Stories from upanishads. Retold by our gear and Genia
gosvami. Dear friends.
If you have heard my earlier episodes, you must be aware of
marshy Yaga vulgar. I have narrated The Story of
yoga, valkyr, winning the Symposium of king janaka of
badeah. If you have not listened to it,
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in which maharshi, igual que debates, the great Scholars of
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Now, let's begin today's story after winning numerous,
symposiums, and debates across various kingdoms yoga Volker,
was tired and frustrated. He was really unhappy with the
way people have misused, knowledge and debates, and taken
it to the level of verbal duel. And Arguments instead of
tipping, it within the limits of a healthy debate, he was
regretting the fact that out of pride and arrogance and Half
Baked knowledge, a scholar such as without the heck to die.
If you remember, I had narrated that story during the four part
episode of yoga valka. One day, he was sitting alone in
his room while his sons chandrakanth.
A vagina, and Maja Mega and along with their students were
reciting, various mantras and verses from Vedas.
He was lost in the rhythm of the hems and was listening to each
word carefully while doing that. He was gradually consumed into a
complex thought after a while he wanted to discuss the same with
his wives. Yoga will go had two wives, the
first wife, might 3, and the other car tiny, who was Sage
bharadwaj's daughter, not able to restrict any further he
called upon cut tiny. First, she was someone who was
more involved in day-to-day work of ashram cooking and taking
care of pupils. She entered the room dressed in
the most beautiful clothings and ornaments and asked her husband.
Oh, beloved, how do I look my three?
Helped me to dress up and worn it look good while cooking
zoomed in his philosophical. Thoughts, couldn't appreciate
much. And said, I have been noticing
that with the growing age. You want to look younger and
beautiful. Kathy, I need blushed and said,
I did this for you, my beloved. It is all given by you.
It's all because of your wealth and fame that we could afford
such expensive clothing and ornaments.
It is true that my knowledge has brought in some wealth and fame
for the family, but I am really concerned on whom.
Have I attained this Victory? What is this Victory?
Is it useful? Then yoga vulgar, expressed a
shocking idea of proceeding to a sanyasa and renounce from this
world. He continued dear cut tiny, I'm
thinking of taking sannyas Osa as I'm tired of this, mockery, I
can't bear this anymore. Our sons are able to take care
of this ashram. I want to go further in search
of ultimate truth and that is only possible if I proceed
towards my next stage of life that is sannyasa.
She sat there a cost after a while she gathered her thoughts
and said, my Lord. Don't I provide you all the
pleasures in Life or all your victories in scriptures and
debates doesn't give you any pleasure.
Don't you post on your victories?
Constantly growing Fame, doesn't it?
Give you any pleasure? Abundant wealth.
Doesn't that satisfy you anymore?
You love me anymore. Why do you want to leave us?
Leave the prosperity and fame. You have won everything with
your knowledge and wisdom. Then why won't wouldn't you want
to enjoy these now? Now, you have one everything
with your knowledge and wisdom. Then why wouldn't you want to
enjoy these? Now my beloved I know that you
are not that old to take sanyas and renunciate from this world.
You are being burdened by your knowledge.
It is making you old Does the Mind grow cold ever become young
at? Heart my love.
You need. Not go anywhere.
My Lord. I will ask my 32 to divert your
mind from taking sannyas. After seeing this, she left the
room leaving yoga valkia entangled in his complex cobweb
of thoughts. Friends, let me first throw some
light on the four stages of human life.
As per upanishads, these stages of Life are called ashram has
and they are brahmacharya grihastha vanaprastha and
finally Sonia. Uh sir these stages or ashram
has are divided into 24 years each.
So from childbirth, till age of 24 years is brahmacharya
ashrama. This is the phase of life when
babies grow into toddlers. Toddlers, into kids kids into
teenagers and finally, teenager become an adult.
So this life stage is vital for the development of human being.
When we say the term sleep, like a baby, Today is a very
scientific backing to that saying the hormone melatonin
AIDS in sleep, so it is at its peak.
When the human being is a baby or a newborn.
The growth hormones are actually speak providing Vigor and growth
to the child to become an adult individual.
The sex hormones such as testosterone and estrogen are
at, is minimum level, during the early years and gradually.
Start secreting from the teenager Years.
As brahmacharya means celibacy. The human does not perform
sexual activities, Mary your beer children.
Next, phase of life is great Stars drama.
This stage of life is the next 24 years that is 24 to 48 years.
During this time, the man marries gives birth to babies
Work to earn wealth and fame in short.
