Tapa – Discipline
October 11, 2023 Notes by Saaya Bhakta Review: Key Work: Moderation – Slow down and take everything in carefully. Do things in a balanced way. Don’t overdo things and balance things you want to do and things you need to…
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Questions 11, 12, & 13 – What is the human attribute of a brahmana? What attribute of brahmanas is like that of the ignoble? What constitutes the divine nature of ksatriyas?
Oct 12, 2023 Class Notes by Usha Chazhiyat Introduction When one serves, they can find areas that they are weak and can refine that. Example :- One may think they are patient, but once they serve, they will identify areas…
Kali yuga leading to Pralaya
ViBha Class Notes – October 8, 2023 Vedanta in Bhagavata is a course on patience. Many courses that we are exposed to are more about “what can I get and do today”, unlike Vedanta in Bhagavata. It is a course…
Narada Bhakti Sutra, Sutras 9,10 and 11
Week 04, Class 04, Oct 10 2023
Offering of Devotion
Summary of last session (October 7) by Shri Mohan Khandekar I am forwarding the notes from Shri Vijay ji and adding some of his comments. वर्णानाम र्थसंघानां, रसानां छन्दसामपि। मंगलानां च कर्त्तारौ, वन्दे वाणी विनायकौ॥1॥ भवानीशंकरौ वन्दे, श्रद्धा विश्वास रूपिणौ। याभ्यां विना न पश्यन्ति, सिद्धाः स्वान्तःस्थमीश्वरम्॥2॥ वन्दे बोधमयं नित्यं, गुरुं शंकर रूपिणम्। यमाश्रितो हि वक्रोऽपि, चन्द्रः सर्वत्र वन्द्यते॥3॥ नानापुराण निगमागम…
Brahmacharya – Non-Indulgence
October 4, 2023 Notes by Nimalan Senthil REVIEW: STORY: KEY TAKEAWAY: Do not listen to that lower voice of yourself. Listen to that upper self of you (older sibling representing control and responsibility unlike the younger sibling being more desire-driven).…
Brahmacharya – Non-Indulgence
October 4, 2023 Notes by Akilan Senthil Story There was a really hyper boy. His mom and dad gave him a horse made out of Sour Patch Kids. When he rode on the horse, he started to eat it. The…
Questions 6 to 10: By what does one obtain grace? How does one become double who they are? How does one become intelligent? What constitutes the Divine nature of a Brahmana? What is the quality of a noble human?
Oct 5, 2023 Class Notes by Isha Darbari Introduction Anecdote from Vivekji from stress symposium he was invited to speak at. One speaker, a physician from Mayo Clinic, shares a story about his daughter who makes a clay starfish. When…
Contemplative Listening
ViBha Class Notes – October 1, 2023 Opening Prayers सच्चिदानन्द रूपाय विश्वोत्पत्यादि हेतवे तापत्रय विनाशाय श्री कृष्णाय वयम नुमः Sachidanand Rupaya Vishvotpatyadi Hetve, Tapatraya Vinashaya Shri Krishna Vayam Numha We remember Bhagavan Krshna who is the only One who…
Narada Bhakti Sutra, Sutras 6,7and 8
Week 03, Class 03, Oct 03 2023