Acharya Shankara explains what Upanishads are and how these help us in life.
This series of talks is on the famous Kathopanishad in Bengali.
The Upanishads are the science of freedom through the knowledge of one’s true self. The last sections of each of the four Vedas are known as Upanishad. Since these come at the end of the Vedas, they are known as Vedanta. The term can also be interpreted to mean ‘the essence of the Vedas’. The Vedantins treat the Upanishads in this sense only. According to them, the rituals and other subject matter of the Vedas are the preparatory grounds for the final climb to the spiritual truths as presented in the Upanishads.
The Upanishads are not easy to understand without a commentary and a proper teacher. The truths presented in the Upanishads (these are not philosophical speculations) are so subtle and profound that only those with extremely sharp and penetrating minds can grasp them fully.
The subject matter of every Upanishad is non-difference between the individual and the universal, made famous by statements like ‘Aham Brahma Asmi” - I am Brahman.
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