Śama – Quietude of Mind
December 8, 2021 Notes by Janvika Gupta Śama In this week’s class, we learned about the virtue Quietude – Quiet Mind. It means to have mind that is thinking about what you are doing in present and does not get…
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Śama – Quietude of Mind
December 8, 2021 Notes by Akshera Mukkamala Review We are talking about the 9 virtues to be happy all the time. The first one we learned is Viveka – Prioritization. If we don’t remember what is important, we will regret…
Ayodhya
Summary of last session (December 3) by Shri. Mohan Khandekar. Shri Vijayji started his discourse with an explanation of conflicting statements from the scriptures. For example Shri Krishna in Bhagvatam says “don’t worship Indra” and Ramcharit says “worship Indra”. Why these…
Constant remembrance of Bhagavan
ViBha Class Notes: December 5, 2021 The less mature we are as a seeker, the more the teaching is of kartavya karma which means we should do this because this is our responsibility. The more mature we are in general,…
Upanishad Course – Chapter 6
Week 11, Class 11 December 07 2021
Week 11: Samatvam (Balance)
Review: Review from 3 weeks ago: Titiksha – fortitude Life is just a number of mental, physical and intellectual changes We react to these changes with the 3C’s — complaining, criticizing, and crying By having fortitude, we do not react…
Give thanks and BE Joyous
ViBha Class Notes: November 21, 2021 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a pyramid from most functional to most fundamental needs. So from the bottom up, the needs are: physiological needs, safety needs, belonging needs, esteem needs and actualization needs and…
Nov 29: Happiness Series!
We joined The Happiness Series with the rest of our CommUnity!
Date of birth of Shri Rama
Class on November 18, 2021Ramayana Class Notes by Shri Mohan Khandekar. Shri Vijay ji started the session by stressing the benefits of listening to Ramcharit Manas every Saturday. This Epic Granth can be appreciated in three ways: Upasana: This is a journey…
dāna → tapah → dharma → prārabdha
November 18, 2021 – Class Notes by Juie Deo Introduction “True self care is not salt baths, and chocolate cake. It is making the choice to build a life you don’t need to regularly escape from and that often takes…