Kathopinshada

In this section are presented audio recordings of pravachans at Sunday Satsangs by Acharya Suryanarayan Nanda on Kathopinshada.

This brief excerpt from Wikipedia provides an overview of Kathopanishad.

Kathopanishad or Katha Upanishad provides us with the knowledge of Atma (Soul or “Self”) through a medium of a story of a conversation between a child and Yama (Death).  Here, Yama (Death or mritayu) is addressed as an Acharya (teacher)

Yama's teaching notably uses an analogy of body and soul to a chariot.  According to him,

Atman, the "Self", is the chariot's passenger.

The body is the chariot itself.

Consciousness (buddhi) is the chariot driver.

The mind (mana) is the reins.

The five senses (indriya) are the horses.

The objects perceived by the senses are the chariot's path

 

Download Name Play Size Duration
download 13-Kathopanishada Intro-20120603
20.5 MB 22:23 min
download 14-Kathopanishada-2-20120610
33.4 MB 36:26 min
download 16-Kathopnishada-3-20120624
33.9 MB 37:03 min
download 17-Kathopnishada-4-20120701
36.7 MB 40:06 min
download 18-Kathopnishada-5-20120708
36.8 MB 40:09 min
download 19-Kathopnishada-6-20120715
35.5 MB 38:45 min
download 20-Kathopnishada-7-20120722
40.8 MB 44:34 min
download 21-Kathopnishada-8-20120805
24.6 MB 26:52 min
download 23-Kathopnishada-9-20120826
16.4 MB 41:01 min
download 24-Kathopnishada-10-20120902
18.3 MB 45:45 min
download 25-Kathopnishada-11-20120909
16.1 MB 40:05 min
download 26-Kathopnishada-12-20120916
16.5 MB 41:05 min
download 27-Kathopnishada-Aum-20120923
16.4 MB 40:50 min
download 28-Kathopnishada-Aum-20120930
12 MB 29:51 min
download 29-Kathopnishada-Aum-20121007
11.5 MB 28:40 min
download 30-Kathopnishada-13-20121014
18 MB 44:54 min
download 31-Kathopnishada-14-20121021
13.5 MB 33:35 min
download 32-Kathopnishada-15-20121028
13.3 MB 33:06 min
download 33-Kathopnishada-16-20121104
13.3 MB 33:08 min
download 34-Kathopnishada-17-20121111
12.2 MB 30:30 min