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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…

DDV: Verse 5

Class Notes by Sharmila Bhagavan Krishna lived in Gokula, where ā€œkulaā€ means family and ā€œGoā€ 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…

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 ā€˜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 (ą¤…ą¤Øą„ą¤°ą¤¾ą¤—)…

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 ā€œtypical Canadianā€. Tens of thousands were sexually abused and thousands died…

Week 5: Action for Evolution

By: Arnav Chugh and Saadhvi Mamidi Notes by Arnav: Reflections/Summary/Key points from previous week’s Class: The ā€œhowā€ of the science of right action Reign in senses with the mind itself Engage our mind with the purpose Letting go of the outcomes Responsibilities are…