The man moves into the face of a family, man, sex hormones, such
as testosterone and estrogen secretion is active speak, which
would help them to enjoy sex and eventually have babies of their
own few. Other hormones are also at their
peak of secretion such as oxytocin, which AIDS women in
Social bonding reproduce and childbirth.
The Hormone prolactin also help them to produce milk for the
babies. Another hormone dopamine is also
secreted and Aid in providing motivation to the individual.
So this results to make men and women, most active motivated,
bubbling with energy, perhaps the most productive years in
their lifetime secretion of hormone.
Endorphin is also at his Peak, this hormone helps to reduce Use
pain, increase pleasure, reduce stress, and improve mood.
During this phase of human life. They enjoy their life work and
generally do not take too much stress.
The reason is the hormone cortisol, which is the stress
hormone the cortisol is at the minimum level in early 20s, and
it's level gradually increase by early 40s which causes to bring
in stress and pressure. So, you may have Noticed that
people in mid to late 40s, become more stressed out than
their younger counterparts. The next stage of life is called
one oppressed ashram. The next, 24 years of life that
is from 2048 years to 72 years. The man gradually retires from
household and takes a roll of advisor.
He gives more responsibility to his younger generation, the sex
hormones gradually decline. And a large percentage of women
by early to mid 50s, hit menopause.
Men hit and Repose by early 60s. The growth hormones are at his
lowest level, which makes their bodies lose his glow, strength,
and vigor other hormones. Such as endorphin.
Dopamine are also at their lowest level this sets in the
old age for the man, The next stage of life is sunny ashrama,
which is after 72 years of age, it is the stage when man
completely retires and renunciate everything, most of
the hormones, decline such as growth hormone testosterone,
estrogen, melatonin, Etc, upanishad led the stages of life
based on the knowledge of different hormones and following
its pattern of secretion and decline.
The ancient sages laid down a fixed discipline for each stages
of life. So that we act according to our
age and behave within that what was expected during that age,
our ancient sages knew about the hormones, what they were meant
for, when they secreted the maximum, the hormones are
present in all mammals. But these restricted lifestyle
based on ashram has met So it's different from the lower mammals
to bring in disciplining or lifestyle with the relevant age.
The concepts of Dee's, four stages of life or astronomers
were introduced, which are highly aligned to the various
level of hormones in human beings.
Let's get back to your cave, Alcazar strong, when karthiyaini
left yagi valka in his room and his first wife, met three
entered the room cut. The iine had briefed her about
their husbands ambition. This desire was completely
unwanted and unseen from the wives.
They were very concerned. May 3, 2010 turd, the room where
Yogi velka was lost in his thoughts.
She quietly sat down in front of him.
Yogi, valkia didn't notice her entering the room He was adrift
in his ocean of thoughts, she waited for some time and when
Yogi valkia continued to be in the same state as before she
decided to talk to her husband, my Lord.
What bothers? You got.
The I need told me that you are planning to leave us and take up
sannyasa. Is it true flabbergast?
Your Google car looked at her then recollected himself?
And took a deep breath. My three smiled and asked again,
is it true? My beloved that you are leaving
us and taking up sannyasa your Google cassette upright and bent
forward towards my three and said, yes, my beloved, it's
true. I'm planning to renounce this
world and take on sannyasa. I see our sons are grown up and
have taken all responsibilities of the ashram.
You and cut, tiny are managing the place.
Well, without any worries hence, I feel it is the right time to
move into Sunday, as well. As I must engulf myself in
spiritual activities, which will be regulated by the values
enshrined in Richard has. Before I move on, I have decided
to complete all my duties. I want to divide the property
capital and wealth, among you and cut tiny.
So that there will be no issues between you both as soon as my
three heard. This from her husband, a
Shockwave ran through her spine. However, she quickly gathered
herself and calmly asked him my Lord.
May I ask you something? Yes, go on my tree.
My beloved, if you give me all the wealth of this Earth, fill
it give Me happiness. Will I be free from the fear of
life and death? Will it make me Immortal?
Yoga will go was not prepared to hear such a response from his
wife. He was wondering, generally,
anyone would had jumped enjoy hearing such a lucrative
proposal, but my three was asking something very different
so he replied. No, my beloved wealth, cannot
give you Immortality you can only enjoy all those things,
which wealth can buy. You can enjoy large property,
cattle jewelry and expensive. Clothings wealth, cannot buy
everything, one cannot hope of immortality from wealth.
As it cannot be, bought on hearing this by three said, what
will I do with such kind of wealth, which will not make me
Immortal. Which will not give me eternal
happiness. Please, don't tempt me with this
wealth. My Lord.
