Class notes and other documents related to Bagwat Gita
Greetings All, Gita, Chapter # 2, Samkhya Yoga: Shloka #24: “This Self cannot be cut, burned, wetted or dried. Eternal, allmpervasive, stable, immovable and ever lasting is It.” Refreshing our memory of last class, Swamiji reminded us that Sri Krishna wants to help Arjuna get out of his sorrow as well as help him stand […]
Greetings All, Gita, Chapter # 2, Samkhya Yoga: Shloka #20: “This Self is never born; It never dies either. Having been born, It never ceases to be, again. Unborn, eternal and everlasting, this ancient One is not slain when the body is slain.” Refreshing our memory of last class, Swamiji reminded us that Sri Krishna […]
Greetings All, Gita, Chapter # 2, Samkhya Yoga: Refreshing our memory of last class, Swamiji reminded us that Sri Krishna wants to persuade Arjuna to fight the war. He teaches him from three angles. The three angles are Philosophical, Ethical/Moral/Dharmic and finally from Laukika Drishthi. He shows Arjuna that when looked at from all three […]
Gita, Chapter # 2, Samkhya Yoga: Swamiji starts off by refreshing our memory of last week’s talks and specifically Shlokas 14 and 15. Sri Krishna wants to solve Arjuna’s sorrow and wants him to fight the dharma adharma yudham. He teaches a philosophical approach consisting of Atma Anatma Viveka, a Dharmic approach consisting of Dharma […]
Gita, Chapter # 2, Samkhya Yoga: Swamiji starts off by refreshing our memory of last week’s talks. Arjuna expresses his helplessness and surrenders to Sri Krishna in grief and requests him to teach. He raises the question if it is correct to fight one’s guru and kin. Sri Krishna takes three approaches in answering Arjuna. […]
Greetings All, Gita, Chapter # 2, Samkhya Yoga: Swamiji starts off by reminding us that Arjuna expresses his helplessness and surrenders to Sri Krishna and requests him to teach. Sri Krishna accepts Arjuna as a student and starts teaching him the Gita. The teaching begins from Shloka 11 of Chapter 2 and continues till Shloka […]
Greetings All, Gita, Chapter # 2, Samkhya Yoga: Swamiji starts off by reminding us that Vyasa now presents Arjuna as a seeker of moksha. The fundamental human problem characterized by Raga (Likes), Dvesha (Dislikes) and Moha (delusion) is also called Samsara. Due to attachment, when we lose a person or an object, it causes us […]
Greetings All, Gita, Chapter # 2, Samkhya Yoga: Before getting into details of Chapter 2, Swamiji refreshed our memory on the key concepts presented in chapter 1. He says the disease called Samsara plagues mankind. It is an internal and psychological disease. Raga (Likes), Dvesha (Dislikes) and Moha (delusion) characterize this Samsara disease. Often, not […]
Lecture 11 Notes : Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 Summary 1/09/16 Swamiji gives a Summary of Chapter 1 and an Introduction to Chapter 2. Summary of Chapter 1 To live a healthy life – consider these 2 factors: 1. The surroundings should be hygienic so that it doesn’t cause diseases. This is an external factor; objective […]
Arjuna shows the close connection between the institution of family and a dharmic way of life. These are intertwined so closely that when one is affected, the other has an impact and then it spirals into a vicious cycle. If family is destroyed, then dharma is destroyed, and with dharma destroyed, the next generation of […]