Cultivating Bhaava
The best respect we can offer to our Creator is to have a calm body — dama, and a quiet mind — shama. Our scriptures sometimes compare how and where we are living to a Bhava-atavi. Atavi means a jungle and Bhava means to…
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Why does Bhagavan Manifest?
In the Ramayana, Rishi Bharadwaja asks Bhagavan Rama, “What is the phala or fruit of Bhagavad Darshan?” Bhagavan Rama doesn’t respond, or maybe doesn’t know the answer and then Rishi Bharadwaja responds saying it is Bhakta darshan — to see devotees of…
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…
Vedanta in Bhagavata RAWs
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…