From Belief to Faith to Trust
Vivekji shared that in September 2016, we began a course on devotion called Vedanta in Ramayana. We all know the katha of Ramayana, but how does that relate to us? We invested two and a half years studying Vedanta in…
Vivekji shared that in September 2016, we began a course on devotion called Vedanta in Ramayana. We all know the katha of Ramayana, but how does that relate to us? We invested two and a half years studying Vedanta in…
Hari Om! This is a list of all RAWs for the 2020-21 Vedanta in Bhagavata Class. RAW for Week of September 13th, 2020 If you had an opportunity to meet with a Rishi this week, what six (6) questions would…
Vivekji started by sharing a new prayer that humanity most definitely needs today. Here’s the translation – May the multiverse be healthy and happy. May those who are agitated or mean be peaceful and cheerful. When we come across a…
Eating is a sadhana. Even foods are categorized by gunas, like sattvik foods, tamasik foods. Eating is a culture and we are supposed to eat a balanced composition of foods. However, is this attention to food causing us to be…
In both Ramayana and Bhagavata, vedanta has been flowing in satsanga. Satsanga is a strange catalyst that causes us attachment that leads us towards detachment, making us independent. A common theme with Swami Chinmayananda’s teaching is to attach to the…
The most popular flower used in Sanatana Dharma is the lotus flower. There are many paintings depicting Bhagavan Vishnu as Padmanabha, with a lotus growing out of his navel. The word Nabha means space, and Nabhi is where space is…
When Bhagavan Krishna was an infant and Putana, the rakshasi, poisoned her breasts and tried to feed Bhagavan, He thought of her as His mother and removed the poison and granted her Puta, purity or freedom. It is described in…
Rishi Kardama practiced kriya yoga for ten thousand years, but still didn’t feel complete till he started practicing Bhakti yoga, and in a short while Bhagavan Narayana manifests and grants him his wish. Shrimad Bhagavatam teaches us the art of…
We think that freedom is being able to do whatever we want to do, whenever we want to, and that’s what our imagination tells us. But further thought reveals that this leads to selfishness. The focus will NOT be ‘we’,…