Ishavasya upanishad 3rd and 4th Mantras.

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Purandara Dasa's  (1484-1564) composition about how Yashoda innocently treats Krishna as a baby without knowing He is the Master Himself, is a masterpiece. The Melody captures the emotions completely. A great song even if you dont understand the words (in kannada)!

Ishopanishad

Rishi - Svayambhuva Manu
Devata - Yajna
Chhandas  - Anustup, Tristup

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We are scheduling Ishavasya upanishad lectures as part of summer satsangs. All the lectures will be recorded. Season 4 of the Sunday classes will begin in Fall 09.

Namaste

Works like this one by Dan Ariely shows us the extent to which we are not in control of ourselves. This illusion of control is one of the major insights of indian thinkers. But for the last few centuries, indian thought has been derided  by western scholarship as world-denying and pretty much worthless. It reminds me of Albiruni, who commenting on indian number system said, we were foolishly obsessed with big numbers when all man needed was a system of counting till one thousand.

Dan Ariely in this talk,  explains the concept of cognitive bias with remarkable examples.

A Film by James Carroll, Constantine's Sword describes how chritianity as an ideology has been used by christian west for military purposes just like Islam has been used.

This is a must read book! In Bhagavat Gita Ch18.13-14, Krishna speaks of five partial causes one of which is Daiva or the unknown/unpredictable causes. This book shows you how a lot of western historical narrative or even economic theorizing is just a load of crap. Yet we cling to these theories even when they have been shown wrong by reality. Enjoy the talk!

http://fora.tv/2008/02/04/Future_Has_Always_Been_Crazier_Than_We_Thought

The upload to the blog had some problems for the last month or so. The updates should be regular from now on. I have uploaded Katopanishad parts 17, 18 and 19 that was held during this period.