Upanishad Course – Chapter 3 (Contd)
Week 6, Class 6, October 19 2021
Category Weekly Courses
Where does Bhakti reside
Summary of class on October 16,2021 by Shri Mohan Khandekar. Shri Vijay ji opened the discourse by saying that Ramcharit Manas is a book of indicative meaning. If you have studied Vedas, dive deeper into it and get extensive connotation from it.…
satsaṅga → śāstra
October 14, 2021 – Class Notes by Rahul Kuppachhi Introduction The difference between Ṛtam and satyam is theory and application, respectively. We have to know what is right (Ṛtam), and then we have to abide by that (satyam). Our course…
Week 5: Values
Notes by Dwija Ramesh Recap: What is the manual that helps us live, survive and thrive? Our scriptures: teaches us how to relate with the world around us teaches us about our nature, Happiness how to realize our nature while…
Vairāgya – Acceptance
October 13, 2021 Notes by Ambika Mishra Review Last week we discussed the 9 virtues. The first virtue was prioritization, otherwise called Viveka. Viveka helps us not regret things we skipped out of procrastination, and helps us have a better lifestyle.…
Vairāgya – Acceptance
October 13, 2021 Notes by Aarya Mishra Review Shankarji reviewed our past virtue, which was Viveka or Prioritization. Viveka means to organize your days and tasks.Lesson Today’s virtue was Vairaagya which means Acceptance. To show what Acceptance can do to your life,…
Lord sees ONLY the good
Summary of class on October 9th, 2021 by Shri Mohan Khandekar. Vijay ji clearly explained that there aren’t answers in black and white for few questions. Every answer would depend on a person’s journey. Sometimes, the answer would make sense to…
Upanishad Course – Chapter 3
Week 5, Class 5, October 12 2021
yātrā → yoga → sevā → bhaja
October 7, 2021 – Class Notes by Siddharth Kashinath Introduction Most people are experts at escaping – they are escape artists. How so? Because one of our driving forces is duḥkha nivṛtti, which means to escape pain. Why are we…
Week 4: What is Happiness?
Noted by Dwija Ramesh Recap: Happiness is our nature unlike what we decided last week. Discourse: At a high level, all of our actions are motivated by two things: Sukha prapti – Seeking happiness Dukha nivritti – Escaping sadness We…