I have learnt that any human will not leave something unless
they get something Superior to that thing.
Humans easily do not get rid of old clothes, and try to wear
them till it is unbearable or completely worn out.
Then for what you want, to renounce everything.
NG in this world of the vulgar, looked at my tree and said, oh
my three, everyone thinks that, I am victorious and have won
everything. It is true that.
My Endeavors have brought in victory over others.
But is this Victory? Am I still Victorious?
Even if I win the entire world, may 34 lightly asked him, I am
not understanding my beloved, your Google could continue
discrimination. Made three.
Try to explain you is the ultimate Victory is been
Victorious over others. Is there any end of Victory or
happiness is beyond feat re-releasing oneself from all
bondage has is the true Victory maitri knowing oneself is
Ultimate Victory match. Three quickly asked.
Oh my Lord is this called Immortality yoga.
Well, cassette up in a more attentive position, he placed
his hand over my trees shoulder and said my three, you had been
always very dear to me. And now, since you've asked this
question, about knowledge of self, you are more dearer to me.
Knowing that truth itself is immortality freedom from All
Fears is immortality fear of death.
With fear of poverty, fear of insecurity, fear of pain, and
sorrow fear of losing or near one, fear of unknown Beyond
this, fear lies, immortality omega-3, maybe just to attain
this, immortality soldiers gave their Eternal sacrifices in the
battlefield and stages. Wander in the deep forest metre
asked her husband. Oh my Lord you want to seek
freedom from fears and bondages by taking up sannyasa to want to
get freedom from mine and cut the irony's.
Love to yoga will go calmly sat straight and smiled male 3 I
will explain the signs of Eternal Brahman to you.
Listen attentively and contemplate on its meaning
meditate on these learnings math 3sat.
Top in an attentive position. Our Focus was on the teachings
which are husband was about to impart.
The Google car started. O beloved, made three, whatever
is dear to us is not dear to us for his own sake.
But for the sake of One's Own zartmann, why does a wife loved
her? Husband husband is not dear to a
wife because she loves him rather.
He is dear to her. She loves herself.
He makes her Atman happy. Similarly.
Why does a husband loved? His wife wife is not dear to her
husband because he loves her. She is dear to him because the
husband loves himself. He loves her not for her sake,
rather for the sake of his Hartman, she makes his Atman,
happy and content. Now, bar, a party, Do you kamiya
petite? Rio body at minus 2, comma
party. Prio bhavati.
Why do we love our children? Children are not dear to us
because we love them. They are dear to us because we
love ourselves. They make ourself joyful.
Wealth is not dear to us because we love wealth but it is dear to
us because wealth can give us happiness this world.
Is not dear to us because we love it rather.
It is dear to us because we love ourselves.
It is not for the sake of God's. We love them but it is for the
sake of our self, we love them. It is not for the sake of any
being we love them rather. It is for the sake of our own
self. We love them.
Can we love anyone or anything? Which gives us and happiness?
We love all. All those things and people who
make us happy. I love myself so I love only
those which gives me happiness. Hence I love myself.
My nature is to provide happiness, the self or Atman
must be realized must be heard of reflected upon and meditated
upon by realization of Atman or self through hearing reflecting
and meditating. All this is known.
Oh my three. This Ackman is blissful in
nature, so try to understand that Eternal Bliss.
Try to understand your ottoman. Friends here, what a yoga ball
comment was self, was the object of realization.
It should be heard from an able teacher and from the scriptures
and then reflected upon the reasoning or logic or turkey and
then steadfastly meditated upon through this process.
The self can be realized and understood when these three
processes are combined then only true realization of unity of
Brahman is Accomplished the priority of enumeration is in
order of their closeness to us as sources of joy for it is more
desirable to create a distance for them.
It is well, known fact, that self or Ackman alone is dear and
nothing else. When you love yourself, then you
love others. Thus our love for our self is
Paramount and nothing else. He continued, there is nothing
besides self. If there were it would not be
known but the reality is there is no such thing, the self or
Hartman is everything. Therefore, it being known
everything would be known the world's dispose.
One who knows them as different from the self, God's oust one.
Who knows them? As Different from self all
dislodge. One.
Who knows it as different from self these worlds.
These Gods, these beings and this all our self, everything
Springs from the self it dissolves.
In. It remains imbued with it during
continuance. For it cannot be perceived apart
from self. Therefore everything is self
sound of musical. Instruments such as drums,
conch, or a Veena cannot be fully understood.
