Our personalities can be classified based on the framework below – Those who are liberated Those who want to be liberated Those who Do Not want to be liberated For all the three personalities, Srimad Bhagavata is fulfilling who we…
How do we know we are studying Vedanta in Bhagavata? How would we gauge that we are actually becoming more like Bhagavan Krshna? When we feel less belongs to us, starting with less articles which becomes training for less circumstances,…
Earlier in Srimad Bhagavata, we studied about Mahabali, a character who is strong mentally and physically. Yet, Bhagavan Vamana is bigger, He is the biggest. When Bhagavan Vamana takes three steps, covering Mahabali’s earth, heaven and finally his ego, how…
Vivekji started with some insights from a recent Camp — Free from Frustration. Since we have limited opportunities for release, now that Gyms are closing, socialising is limited, travel to work is limited, and since we don’t know how to be introverted,…
Today, Vivekji will take us on a tour of all that has been covered since September in our last seven classes, in the study of Srimad Bhagavata. After each stop, seekers may ask questions. It is important that we be…
In our culture, we have four birthdays. Bhagavan’s birthday is the most important and we tend to celebrate it around Maha-Shivarati. Second is our Shastra’s birthday and we tend to celebrate that during Gita Jayanti. Third birthday is our Sadguru’s…
When the ends are clear, the means become clear. When the end is not clear, neither is the means. In the study of Bhakti, there are two frameworks – Shanta Bhakti — when we have the feeling that ‘I am His’ or…
Vivekji started by re-reading the verse from Skanda 10:5:4 about purity: Objects gain purity by the passage of time or kala Bodies gain purity by snana or bathing Places become pure by shoucha or cleaning Actions become pure through samskaras…
With the eyes closed, invoke to evoke. Shri Shuka said, “Now came the most auspicious and favorable time, when the star Rohini was ascendant and all the other stars and planets were in a beneficent disposition. Peaceful silence reigned in…
In skanda 10, chapter 3, we got to be part of Bhagavan Krishna’s birth.
