LET me tell you a story. A man used to celebrate the Durga Puja at his house with great pomp. Goats were sacrificed from sunrise to sunset. But after a few years the sacrifice was not so imposing. …
Chandogya Upanishad 1.13.4
दुग्धेऽस्मै वाग्दोहं यो वाचो दोहोऽन्नवानन्नादो भवति य एतामेवंसाम्नामुपनिषदं वेदोपनिषदं वेदेति ॥ १.१३.४ ॥॥ इति त्रयोदशः खण्डः ॥॥ इति प्रथमोऽध्यायः ॥ dugdhe'smai vāgdohaṃ yo vāco doho'nnavānannādo …
Mandukya Upanishad, Verse 4
स्वप्नस्थानोऽन्तः प्रज्ञाः सप्ताङ्ग एकोनविंशतिमुखः प्रविविक्तभुक्तैजसो द्वितीयः पादः ॥ ४ ॥ svapnasthāno'ntaḥ prajñāḥ saptāṅga ekonaviṃśatimukhaḥ praviviktabhuktaijaso dvitīyaḥ pādaḥ || 4 …
Chandogya Upanishad 4.1.4
यथा कृतायविजितायाधरेयाः संयन्त्येवमेनं सर्वं तदभिसमैति यत्किंच प्रजाः साधु कुर्वन्ति यस्तद्वेद यत्स वेद स मयैतदुक्त इति ॥ ४.१.४ ॥ yathā kṛtāyavijitāyādhareyāḥ saṃyantyevamenaṃ sarvaṃ tadabhisamaiti …
Chandogya Upanishad 1.1.4
कतमा कतमर्क्कतमत्कतमत्साम कतमः कतम उद्गीथ इति विमृष्टं भवति ॥ १.१.४ ॥ katamā katamarkkatamatkatamatsāma katamaḥ katama udgītha iti vimṛṣṭaṃ bhavati || 1.1.4 || 4. Which are the Ṛks? Which are …
Knowledge
Knowledge will remove all misery. Knowledge will make us free. This is the idea of Jnana-Yoga: knowledge will make us free! What knowledge? Chemistry? Physics? Astronomy? Geology? They help us a …