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Notes by Aarav Luthra Today Vivekji was on the zoom call. We started off by sharing our favourite thing that happened this month. We reflected on how we felt while doing our favourite activity. Story: The story was about Ravana…
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Raga to Viraga to Anuraga
In our culture, we have four birthdays. Bhagavan’s birthday is the most important and we tend to celebrate it around Maha-Shivarati. Second is our Shastra’s birthday and we tend to celebrate that during Gita Jayanti. Third birthday is our Sadguru’s…
Surrender to Guru
Shri Vijayji started the session with Doha 1:1 which focuses on the glories of the Guru. By surrendering to the Guru, we are able to purify our mind and get clarity of the knowledge. 1:2 This Doha illustrates the importance…
What is Efficiency?
Class Notes by Prema Group Reflection question: What are ways in which you can shift your attitude from focusing on the results of your actions to focusing on your action? Recognize that we are not the sole doer of our…
Week 6: Bhagavati Durga Puja
As a part of Navaratri, Sumanji led us through a virtual Bhagavati Durga Puja. We began our Class with invoking Devi Durga through beautiful bhajans sung by our own Saadhvi and Sumanji. Sumanji then walked us through the steps of…
DDV: Verse 5
Class Notes by Sharmila Bhagavan Krishna lived in Gokula, where “kula” means family and “Go” means cows, but it also means senses. Gokula became vibrant when Bhagavan Krishna came. The same applies to us, our senses become vibrant only with…
Vinoda Priya – One who loves humor
Notes by Om Shreejay Review of last class We reviewed the virtue of Kritatma (one who is self-made) that we studied in last week’s class. We learned that one who is self-made lives with intention, purpose, for a reason. Virtue for this…
He is MINE
When the ends are clear, the means become clear. When the end is not clear, neither is the means. In the study of Bhakti, there are two frameworks – Shanta Bhakti — when we have the feeling that ‘I am…
Glory of Guru!
Shri Vijayji started his talk with Guru Geeta, Glory of the Guru and importance of Guru charan pooja. The feet of Guru are compared to the lotus, which is considered to be a special flower. He further analysed the word Anuraga (अनुराग)…
What is Grief
Class Notes by Rita Introduction One of the smears in Canadian history is the residential schools in which 150,000 indigenous children were forced into schools to become like a “typical Canadian”. Tens of thousands were sexually abused and thousands died…