Full Video | Day 1 | Mandukya Upanishad | Sri M | Kolkata 2024

Sri M gives a brief description of the definition of AUM according to Mandukya Upanishad. He also narrates a few stories about Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and on how Maheshwarnath Babaji taught him the Upanishads. He concludes the talk by delving deep into the first syllable ‘A’ of 'AUM', which is the waking state. The following sessions will cover rest of the states - dream state, deep sleep and Turiya.
This talk took place in Kolkata in April 2024

00:00 - Opening speech
00:31 - Address by Swami Suparnanand ji
10:04 - Invocation and Guru Stuti
10:42 - Sri M thanking Suparnanand ji
10:57 - Introduction to Upanishads
12:45 - Understanding the Supreme Being - Why some people reach the Supreme faster than others
14:12 - Nirvikalpa Samadhi and story of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
17:01 - A quote from Kathopanishad, Sloka 23 and 24 on qualities to be developed to understand the Supreme
20:19 - Upanishad being part of Shruti. What is Shruti and how is it different from Smriti
23:32 - Story about Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa going to Samadhi while describing samadhi
25:37 - The Upanishads - how the Upanishads came into existence and Vyasa compiling all the Upanishads for the seekers
27:57 - About the Vedas and the 4 parts of the Vedas
28:57 - Aranyakas and Upanishads or Vedanta - the study of the Upanishads
30:42 - Experience with Maheshwarnath Babaji while he taught Upanishads to Sri M
32:15 - About Yogopanishads
33:57 - Three syllables of Upanishad - Upa, Ni and Shad
34:09 - The syllable ‘Upa’
36:30 - The syllable ‘Shad’
39:44 - Monkey Sanyas, as Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa says - About letting go
42:16 - The syllable ‘Ni’
44: 11 - About Mandukya Upanishad
47:55 -Sloka 1 - The significance of AUM
50:20 - Explanation of AUM in Mandukya Upanishad
52:02 - About the four quarters of the self
52:33 - The first quarter ‘A’ - jagrata
53:19 - The second quarter ‘U’ - Swapna
53:48 - The third quarter ‘M’ - Sushupti
54:31 - About the waking state ‘A’
57:20 - About the dream state ‘U’
01:01:17 - The witness in all states
01:03:40 - Deep sleep state ‘M’
01:03:58 - Senses and their perception in the waking state
01:12:34 - Newtonian Physics, Quantum Physics and matter - waking state and our interaction with matter
01:15:33 - Topics to be covered in the next sessions - dream state, deep sleep and turiya

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