Katha Upanishad: Secrets of Immortality

This short story of a sweet, precocious young boy confronting death in person, is one of courage as well as a profound mystical experience. The story contains one of the oldest definitions of Yoga and describes both the meaning of OM and its connection with the eternal. This is Brahman, and the Self. Herein, lie the secrets of immortality. The Katha Upanishad is often cited in commentaries around Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. We are more than this mix of senses and emotions.

Our Satsang will begin with a short introduction to the Upanishads and their place in yoga history. We will use mantras, pranayama, and meditation to open ourselves for reading and discussing of the text of Katha Upanishad itself. We will contemplate this Upanishad as relates to the Yoga Sutras and early revelations of “chakras”. Other mystical connections will appear. You will be amazed at what is hidden here.

Upanishads are ancient Indian scriptures related to the more ancient Vedas. These scriptures, along with the Vedas, the Samkhya philosophy, and later texts such as the Hatha Yoga Pradipika are the basis of modern yoga. While theological, they are not necessarily religious. The philosophical position is one of the experiencer.

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