Category Meditation in Life

Notes by primary writer, Juggy Jagannathan Vivek Ji started the session with a video he had seen on LinkedIn. This is about a village barber. The barber had created a library in his shop. Anyone who reads or writes gets…

Introduction Your RAW from last week was to come up with a Faith test. One way that you know you’re growing with faith — as you become engaged (greater responsibilities, more to think about, more places to move) that you’re…

Reflection Adventure of the Week. Please share your thoughts and reflections below in the comments. December 2019 Dec 10, 2019 — RAM for the winter breakThere are 26 chapters in the text Meditation & Life. Read a chapter of the…

Recap of Chapter 21 — Recharge the mind Chapter 22- The secret of success Chapter 23- Inward Expansion Introduction In one of our historical texts, the Ramayana, Sugreeva is perpetually chased by Vali. Dialogue with Rama changes the fate of…

Introduction When children are six years old, they shift from the home to Gurukula. They initiate and participate in a sacred ritual (Yagnopavita: Upavitha (sacred thread) and yajna (ritual)). This means that they now have the Bhava that this is…

Introduction If we analyze all of our past desires and our accumulation or removal of articles, beings, and circumstances, we can see that the fulfillment of those desires or acquisition/removal of those objects have not led us to be happy…

Re-visiting the purpose of this course and this life by understanding the Enlightened: S/he is “Turiya svapnah” — they are beyond change (Turiya) and see the world of pleasure, possession, position as a shadow or a dream (svapna). S/he is…

The Upanishads say “May you live a long life. May you live a full life.” This is a message that comes from the Teacher to the student. Many times people wonder if this is contradictory? Isn’t the goal to merge…

This course is about Meditation in Life. It encourages a lifestyle that emphasizes simplicity. Simpler the lifestyle, better your ability to engage in high thinking. If you are busy, you tend to be uptight; if you are distracted, more likely…

Introduction:In the original Bhagavata, Bhagavan Brahma (the student) asks Bhagavan Narayana (the teacher), “Who am I?”. In the known Bhagavatam, Raja Parikshita (the student) asks Rishi Shuka (the teacher), “What should I do?” In the first 2 slokas of Bhagavatam,…