Category Weekly Courses

Blessings of Bhagavan

ViBha Class Notes: December 12, 2021 The word Bhagavan is made up of Bhaga Van, the One who has all virtues in all ways. Technically, Bhagavan means the One with six distinct virtues. One of them is yashah or the…

puruṣārtha → preyas → śreyas

December 9, 2021 – Class Notes by Rahul Kuppachhi  Introduction: Vedānta means to know thyself. The term vedānta can be broken up into vedā which means “knowing” and antaha which means “thyself.” This demands reflection, and without reflection, this sacred…

Week 12: Sanatana Dharma

Notes by Dwija Ramesh Review: We must have balance in order to grow on the outside as well as inside. Developing this has to be done through intelligent self-restraint, with understanding. We looked at Shreyas and Preyas, long term versus…

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…

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…