Class Summary Jan 21 2023 Our Vedas give complete knowledge of human existence. When different people read Rama Charita Manas they feel they get all the three in different perspectives. Same with Shrimad Bhagavad Gita etc. Vijayji next takes us to Bharadhwaj…
ViBha Class Notes – January 15, 2023 When Bhagavan Rama was preparing to leave Ayodhya, His parents were encouraging Bhagavati Sita to stay in Ayodhya. She then shared with them that she would experience more sukha being with Bhagavan Rama…
Class Summary Jan 14, 2023 Vijayji starts by declaring that Rama Charita Manas in not just a story, it is full of concepts that are drawn from the Upanishads, which are directly from Vedas. Shri Rama is pure, nirgun and nirakar Brahman,…
Class Summary – Dec 17 2022 Vivekji starts by referencing the area in Lanka where Shri Hanuman landed – fact based. Ramayana is also practical scripture. Rama Katha helps us not be trapped in selfishness and negativity. Shri Rama is all about…
Class Summary – Dec 10 2022 Vivekji starts the class by talking about the 24 preceptors from Shrimad Bhagavatam. One of the last teachers of Rishi Dattatreya is a snake. Rishi Dattatreya learns from snakes that they don’t make their own homes. They find…
Summary of last session (October 29) by Shri Mohan Khandekar Shri Vijay ji continued with discussion of the Sati Moh Prasang (सती मोह प्रसंग), He re-visited the past discussion where he eluded to the process of generation of a thought…
Summary of last session (October 22) by Shri Mohan Khandekar. Shri Vijayji started the session by pointing out that even the words are different, Jeevatma (जीवात्मा) and Paramatma (परमात्मा) are one and the same. However, Jeevatma is associated with ignorance (अविद्या)…
Summary of last session (October 15) by Shri Mohan Khandekar Shri Vijay ji conducted the Ramcharit class in conjunction with Vanprastha Samvad workshop. He recapped the part of Ramcharit Manas story of Muni Bharadwaj and Muni Yagyawalk, where Muni Bharadwaj wants to…
Week 5 (Class on 10/12/2022) We had an informal class! We hung out and shared our experiences in class!
Summary of last session (October 8) Shri Mohan Khandekar Shri Vijay ji started the session by explaining the significance of Devotion. In Bhagvatam Devotion is compared to Mother (भक्ती माता). She has two sons, Knowledge and Discrimination (ज्ञान और वैराग्य). As…
