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Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas

Our Sanatan is a treasure trove of philosophies and life lessons. The Upanishads delve into concepts like "Self-realisation", "Brahman" or "Supreme Being" and "Atman" or "Supreme Self". Puranas grasp the concept of the Supreme power using the medium of stories. Upanishads and Vedas are technically superior in terms of philosophies and thought processes, making them challenging for common people to understand, but the Puranas present similar ideas in a more accessible and interesting story format

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Episode 16- Story of King Pravahana, Sage Uddalaka...

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2023/02/08

My dear friends and listeners, it’s been a while I could upload any new episode. The reason being multiple, but here I am with a new story from the Upanishads. Before I begin, my earnest request to you to follow, subscribe, like, share and download my podcast. It will immensely help me to keep going and provide you with these contents. Also please do write to me at my email address arghyathinks@gmail.com. I receive emails from my listeners and we discuss lot of things and often goes into a discovery

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Episode 15- "Tat Tvam Asi" - Story of Uddalaka Aaruni...

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2023/01/21

Podcast Credits -The Concept, Script, Narration and Audio Design: Arghya Goswami-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Credits, Acknowledgements and Source ContentsSource content collected from various books on Upanishads such as “Messages of the Upanishads” by Swami Ranganathanada, “The Brhadaaranyaka Upanishad” by Swami Madhavananda, “Eight

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Episode 14- Story of 3 friends - Pravahana, Silaka...

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2023/01/08

Today I will be telling you a story from Chaandogya Upanishad. It is featured in the 8th Khanda of the book, and it is about 3 young well versed scholars named Pravahana Jivala, Silaka Salavat and Chaikitayana Dalbhya. This is a story which involves a deep curiosity amongst these 3 young men. Our Vedic rishis, sages and scholars always regarded experience or anubhava to be the paramount, next they would regard the scriptures or Shrutis and lastly they would regard the reasoning and logic as most

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Episode 13 - Proud Balaki

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2023/01/02

Today’s episode is named - Proud Balaki! This story is featured in BU Chapter 2, Section 1 and features one of the greatest kings of India - Ajaatashatru. He was also known as Kunika and was son of Bimbisara. He was a contemporary to both Bhagwaan Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. I hope you all must be knowing about Bhagwaan Mahavira and Gautama Buddha! As a result he is referenced in both Jain and Buddhist literature. Interestingly, name of his mother is different in different literatures. As per Jain

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Episode 12 - What the thunder said?

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/12/22

Episode 12 - What the thunder said? Da-Da-Da================================================================================================================My dear listeners and friends, today I am going to move away from Yagnavalkya’s adventures and tell a new story from Brihaadaaranyaka Upanishad. The reason why I am doing this is for a purpose! I want to bring in some variety to my storytelling from Upanishads. Yagnavalkya’s debates were high on philosophy and required extreme attention and

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Episode 11 - Yagnavalkya in King Janaka's Symposium

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/12/16

Dear listeners, from the last 3 episodes of my podcast, you have been listening to Yagnavalkya’s debates in the King Janaka’s Symposium. You heard the debates of Ashwala, Aartbhaaga with Yagnavalkya in part 1, then followed by debates of Bhujyu, Usasta and Kahola with Yagnavalkya in part 2. Yagnavalkya was almost declared as a winner in the debates when he was challenged by Gargi Vaachaknavi in part 3, however after listening to his philosophies on Brahman, she decided that she must admit that

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Episode 10 -Yagnavalkya in King Janaka's Symposium -...

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/11/27

Hello my dear listeners, hope you all are enjoying Yagnavalkya’s debates in the courtroom of King Janaka. We heard how he defeated Ashwala and Arthabhaaga in part 1, then silenced Bhujyu, Usasta and Kahola in part 2. Part 3 is an important episode as it perhaps describes one of the most celebrated debates in the history of the Upanishads. Brihaadaaranyaka Upanishad has recorded this glorious and engaging debate beautifully. This part celebrates our Ancient India’s one of greatest Rishika, and women

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Yagnavalkya in King Janaka's Symposium - Part 2

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/11/12

Yagnavalkya in King Janaka's Symposium================================================================This is the part 2 from the interesting events and debates which took place during the symposium arranged by King Janaka of Videha. We heard about Yagnavalkya’s decision to take home thousand cows with ten gold coins tied to their horns and how he was stopped and challenged by eminent scholars such as Ashwala and Aartabhaaga. They both got involved in a debate with Yagnavalkya and eventually

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Episode-08 - Listener's Hub -001 - Srila Bhattacharya

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/11/06

Hello, my friends and listeners, today’s episode is very different from all other episodes. If you remember, I ask a few questions at the end of each episode. The listener with correct answers will be invited to my show, so today is the day where I will have the first ever - Listener’s hub episode. Srila Bhattacharya from California USA answered the questions correctly from the episode of Satyakama. So I interviewed her recently and was enriched to know her thoughts on the messages from

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Episode 7 - Yajnavalkya in King Janaka’s Symposium -...

