Beyond Gunas through Bhakti
ViBha Class Notes – April 2, 2023 When we don’t feel well, we feel like we are held back. We can’t exercise as well, we can’t digest as well, we can’t think as well. Everyone of us is born with…
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Knowledge destroys inferior thoughts
Summary of last session (April1) by Shri Mohan Khandekar Vijayji started the session by describing the importance of Vedas, Bhagvatam and Ramcharitmas in our scriptures. Bhagvatam is also called Mahapuranas (महापुराणा). Vedas direct us towards three paths, namely, Karmakand, Upasana…
Upanishad Course , Chapter 21 (contd) and Chapter 22
Week 22 , Class 51, April 04 2023
Practice 31/32: audasinyamabhipsyatam janakrpanaisthuryamutsrjyatam
March 30, 2023 Class Notes by Theo Stamoulis Introduction Our culture believes in 5 debts (rna): Recap Discourse Verse 4, Practice 31: audasinyamabhipsyatam Be indifferent to desire Absolute – Sanatana Dharma is such a lovely religion because it focuses on…
Happiness Is Eating Sustainably
March 29, 2023 Notes by Kirtish Sivakumaran This week, the class was run by Sapna Akka, our special guest. She came to teach us about healthy eating and tell us some ways to avoid wasting food. We started the class…
Happiness Is Eating Sustainably
March 29, 2023 Notes by Krish Chander Review and Introduction As usual, Suman Ji led the opening prayers, but the class was completely different from there. Suman Ji explained that this class would be about sustainable eating. He illustrated how…
BE Shri Krshna
ViBha Class Notes – March 26, 2023 Pujya Swami Tejomayananda shared, “Do not tell God how big your problems are, Tell your problems how Big your God is”. In Sanskrtam, the word for God is Brahman, meaning Bigness, The Biggest.…
Chaos Created
Summary of last session (March 25) by Shri Mohan Khandekar Shri Vijayji started the session by recapping Doha 83 and gave more explanation for Kamdev’s Bow of flowers and five arrows. Bow represents our mind and five arrows are our…
Practice 30: na tu vrtha vakyam samuccaryatam
March 23, 2023 Class Notes by Siddharth Kashinath Introduction To slow down means to know what you are doing with who you are. We have a trikarana, which means 3 instruments of doing – thinking, speaking and acting – sadhana…
Happiness Is Taking Care of Nature
March 22, 2023 Notes by Akshera Mukkamala Review Last class, our story was about a penguin named Suman. He loved candy, cookies, and jellybeans. He would run to his room and eat jellybeans so he wouldn’t eat dinner. One day…