Greetings All, Shloka # 4: “Ritualistic worship, chanting and meditation are done with the body, voice and the mind; they excel each other in the ascending order.” Shloka # 5: “ Worship of God in his eight fold form, understanding that He is so manifest, is proper worship of Him.” Recapping last class Swami Paramarthananda […]
Greetings All, Refreshing our memory of the last class Swami Paramarthananda discussed shlokas 3 and 4 respectively. In the first two verses of this book Ramana MahaRishi was refuting the claims of the Poorvamimsaka philosopher. Karma, secular or sacred, cannot give one Moksha. Karma is in fact a big roadblock to liberation. Karma has by […]
Greetings All, Lord Krishna talked about the importance of karma up to the 7th verse; and now from the 8th verse onwards, up to 20th verse, the Lord is dealing with the important topic of karma yoga. Hence the chapter’s name as well. It is a very important chapter of the Gita. In last class […]
Many events of our life are out of our control and most of our life appears to be predetermined. It appears that we may be able to influence only a small portion of our life. Our birth is destined. Our death is destined. And most of our life appears destined. Then, is it correct to […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 6: कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्। इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।। “ Controlling the organs of action, he who has his mind dwelling on their objects has a confounded mind; he is said to be a hypocrite.” Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramathananda recapped last week’s class. In this shloka […]
Greetings All, Continuing his teaching of Upadesha Saram, Swami Paramarthananda said, in the last class we discussed that this book contains the essence of Veda Shastram. Vedas are divided into two groups: Veda Poorva- also called Karma Kanda is the step used for preparation of the mind. Vedanta – also called Gyana Kanda is the […]
Shloka # 1: Arjuna Said: “O Krsna! If your view is that knowledge is superior to work, why do you bid me to undertake this fearful work of war?” Starting the teaching of chapter 3 Swami Paramathanada said, this chapter begins with a question from Arjuna. Arjuna is confused about the teaching in chapter 2. […]
Starting his teaching on Upadesha Saram, Swami Paramarthananda said it is another work of Bhagavan Ramana MahaRishi. It is a smaller work consisting of 30 verses. Upadesha Sahasri was another scripture written by Adi Shankaracharya, a large work consisting of 700 verses and 19 chapters. Upadesha Saram is a comprehensive work presenting the entire Vedic […]
Greetings, Swamiji summarized the Kaivalya Upanishad’s teachings today. This Upanishad is known by its name as it gives Kaivalyam or Moksha or non-duality to the seeker. There is no second thing in the cosmos to limit me, not space, nor time nor object to limit me. Spatial, temporal and objectal limitations do not exist for […]
Swamiji offered a summary of chapter 2. The chapter is divided into four parts: 1. Shlokas 1-10: Arjuna’s Sharanagati 2. Shlokas 11-38: Gyana Yoga Part 3. Shlokas 39-58: Karma Yoga Part 4. Shlokas 54-72: Sthita Pragyaha Part He summarized each topic. Shlokas 1-10, Arjuna Sharanagati. This was a continuity of […]