ViBha Class Notes: March 6, 2022 On January 6, 2019 Vivekji started sharing thoughts on Bhakti and this was the transition from Ramayana to Bhagavata. This itihasa and purana, both focus on Bhakti. We have been immersed in Bhakti for…
ViBha Class Notes: February 27, 2022 The structure of Srimad Bhagavata: Skanda 1 – message is for an Adhikari, a seeker. Skanda 2 – message is for the seeker to engage in sadhana, disciplines, practices that help them to evolve.…
ViBha Class Notes: February 20, 2022 The message of Shrimad Bhagavata is high thinking. The evidence of this is in the first verse where the last teaching is Satyam Param Dhimahi – May we contemplate on the truth. The message…
ViBha Class Notes: February 13, 2022 If one has been to Delhi for a vacation or to visit family, does that mean one has seen and one knows Bharat? What If one has been to more than one Indian city,…
ViBha Class Notes: February 6, 2022 Often when we think of the Puranas, we typically think of a rakshasa who is engaged in that which is wrong and Bhagavan comes and destroys this rakshasa so that all is right. We…
ViBha Class Notes: January 30, 2022 There are three facets of ourselves that we can give — give to another, give to the world. They are — resources, time and effort. In our culture, we typically give resources for someone’s birthday or anniversary, for…
ViBha Class Notes: January 23, 2022 One of the most important days in the year for a seeker is Mahashivaratri, Bhagavan Shiva’s “Birthday”. When we celebrate Mahashiva’s ratri, what kind of icons or articles do we see around and on…
ViBha Class Notes: January 16, 2022 Who is God? What is Bhagavan? Vivekji has always shared that divinity is in the details. Bhagavan or God is to be understood or appreciated to have five functions: Srishti — Creator Stithi — Controller Samhara — Consumer Nigraha — Corrector Anugraha — Conserver…
ViBha Class Notes: January 9, 2022 In Sanatana Dharma, time is frequently compared to a snake. A typical snake moves slowly, in a stealth way where we are not even aware that the snake is present. Time is the same…
ViBha Class Notes: December 19, 2021 Raja Parikshita has been told that he is going to die in seven days in a specific way. How did he respond to this? He engaged in sanga of sat, associated with nobility. It…
