Taittiriya Upanishad 2.9 with Swamini Svatmavidyananda

Swaminiji unfolds this mantra and offers practical tips of freeing oneself from guilt and hurt in daily life. In the vision of Vedanta, one is totally free from guilt and hurt. Guilt and hurt are the offspring of self-ignorance. Due to ātma-avidyā, one identifies oneself to be the agent of action, and as the object/recipient of the omission and commission of the actions of others. The Taittiriya Upanishad helps to understand oneself as free of fear and sorrow by cognitively giving up agency in the light of the knowledge that the self is neither a doer nor is “done in” by the actions of others.