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/10/28

Yajnavalkya in King Janaka’s Symposium - Part 1Hello friends and wish you and your loved ones a very happy Deepawali. After a hiatus for about a week or so I am back with a new story from Brihaddaaranyaka Upanishad. Today’s story will mark the beginning of one of the most important chapters mentioned in the largest of the Upanishads. The Madhukhanda portion of the Brihadda-Aranyaka Upanishad presents a series of dialogues and debates between the great Maharishi Yajnavalkya and other eminent scholars

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Episode 6- The Perfect Teacher - Story of Satyakaama...

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2022/10/21

Today’s story is of Satyakama and Upkosala Kaamalaayana. Friends in episode 2 of this podcast series we heard the tale of Satyakāma the seeker of truth. He was a young pupil then. In today’s story, we will take you on a forward journey where Satyakāma is a great scholar and a teacher of the sacred text. This story is also featured as part of Chaandogya Upanishad which is a part of Sama Veda. Satyakāama after attaining sacred knowledge became a respected teacher. He tutored many pupils throughout

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Episode 5 - Story of Praana!

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/10/08

Hello Friends, wishing you all a very happy Dusherra and Subho Bijoya Dashami. I welcome you all to another episode of Stories from Upanishads. Today’s interesting story appears in the 3rd Brahmana of the 1st Adhyaya of Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad. In my podcast series, this is the first story from this Upanishad, which is a part of Shukla Yajurveda and believed to be composed between the 9th-6th centuries BCE. It is one of the Dashopnishads to which Adi Shankaracharya provided his Bhasya-

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Episode 4 - Story of a teacher and his pupil - Kena...

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/09/30

=====================TRANSCRIPT ==============================Today’s story is about a teacher and his pupil. The teacher was about to begin the day’s lesson when he saw that his student had an unusual inquisitiveness. The concerned teacher asked the pupil -“Son, what’s the matter? Why are you so disturbed today? What troubles you?” The startled pupil said “O Guru, From whom comes all of it - my thoughts, my sight, my hearing, my breath? Who is he who controls all of it?” The teacher smiled and took

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Episode 3 - Story of King Jānaśruti and Raikwa

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/09/23

===============================================================Transcript of the podcast================================================================Today I’m going to retell the story of Jānaśruti and Raikwa, which is found in the fourth Prapāthaka of Chāndogya Upanisad which is a part of Sama Veda. King Jānaśruti was the great-grandson of King Jānaśruta. He was the ruler of the kingdom of Mahavrsa. He was a good king, just, pious, knowledgeable, known for huge charities and cooked food in large

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Episode 2 - Story of Satyakama - the seeker of truth

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2022/09/18

This story is about a young boy named Satyakāma Jābāla . It teaches us about honesty, truthfulness and courage! This story is featured in Chandogya Upanishad. This story tells us how Satyakama is taught about Brahman and is enlighted by non-human gurus namely a bull, fire, swan and a diver-bird. So sit back and enjoy the story!========================================================Transcript of the story Dear friends, thank you for joining in today and I hope you are quite excited to listen to the

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Episode Zero- Introduction to the series "Stories...

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/09/14

I am a software professional and working for various corporates and MNCs for the past 23 years. While I am working on tight deadlines I realised that we need an outlet to relax, rejuvenate, to recapture our souls. So I started reading Upanishads and found a wealth of stories which shake you up and ask you to contemplate further.Did you know there were about 200 Upanishads? Did you know Adi Shankaracharya commented on ten Upanishads which are called Ten Principal Upanishads? Did you know the

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Episode 1 - Story of Nachiketa and Yama

Stories from Upaniṣhads and Puranas ·

2022/09/14

In today's story, I will narrate to you the story of Nachiketa and Yama. This is a story of pure grit and determination in which young Nachiketa forces the lord of death Yama to reveal the secrets of life beyond death!This has been a popular story for ages and has been retold in many formats. This is my small effort to bring to you this great story! So sit back and listen to the Story of Nachiketa and Yama!Stories from Upanishads retold by Arghya Goswami, Concept, Script, Narration and Audio Design:

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