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The Bhagavad Gita has been, chanted and read in homes and workplaces. Children and families love to recite it, during festivals and gatherings. It is the discourse, that instructs man, to realign himself to his duty and responsibility. It is the scripture, that creates a strong foundation for implicit faith and concordant action in day-to-day life.
How may we read the Gita? Its verses are, written in a meter known as Anushtup Chhanda consisting of...
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Prashna Upanishad is, attributed to sage Pippalada and is in the Gopatha Brahmana of the Atharva Veda. This Upanishad gets its name from the word Prashna, which means "a Question" in Sanskrit.
When
one's mind is peaceful,
the heart is loving,
basic needs are well taken care of,
Then
a question that arises is directly addressed by the Divine,
since it is addressed only to the Divine.
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Aitareya is one of the earliest Upanishads and is, attributed to sage Mahidasa Aitareya. It consists of five sections, viz. sections 21 to 25. These sections form the 4th, 5th, and 6th chapters of the 2nd part of the Rigveda Aranyaka.
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• the young student the Samhita verses.
• the householder the Brahmana verses.
• the retired the Aranyaka verses.
• the sannyasi the Upanishad verses.
Young Student = one, who is yet being cared for by parents.
Householder...
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Mundaka Upanishad is from the Gopatha-Brahmana of the Atharva Veda. Whereas its Samhita portion survives in two recensions, after sages Paippalada and Shaunaka, the Brahmana portion available today is only of sage Gopatha.
Mundaka Upanishad gets its name from "a head shaved of all heavy botheration". By the sincere study of this Upanishad, one's mind resolves all troubles, difficulties seem trifles. It quenches the thirst of the sincere seeker and...
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