ViBha Class Notes: October 16, 2022 The original Ramayana is 24,000 shlokas and all of these verses are teaching a singular message — to be humble or humility. When Bhagavan Rama embodied Himself, He did this following Manava dharma. He acted in…
ViBha Class Notes: October 9, 2022 At the beginning of studying an Upanishad, traditionally we chant a Shanti mantra. This is because the study will be ineffective if we don’t have Shanti. Now, we have changed this tradition where the…
ViBha Class Notes: October 2, 2022 In the Ramayana, Rshi Bushundi shares what sadhanas or practices we should engage in based on the time of the day. Our initial sadhana should be Dhyana (contemplation). When we are unable to sustain…
ViBha Class Notes: September 25, 2022 Can we change our karma? — a young boy asked Vivekji. We can change our karma in two ways, Vivekji shared. One way is — That karma is going to be experienced, but we can make ourselves stronger…
ViBha Class Notes: September 18, 2022 This first prayer shares that the Only One who can help us finally from this sense of incompleteness or dis-ease is Shri Krshna, is a Higher Presence. The second prayer which forms the first…
ViBha Class Notes: September 11, 2022 A seeker once shared a picture of a tree and asked Vivekji what he saw. Vivekji described the different trees with different branches and different leaves. Then the seeker shared that what we probably…
ViBha Class Notes: May 15, 2022 In Skanda 11, in Adhyaya 2, Shri Vasudeva, Bhagavan Krshna’s father, has this intensity to know his son as Bhagavan, not just as his child. And this is a very reflective question as it…
ViBha Class Notes: May 8, 2022 Pujya Swami Chinmayananda, who is devotedly known as Gurudev, experienced Mahasamadhi, the day his body died, on August 3. That day in our culture is known as Sadhana Day. A fine way to understand…
ViBha Class Notes: May 1, 2022 When was the last time we offered gratitude to our eyes? Maybe never! When was the last time we offered gratitude to physical light? If there were no physical light right now, we would…
ViBha Class Notes: April 24, 2022 In our Chinmaya assemblies, we chant “devotion to the people is devotion to the Supreme Self”. Our course, Vedanta in Bhagavata, is dedicated for us to be Bhaktas. If we only identify as Bhaktas,…
