Category Weekly Courses

DDV: Verses 12 & 13

Class Notes by Sharmila When Kaliya was being crushed by Bhagavan Krishna, Kaliya’s wives come to Bhagavan Krishna to plead with him. Two of the insights they shared are: “Bhagavan is the one who resides in the elements” “Bhagavan is…

Japa in Practice

Paradukham sheetalam: para — others, dukha — sorrow, sheetala — cool. This saying implies that we get heated up over our own sorrows, but are not affected by others sorrows. We are always asking others for articles or advice. We would shock ourselves if we were…

Humble Tulsidas ji

Summary of last session (December 5) by Shri. Mohan Khandekar ji Shri Vijayji started his discourse by explaining meanings of the words Uttam Purush (उत्तम पुरुष), Videha mukti (विदेह मुक्ती) and Jeevan mukti (जीवन मुक्ती). Doha 8 starts with Shri Tulsidasji humbly declaring that the enormous…

Tulsidas ji and Sri Rama’s Glories

Summary of last session (November 28) by Shri. Mohad Khandekar ji. 7:1 Sant Tulsidas offers pranam to four sources from where a jiva is born, namely Swedaj (स्वेदज)=WaterAndaj (अंडज)= EggUdbhij (उद्भिज)=SeedJarayuj (जरायुज)= Stomach Shri Vijayji then discussed our five senses followed by discussion of…

Living with Divinity

Our personalities can be classified based on the framework below – Those who are liberated Those who want to be liberated Those who Do Not want to be liberated For all the three personalities, Srimad Bhagavata is fulfilling who we…