Mandukya upanishad chinmayananda biography

Message
Swami Tapovan Maharaj

(Here below we reproduce a divine message of blessings and encouragement received at the time of the Gyana-Yagna in the year 1953 from H. H. Sree Swami Tapovanamji Maharaj of Uttarakasi (Himalayas), at whose feet Swami Chinmaya learnt the scriptures-Ed.)

Brahman is the only reality. Nothing else is real. All the Universe, consisting of this ever-shining sun, moon and stars, is a dream – a long, long dream. How can this everlasting Universe perceived in the waking state be a dream? In the great Mandukya Karika the illustrious Seer and Acharya Shri Gaudapada tries to answer this question. The Karika explains clearly and proves with various inferences and logic that this Universe is nothing but a dream.

Let this Universe be a dream or a reality. Of what use is it to us to think over it and waste our time? By thinking over this problem, we can certainly come to the conclusion that this world and worldly objects are