Kathopanishad
Kathopanishad is one of the 10 principal upanishads which present the essence and culmination of all knowledge found within India’s most ancient and sacred texts; the vedas. It is a dialogue between a little boy named Nachiketa and the Lord of Death, Yama, which covers the nature of life after death, the true meaning of sacrifice, and how one can transcend death.
It is believed that listening to the upanishads is the first step towards discovering our unique spiritual path to liberation. In 2020, Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai gave a series of talks over the course of a month, which methodically and thoroughly explained the significance of the Kathopanishad and its relevance to us in our lives. This podcast series is compiled from those talks.
Kathopanishad
23. Why Mastering the Mind is important to realise the Self
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Unless the mind is free from all wants and desires and thinking of the past, or worrying about the future, and is focused entirely on attaining brahman, one cannot even think about attaining brahman. This is why mastering the mind is so important – to train the mind to focus on only one thing and not jump onto too many different things.
When our mind gets attracted to the higher thought of God and focusses on God alone, everything else will go out of focus. Sadguru says, “Clean up your mind, steady it, focus it and don’t even have the constant restless desire that you must attain brahman, just be. And if you can achieve this, that’s when this realisation comes to you.”
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