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…
ViBha Class Notes: December 12, 2021 The word Bhagavan is made up of Bhaga Van, the One who has all virtues in all ways. Technically, Bhagavan means the One with six distinct virtues. One of them is yashah or the…
ViBha Class Notes: December 5, 2021 The less mature we are as a seeker, the more the teaching is of kartavya karma which means we should do this because this is our responsibility. The more mature we are in general,…
ViBha Class Notes: November 21, 2021 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a pyramid from most functional to most fundamental needs. So from the bottom up, the needs are: physiological needs, safety needs, belonging needs, esteem needs and actualization needs and…
ViBha Class Notes: November 14, 2021 How many of us keep a to-do list? If we are falling behind on it, we feel more pressure towards that which is not done. Taking this to a macro perspective, the best ‘to…
ViBha Class Notes: November 7, 2021 Swami Tejomayananda once defined Vedanta as a mirror. When we look at the mirror, we don’t actually look at the mirror, but we look at ourselves in the mirror. The practicality of this insight…
ViBha Class Notes: October 31, 2021 Typically, Shrimad Bhagavata is known as a katha or story, however it is not a katha but a Purana — that which is ancient, yet applicable. We have heard many stories that have no relevance to…
