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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…

ViBha Class Notes: October 24, 2021 Shri Krshna Chandra Bhagavan Ki Jai! What is the difference between history and itihasa?. The difference is that in itihasa, the focus is not on an event or events, but the focus is on…

ViBha Class Notes: October 17, 2021 If we analyze most of the people we know, including ourselves, the common thread is indecisiveness. What this indicates or what is deeper than this indecisiveness is that there is a doubt about who…

ViBha Class Notes: October 3, 2021 Avidya means forgetfulness. This is not a worldly forgetfulness, as forgetting someone’s name or an appointment, but this is forgetting who one is. What this feels like is – First, Abhavana — which means we don’t…

ViBha Class Notes: Sept 26, 2021 Bhava patti — the path to feeling Happiness. This is a very technical and important path which we should remember and note. There are three points on this path: Abhavana — This means the sense of feeling that…

ViBha Class Notes: Sept 19, 2021 Whatever we identify with, we are limited by that. As seekers when we hear this, we logically think that if we don’t have any identifications, then we would have no limits. However this is…

ViBha Class Notes: Sept 12, 2021 We have completed 92 classes of Vedanta in Bhagavata and what better way to start our new semester than with a Pareeksha. This will also be a tool for a review. The preface or…