Unless, both the musical instrument and the musician is
understood likewise at the time of origin of the universe or
prior to it. There was nothing but only
Brahmin, oh, my three as the clouds of smoke arise unbidden
from a fire overlaid with the damn fool.
So from the The breadth of Brahman, Arisen the rig Veda,
Sama Veda, yajur Veda, a curve, anggi rasa history mythology
Arts. Upanishads versus aphorism
hallucinations and his preparations.
These are all like the breadth of infinite reality or Supreme
self. Oh, my tree.
Just as the ocean is the ultimate destination of all
kinds of water bodies. Such as Rivers, skin is the one
goal for all kinds of touch nostrils.
Are the ultimate destination for all odors tongue is the one goal
for all flavors and tastes eyes are the ultimate goal for all
colors here. Yours is one goal for all sound
- is one goal for all deliberations.
The intellect is one goal for all kinds of knowledge.
Hands are one goal for all sorts of work as a predictor e organs
or one goal for reproduction as Anna's is the goal for all
excretions as the feet are one goal for walking and running.
And organs of speech is the one goal for all weathers.
These General functions are again, nothing but vital force,
which is identical with intelligence.
As it is said, intelligence is Brahman everything in his
Universe converge into Brahmin? Oh, dear, my tree just as a lump
of salt when thrown into water cannot be taken out of it again.
N. But salt makes every drop of
that water. Salty.
Similarly, does the individual self or Earthman dissolves into
Limitless being or Brahman and cannot be separated from it?
Although that being itself carries in it, the essence of
every individual self, the being arises at Birth with self and
deposit it at death, after death, there is no separate
self. As Yogi Volker was about to
continue his explanations further.
My three stopped him and asked after death, there is nothing,
I'm getting confused, I am bewildered my Lord.
Please explain me further. Yeah, the Volker smiled and
said, as I said, o my beloved contemplate on what I said.
Calmly reflect upon the towards what I now shared.
Where does the sense of separateness come from from The
Limited body which perceives it as different separate from
everything around it? But once the body is no more and
the self or artman dissolves into Brahman then there is
nothing else to perceive when to an order.
Of Brahman, everything's become zartmann.
Then when there is nothing to smell and no nose to smell, what
can you smell nothing? When there is nothing to see and
no eyes to see what can you see? Similarly, when there is nothing
to hear speak or think and there are no years mouth or intellect,
then what can you? Of speak or think.
Absolutely nothing tell me my three through.
What should one know that owing to which all this is known
through? What can one know that Noah when
he named himself become eight, As soon as you give Alka
completed his explanation of immortality karthiyaini entered
the room and said my beloved, if this discussion of immortality
is over, we can have the dinner. You may not think of the
importance of how to run this ashram or tomorrow, but for me
and May 3, we need to always think of that.
Friends that was today's story. It told us about the means of
immortality, which is wholly, independent of rides.
It is the knowledge of art man with the renunciation of
everything. As part of it, when that is
known, the whole universe is known.
It is dearer than everything else.
Hence, it must be realized when it is heard from a spiritual
teacher or a guru and reflected through reasoning or logical
contemplation, Is this story not only throws insides from Yaga
volkers point of view, to what it means to be an immortal.
But also the fact it is one of the few stories that features a
women as a seeker of Truth. So what is the take away from
the story? As long as we think that we are
in our little flawed limited and perishable bodies, we most
certainly cannot be mortal as our body die is second by second
until one day it stops functioning completely.
However, if we know and understand that who we are, what
we are is pure energy. Pure Pure Consciousness, pure
being, then everything changes, our bodies are Powerhouse of
energy, which helps us to sustained throughout our
lifetime. When our body dies, this energy
really is released and becomes the part of the energy that
sustains the world. This energy has planned to grow
animals to reproduce Earth and other planets to stay in their
individual orbits. Bring atoms together.
To make molecules everything and anything else in this universe.
It is the same vibrant energy in all organisms and celestial
bodies. Although it is so fabulously
diverse array of body shapes and forms.
Just like the same electricity, which is been used in different
electrical appliances to operate that cosmic energy has been
around since before the earth existed and is the reason the
world exist. And we'll be there.
Well after the universe is gone, so realize that you are the
cosmic energy. It stands to reason that you
will be around Forever. This is immortality at least
feels like immortality. Friends that was today's story
and I hope you really liked it as much as we enjoyed retailing.
It to you. Now, time for the three
questions from the episode, what are the four stages of life?
What did my three asked yagi velka?
When he declared that he would give half of property to her?
Why do we love our partners children or our parents?
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