You Are Divine: Upanishad and Self Realisation, #1

By Shri Prabhuji

Sacred Vedas present the highest spiritual wisdom for the mankind. Concluding chapters of Veda is called Vedanta. Vedanta summarizes teaching of sacred Vedas. Vedanta teaches the essential divinity of human beings. The summary of entire Vedanta teaching is given in the form of great saying or Mahavakya. One line summary of entire Vedic literature is "You are Divine". Four great sayings or Mahavakyas from four sacred Vedas - Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvana Veda inspire the human kind to recognize the essential divine nature in each of us.

   The focus of this book is the great saying of Chandogya Upanishad from Samaveda - "Tatwamasi"- That Thou Art.  As mark of

respect to innumerable sages (Rishis) and Spiritual Masters (Sadgurus) who have strived to uplift humanity by teaching the message of essential divinity in all of us, we are releasing this book on the occasion of Guru Poornima. The book presents the teachings based on the traditional non-dual teachings of Advaita by Shri Adi Shankaracharya Bhagavatpada. We hope that this book will be of help to the seekers in understanding the message of Vedas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Light Of Self Foundation Self Publishing
• Release date: Jul 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393685210

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Preface

Sacred Vedas present the highest spiritual wisdom for the mankind. Concluding chapters of Veda is called Vedanta. Vedanta summarizes teaching of sacred Vedas. Vedanta teaches the essential divinity of human beings. The summary of entire Vedanta teaching is given in the form of great saying or Mahavakya. One line summary of entire Vedic literature is You are Divine. Four great sayings or Mahavakyas from four sacred Vedas - Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvana Veda inspire the human kind to recognize the essential divine nature in each of us.

The focus of this book is the great saying of Chandogya Upanishad from Samaveda - "Tatwamasi"- That Thou Art.  As mark of

respect to innumerable sages (Rishis) and Spiritual Masters (Sadgurus) who have strived to uplift humanity by teaching the message of essential divinity in all of us, we are releasing this book on the occasion of Guru Poornima. The book presents the teachings based on the traditional non-dual teachings of Advaita by Shri Adi Shankaracharya Bhagavatpada. We hope that this book will be of help to the seekers in understanding the message of Vedas.

Guru Poornima

17thJuly 2019

Divinity of Man

Fundamental basis of all religions is the belief that soul is essentially divine. Soul is beyond both mind and matter.