Happiness Is Being a Team Player
February 22, 2023 Notes by Aarya Mishra Review Last week, we talked about 2 ants that found 2 cookies, one for them each. The 1st ant broke the cookie up into pieces and managed to bring the whole cookie back,…
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Upanishad Course , Chapter 20 (Contd)
Week 18 , Class 47, Feb 28 2023
Our Varna and Ashrama
ViBha Class Notes – February 26, 2023 We will have completed 144 hours of Bhagavata Purana this morning. Do we remember what Bhagavata means? From a recent meeting with Swami Tejomayananda, Guruji shared that Vedanta needs to be interpreted in…
Sapta Rishis
Class Summary – February 25, 2023 What is happening here in the current scene – It is called Devata Bhavaad. The Devatas are teaching us how to live through a “drama”. Again, Vijayji brings the importance of tapah, the way Uma does…
Happiness Is Being a Team Player
March 1, 2023 Notes by Ambika Mishra Review Last class Sumaji told us a story about 2 ants who found cookies. To them, the cookies were huge, and would feed their families for months. The first ant took the cookie…
Practice 25/26: ksudvyadhisca cikitsyatam pratidinam bhiksausadham bhujyatam
February 23, 2023 Class Notes by Siddharth Kashinath Discourse: Verse 3 had a number of challenging or deep practices as they were meant to lift us. In Verse 4, Adi Shankaracharya shifts to simple yet pivotal practices as they are…
Practice 24: budhajanairvadah parityajyatam
February 16, 2023 Class Notes by Abhiram Bhashyam Introduction A lovely saying in Sanskrit (words of wisdom) for how learning happens. Learning happens in four ways: 1. Acharyat – ¼ of learning comes from one’s guide 2. …
Associate with Sattva
ViBha Class Notes – January 29, 2023 When Shri Bharata had come back to Ayodhya, Bhagavan Rama had left for the aranya, and Raja Dasharatha was unwell, he had shared with his mother, Rani Kaikeyi, “Anyone who doesn’t have a…
Essence of Hamsa Gita
ViBha Class Notes – February 12, 2023 Prayag is known as a teertha. When we think of a teertha, we think of a man with a silver vessel who gives us some liquid concoction from it. The etymology of the…
Upanishad Course , Chapter 20
Week 17 , Class 46, Feb 21 2023