Upanishad Ganga
Upanishad Ganga is the name of a TV Serial
broadcast from March, every Sunday, on National TV, a segment of 25 minutes
each. It has been presented by "Chinmaya Creation". Its gist is given here serial by serial
Serial-1 -
Serial-2 -
Serial-3
Serial-4
Serial-5
Serial-6
Serial-7
Serial-8
Serial-9
From among four
Purushaarth of human life (Dharm, Arth, Kaam and Moksh), this serial is
about Dharm. How the Dharm is maintained is shown by the example of
King Harishchandra.
Serial-10
This serial is about
Arth, the second Purushaarth. How the money should be earned and spent is
shown by giving the example of
Chaanakya and
Chandragupt.
Serial-11
This serial is about
Kaam, the third Purushaarth. How Kaam affects people is shown by the
example of the
King Bhartrihari.
Serial-12
This serial is about
Moksh, the fourth Purushaarth. How the Moksh is obtained. The story of
Shreshthee (a rich Vaishya) Koti Karn is given as how he leaves everything
after living on interest money.
Serial-13
From among four Aashram (Brahmcharya, Grihasth, Vaanprasth and Sanyaas)
this serial is about Brahmcharya Aashram is shown with the example of
Satyakaam Jaabaal's story as how Haridrum Gautam accepted Satyakaam,
having no father's name, Varn, Gotra etc, as his disciple just on the
basis of speaking Truth.
Serial-14
This serial is about Grihasth Aashram. It teaches us "Don't hold on to
your house, give and grow with your spouse". The great poet Maagh's (of
8th century) story is shown here that how his wife who brought lots of
wealth from her parents' house, had become poor because of Maagh's habit
of giving away his things to needy people. She does not like it at all and
wants to leave him. In the end Maagh has to steal many things from his own
house to help a Braahman to marry his daughter, and in this process his
wife joins him to give him even her own ornaments.
Serial-15
This serial is about Vaanprasth Aashram. The man should study in
Brahmcharya Aashram, earn wealth in an honest way in Grihasth Aashram,
earn fame in Vaanprasth Aashram. In fact people should read the stories of
those kings who after their sons got ready to take care of the kingdom,
they went to forest after giving them the kingdom and left their body by
Yog. Who does not do this what he will do in Sanyaas Aashram? Even after
losing everything after the MBH war, his kingdom and 100 sons,
Dhritraashtra was not ready to go to forest. He stayed 15 years in
Hastinaapur. Then only he got ready to go to forest.
Bimbisaar's son Ajaatshatru
wanted the kingdom, and Devadatt, even after being the disciple of Buddha
wanted the kingdom of Buddha. Ajaatshatru once tried to kill his father
but was caught, but as he got the next opportunity he imprisoned his
father. But Bimbisaar was also so greedy of his kingdom that he could not
crown his son and went to forest. In the meantime Ajaatshatru became the
father and immediately understood the importance of son, so he ordered to
free his father from the prison, but by then he had lost him.
Serial 16
This serial is about Sanyaas Aashram
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