Tag: upanishad

  • The Path to Immortality – Kena Upanishad

    The Kena Upanishad is so named because it asks many fundamental questions that begin with the phrase, “by whom” – or “kena”. By whom willed and directed does the mind alight upon objects of the world? The Kena is one of the most metaphysical of the Upanishads, as it discusses the subtle reality of the…

  • Gayatri Mantra And Its Healing Powers In Vedic Scriptures

    References to the Gayatri Mantra in Scriptures The Upanisads (sacred texts) of Hinduism contain several references to the Gayatri Mantra. ॐ भूर्भुव: स्व: तत्सवितुर्वरेन्यं । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि, धीयो यो न: प्रचोदयात् ।।

  • Kena Upanishad – Who moves this universe?

    That which makes the tongue speak, but cannot be spoken; That is the nature of the Self. It is not someone other than you. Those who say they know the Self really do not know it. The Self cannot be known by the intellect because it is beyond the duality of the knower and the…

  • The Three Pillars of Hindu Thought

    Swami Vivekananda was a great teacher of the Vedas and Vedic thought, and of the Upanishads in particular. His lecture on the Vedanta (Lahore, 1897) outlined several key concepts of Hinduism and clarified a lot of misconceptions regarding the Vedas and the Upanishads. The theme of the Upanishads can be viewed as an attempt to…