Isavasya Upanishad : ( 26/12/2012. )

========================================================================================================== Saturday 08, Aug 2026, 08:55. Books Upanishads Essays on the Upanishads:  1.2 -  Swami Krishnananda. Mantram - 2. =========================================================================================== Mantram- 2. The first mantra refers to jnana-nishtha, and is meant for those who have the ability to abandon all desires and establish themselves in knowledge alone. But on others who are not yet ready for such a state the performance of action in conformity with the natural inclination of the individual is enjoined: “By doing action alone here one should wish to live a hundred years. Thus it is in your case; there is no other way than this. Action dose not cling to man.” One can wish to live as an individual only by performing actions. As long as there is the strong feeling that on is a human being alone, the laws pertaining to the human being have to be observed. One ...

================================================================================================== Thursday 06, Aug 2026, 06:50. Lessons on the Upanishads: 1.Swami Krishnananda Chapter 1: Introduction to the Upanishads: ============================================================================================= When we look at the world, we have what may be called a first view of things, and dissatisfaction with the first view of things is supposed to be the mother of all philosophical thinking. If we are satisfied with things, there is nothing more for us to search for in this world. Any kind of search, quest, enterprise, or desire to seek implies that we are not satisfied with the existing condition of things. And, we are quite aware that nobody in this world can be said to be totally satisfied with the prevailing conditions of things—neither in one's own self, nor in one's family, nor in the society outside, nor in anything, for the matter of that. There is always a tendenc...

  =============================================================================================== Sunday 02, Aug 2026, 18:45 Books Upanishads Essays on the Upanishads:  1.1 -  Swami Krishnananda 1. ISAVASYOPANISHAD-1. ================================================================================================== 1.Santi Mantram: That is full; this is full. From the full the full proceeds. Taking the full from the full, the full alone remains. That Absolute is full. This created being is also full. Brahman is infinitude and is therefore full. That which proceeds from the full or the infinite must be either real or unreal. If it is real, it must also be full, because a part cannot be ever-enduring, and that which is not always enduring is not real. If it is unreal, nothing proceeds at all. This means to say that either infinity is the product of infinity or nothing proceeds from infinity. Infinity cannot proceed from infinity, because, thereby, there would be two infinit...