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An Analysis of the Brahma Sutra - 7.5 - Swami Krishnananda.

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=============================================================== Monday, 04 Dec 2023. 05:30.  Chapter - 7: Specimens of Vedantic Meditations-5. =============================================================== Whenever you want a thing, ask for everything. Why are you asking for little, little things? We should never ask for 'one, two, three, four, five.' – then nothing will come. You are converting the Great Glory into fragments. If someone says 'I am going to give you everything', you say 'No, no, I don't want everything'! There is poverty even in the desire to fulfil desires. What kind of mind is this? The Taittiriya Upanishad and Mundaka Upanishad both say it is Brahman which is Truth, Knowledge, Infinity, that is hidden in the deepest recesses of the heart and in the highest Heavens; whoever knows this enjoys the world at one stroke. How much time does it take? Saha brahmana vipaschita – As Brahman has no time process, it does not take time for one to enjo