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1. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Introduction | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

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This series focuses on one of the most luminous dialogues in all of Indian philosophy, between the sage Yajnavalkya and his wife Maitreyi, about the knowledge that leads to immortality. Swami Sarvapriyananda guides us through this celebrated passage from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad with characteristic clarity and depth. Its radical insight: everything we love, we love not for its own sake, but because the infinite Self shines through it. When that Self is known, all is known, and nothing is ever truly lost.

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Book: https://a.co/d/iQqKCWM
PDF of the entire Upanishad can be found here: https://dn790002.ca.archive.org/0/ite....

This session was recorded on Jan 7, 2026.

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20 Comments

@traceler 8 months ago (edited)

Oh, I Will love this one! Very rich upanishad. " "You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny." - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad . I do not have a thousand cows to give, but this one is well worthy.

@subramaniannatarajan1010 8 months ago

Great to see Swamiji start Bruhadaranyaka Upanishad!

@amiteshsingh4064 8 months ago

Its an Humble request to make Full series on Brahma Sutra
To clear basics 😊😊😊

@varshau6918 8 months ago

Thank you swamiji for sharing this timeless wisdom of Upanishads with us. For the last few years, I have started to understand our scriptures, indian philosophy through your lectures. My deepest pranayam to you. And thankyou so much for guiding me in this life.

@jesuslovesyoutoo-q4j 8 months ago

I'm very excited to be following this series from the start.
I'm really enjoying the other playlists.
It seems my day is incomplete until I listen to Swamiji

@saptarshiraut6300 8 months ago

What a great gift for the auspicious birthday day for Swami Vivekananda. Thank you for this amazing gift to all of us.

@tapaskumardas3795 8 months ago

Pronam Probhu 🙏 🙏 This world remember you for ever with love ❤ This world bow down to your dedication, your knowledge, your teaching, your spirituality and your divine life 🙏🙏. You are free of life. 🪷 I bow down to Thakur, Maa, Swamiji, Raja Maharaj, Master Mahashoy and to you Probhu 🙏🙏

@jigarjoshi8638 8 months ago

Jai Maa! Jai Sri Ramakrishna! Jai Swamiji! 🙏🏻🌸🙏🏻. Koti Koti Pranams to Rev.Swami Sarvapriyanandji Maharaj 🙇🙇

@anghaingle131 1 month ago

Thank you for the treasure of ancient knowledge to us.
Wonderfully explained.🙏

@pksrivastava5402 6 days ago

Simply brilliant. It is पूर्णम.

@traceler 8 months ago

"You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny." - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

@drjibankumarsarkar 8 months ago

Pranams revered swamiji, my spiritual teacher, bless me. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@ParentUSA 8 months ago

Limitless respect to you Maharaj, we're really learning Upanishad from a perfect guru.
Jai Thakur, Maa, Swamiji.
1:09:24

@bhuvaneswarinatarajan2583 8 months ago

Pranams Swamiji, thank you very much 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🪷🙇🏻‍♀️

@suchetana1975 8 months ago

Pranam Maharaj,
Thank you so much.
Happy National Youth Day
Our Karma determines what we deserve and what we can assimilate.
-Swami Vivekananda
God did not give me everything that I wanted. But, He gave me everything that I needed!
-Swami Vivekananda
Maharaj, Thank you so much.

@saikishore8293 3 months ago

Swamiji talking about various kind of infinities shows how well read he is not just in philosophy but areas of mathematics.

@KrishnaParamatma-g3r 8 months ago

Namaskarams🙏🙏🙏 Swami ji
Great BLESSING🙏 so happy to watch, listen to you🙏 early in the morning here🙏

Love and Respect from Bangalore🙏🙏🙏

@catchanshulpant 3 months ago

Revered Swamiji,
My humble salutations and countless pranams to you.

Today, under your guidance, I will make an effort to imbibe and understand another Upanishad. So far, I have studied five Upanishads in your divine presence and guidance. It is truly the revolution of the internet that enables us to receive such profound knowledge from even the farthest corners of the world.

I offer my heartfelt gratitude and respects to you.

@onlymelodic109 8 months ago

Thank you for the delivery of this beautiful teaching! It is greatly appreciated.

@dannymolek6057 8 months ago

Swami I am in the hospital for 2 weeks at least. I almost died of the flu and a face and mouth infection. Taking a break from youtube. I am not ready to ask my question about fanaticism yet but looking forward to ask when I get better. Thank you for all the peace and understanding and wisdom you bestowed upon me and all listeners and viewers. You evolved me. I really want to be some denomination of monk someday. Material life has become extremely frustrating for me

Bless you Swami. I love you❤