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