dāna → tapah → dharma → prārabdha
November 18, 2021 – Class Notes by Juie Deo Introduction “True self care is not salt baths, and chocolate cake. It is making the choice to build a life you don’t need to regularly escape from and that often takes…
Rita
kṣamā → svādhyāya → abhyasa → yajña
November 11, 2021 – Class Notes by Prema Palaniappan kṣamā → svādhyāya → abhyasa → yajña Introduction Shri Rama is described as Mudah Mangala. ‘Mangala’ means fundamental and ‘mudah’ means fun. Shri Rama in Ramayana is focused on fundamentals in…
sādhana → brahmacarya → ahiṁsā
November 4, 2021 – Class Notes by Siddharth Kashinath Introduction When we are learning a second language, how we learned it was by incorporating some of the words (of the second language) into our first language. We were encouraged to…
saṅkalpa → guru → kṛpā → prasāda
October 28, 2021 – Class Notes by Juie Deo Introduction Everything is made up of atoms. Atoms are made up of electrons, protons, neutrons, the God particle. Most of an atom is space. Intellectually, we can resonate with this that…
upāsanā → pāpa →puṇya → ṛṇa
October 21, 2021 Class Notes by Prema Palaniappan Introduction Irrespective of how old we are, we have been taught to be the best in the world. This is an exhausting journey because there is no end. We have to unlearn…
satsaṅga → śāstra
October 14, 2021 – Class Notes by Rahul Kuppachhi Introduction The difference between Ṛtam and satyam is theory and application, respectively. We have to know what is right (Ṛtam), and then we have to abide by that (satyam). Our course…
yātrā → yoga → sevā → bhaja
October 7, 2021 – Class Notes by Siddharth Kashinath Introduction Most people are experts at escaping – they are escape artists. How so? Because one of our driving forces is duḥkha nivṛtti, which means to escape pain. Why are we…
saṁsāra → yama→ niyama → utsava
September 30, 2021 – Class Notes by Juie Deo Introduction In our Vedic culture, we have saṁskāras or rituals to remind us to live intentionally. The 10th saṁskāra is akṣara abhyāsa, when we learn to write our first word –…
bhaya → moha
September 23, 2021 – Class Notes by Rahul Kuppachhi Introduction The most universal need amongst all living beings is joy, otherwise known as peace or happiness. Because joy is considered most universal, it is not considered a want within this…