Greetings All, Shloka # 36: अर्जुन उवाच अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः। अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।। Arjuna said: Now impelled by what does man commit sin? O Krishna, though loath to sin, he is driven to it forcibly, as it were. Continuing his teachings, Swami Paramarthananda said, with shloka # 35 the topic of […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 33: सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि। प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति।।3.33।। “Even a man of knowledge behaves according to his nature. All living beings conform to nature. What can repression do?” Continuing his teachings, Swami Paramarthananda said, after talking about karma yoga Sri Krishna is summing up karma yoga in verses […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 3: “The primary cause of the world and the “ I” is accepted by all to be some Lord with immeasurable power. Here, in this picture, that One alone has become the seen, the seer, the canvas and the light also.” Continuing his teaching on Saddarshana, Swami Paramarthananda said, Bhagawan Ramana […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 2: “For those who, being afraid of death, have sought shelter in the conqueror of death, the notion “I’ dies first. Thereafter in them (who are) by nature immortal, where is there any room for the notion of death?” Continuing his teaching on Saddarshana, Swami Paramarthananda said, now in the second […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 30: मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा। निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः।।3.30।। “Surrendering all works to Me in a spiritual frame of mind that craves naught, and free from all sense of possessions, fight with unconcern.” Continuing his teaching on Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, up to shloka # 35 Sri Krishna is summarizing Karma […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 28: तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः। गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त इति मत्वा न सज्जते।।3.28।। “O Hero! On the contrary, the knower of truth of the distinction between constituents of Prakrti and their operation does not attach himself to works knowing that constituents operate amidst constituents.” Continuing his teaching of the Gita and refreshing our […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 27: प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः। अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते।।3.27।। Works are being done in all ways by the constituents of Prakriti. He whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks, “ I am the agent”. Continuing his teaching of Gita and recapping last week’s class Swami Paramarthananda said, in beginning of chapter […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 25: सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत। कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।। Prince of the Bharata line! Just as the ignorant work with attachment to that work, so should the wise work, unattached, seeking the world’s integration. Continuing his teaching Swami Paramarthananda says, after shloka # 20 Sri Krishna talked about Karma with respect to an […]
Greetings All, Shlokas 21: This, the Heart, is the true import of “I”. For it exists, when the “ I” is not. Continuing his teaching Swami Paramarthananda says, in first part of Upadesha Saram, Bhagawan Ramana Maharishi talked of various Sadhanas such as Upasana, and Ashtanga Yoga highlighting Pranayama. All of them are for preparing […]
Greetings All, Shlokas # 19: Wherefrom does this “I” thought arise? If one enquires thus, it vanishes. This is self-enquiry. Continuing his teaching Swami Paramarthananda says, all types of Sadhana’s such as Puja, Japa, Dhyana, Samadhi, Yoga, and Gyanam all will have to culminate in Atma Vichara. They are important but they are complete only […]