 || 6. Om or the Pranava is the symbol (Pratika) of Brahman. It is the word of power. From Om this world is projected; in Om it exists and in Om it is involved during cosmic Pralaya. Om is the essence of the four Vedas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram-7 : yo.asau prayatamànaþ sàdhanacatuùñayasaüpannaþ nirastacittadoùaþ sthirãkçtacittavçttiþ sàttvikaguõavi÷iùñ...

 ============================================================== ============================================================== Thursday, February 10, 2022. 19:00. Khanda X : Siva Jnana Amrita Upanishad : Post-29. ============================================================= SIVA-JNANAMRITA UPANISHAD ============================================================ Om! O gods! may we, with our ears, hear what is auspicious! O ye, fit to be worshipped! May we, with our eyes, see what is auspicious! May we enjoy the life allotted to us by the gods, offering our praise with our bodies strong of limbs! Om Peace Peace Peace!ed! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram : 1. yadetatràmaråpàtmakaü jagat tadàbhàsamàtram | na tad brahmaõaþ purastàt pratitiùñhati | rajjusarpanyàyena brahmaõi jagato.adhyàsaþdehàdhayàyasa÷ca || 1 || 1. This world of names and forms is a mere appearance. It has no independent existence apart from Brahman. ...

 ============================================================== =============================================================== Thursday, January 20, 2022. 06:00.AM. Pseudo-Vedantic Student : Post-28. ============================================================= PSEUDO-VEDANTIC STUDENT : A young aspirant says: “I have taste for Vedanta only. I do not like either Bhakti or Karma Yoga. They are far inferior to Vedanta. Only Vedanta elevates me. Only Vedanta inspires me and raises me to the magnanimous heights of Divine Splendour and Glory.” This foolish Vedantic student is like the greedy typhoid patient with ulcers in his bowels, who wants to eat and says, “I have taste for sweetmeats. I want to eat them now.” What will be the result if he eats Rasgullas and Laddus at this stage? The bowels will rupture and he will die of bleeding from the bowels or intestinal haemorrhage immediately. He is also like the patient who selects himself a medicine from the almirah, Liquor Arsenicals or T...