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Isha Upanishad Explained in English: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life | Unlock Your True Potential

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# Watch  https://youtu.be/HA3XQpu3IyU Dear  readers ,  Welcome back to our blog. We have reached the end of our journey of understanding the Self, but the actual journey is endless. Time to draw a conclusion however there can’t be any conclusion for something which will never be concluded. Hence, I have decided to recall the wisdom we received from Isha Upanishad. Before we begin, I recommend you to read previous Shloka to understand meaning of Karma and journey beyond death and other shlokas if you missed them. Links to those  blogs are given at the bottom of this page.  We chanted a profound mantra in the beginning which stated, Brahman is complete, and I (the Self or Aatman) am also complete because I am manifestation of Brahman. Knowing this truth and realizing the completeness of the Brahman, I become complete.   Then Isha Upanishad started by declaring that all living beings are covered by Isha or Lord. As the world is an illusion, live life with detachment. Leave all lust and d

isha upanishad in English | isha upanishad chanting verse 15 | ishavasya upanishad | Discover your true nature | Vedanta Philosophy

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# Watch  https://youtu.be/S57nG_aGOlw   Dear  readers ,  Welcome back to our blog. Today we will discuss fifteenth shloka of Isha Upanishad.   You can recite the shloka with me.    हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्यापिहितं मुखम् ‌।   तत् त्वं पूषन्नपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये ॥   “hiraṇmayena pātreṇa satyasyāpihitaṁ mukham |  tat tvaṁ pūṣannapāvṛṇu satyadharmāya dṛṣṭaye ||”  Translation in English:  The face of Truth is covered by a golden lid. Do thou, O Sun remove it, so as to be seen by me what is my true nature.   Prince Siddharth was always surrounded by servants, a beautiful wife, a lovely son in his palace with all sorts of comfort. He was shielded from any kind of sufferings, sorrow, pain, death etc. He was always kept away from old men, Ascetics and spiritual knowledge. He never stepped out of the palace. When he stepped out for the first time in his life, he encountered truth of life in the form of an old man, a diseased man, a dead body and he left everything to find out the rea