Category Weekly Courses

Hanuman Jayanti

April 26, 2021 Notes by Om Shreejay & Pranavi Ananthanarayanan We started with a guided meditation to celebrate Hanuman Jayanti. This taught us to invoke tapa (toughness) to evoke shraddha (faith). We began Happy Hour on Jan 9, 2019 – 2.5…

Week 29: Sacrifice

Notes by Saadhvi Mamidi Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra Great mantra that brings victory over death For us to relate – this is the death of ignorance We chant this to support all those suffering around the world Review of Last Class…

Engage in Samadhana

Kamadeva often feels that he is the most powerful and he tried to radiate this power on to Bhagavan Shiva, but he was overpowered by Bhagavan Shiva. So next, he tried to overpower Bhagavan Krshna. The Raasa Leela is also…

Ram Naam

Summary of last session (April 17) by Shri Mohan Khandekar Shri Vijayji started the session with a brief explanation of Sanatan Dharma, path of Sun, Moon, Karmakand, Upasana and Jyaan kanda. 20:1 onwards,  The Glory of Ram naam continues. Naam (Ram) and Naami (Devotee) are different outwards but are…

Week 28: Discipline

By Dwija Ramesh Recap: In our class last week, we looked at fearlessness. In oneness, fear is not a possibility and it only comes from duality – the wrong knowledge that we are the body. This limits our potential. Our…

What is Knowledge?

April 15, 2021 Class notes by Netra Anand Introduction In Katha Upanishad Chapter 2, Verse 5, it says: ya i̱mam madhva̍daṁ ve̱da̱ ā̱tmāna̍ṁ jīva̱m anti̍kāt | ī̱śānam bhūta̍-bhavya̱sya̱ na̱ tato viju̍gupsate | e̱tad vai tat  We are madvadah – one…

Week 27: Fearlessness

Notes by Arnav Chugh Reflections/Summary/Key points from ALL previous classes: Align yourself with a purpose Outcomes are determined by you When your mind is not in a state of indecisiveness, you work better and have clarity For there to be…

Knowledge to Surrender

Bhagavad Gita teaches us the art of living and Srimad Bhagavta teaches us the art of dying. Let us feel this art within ourselves and let us radiate this art to all those who need such guidance, such support —…