Srimad Bhagavad - Gita

Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF) : CIF campus is always abuzz with activity and yet at its heart it is the serene silence of divinity that rings true for those who tune in. This last weekend CIF was hosting two camps – the first was the Narada Bhakti Sutra Camp, facilitated by Br. Anand Chaitanya for participants from the upcoming centre at Chinmaya Mission Vellore and members of CM Chennai.  Participants reveled in the sessions as well as learnt more about the history of Adi Sankara Nilayam and visited various temples in Ernakulam.   Also on campus was the enthusiastic Youth Alliance team, from Uttaranchal, who made the best use of the various spaces on campus to conduct a fun orientation workshop for young participants from the Southern zone.  ========================================================================= Wednesday, March 01,  2023. 06:40. Chapter 6: The Meaning of Duty -3. =====================================================================...

Chinmaya Mission : Swami Swaroopananda, the Global head of Chinmaya Mission, recently visited Chinmaya Mission Delhi for a week-long event called "Soar to Success."  Swamiji elucidated the Hanuman Chalisa and emphasized that while chanting the Hanuman Chalisa is very beneficial, its teaching and guidance must be followed and imbibed.  Through Hanuman Chalisa one can learn about the qualities and virtues we must develop within ourselves which is the true secret to soar to success. During this week additional sessions conducted by Swamiji were Corporate Seminar on Exceeding Excellence and inspired youth with a talk on the secret to soaring from being a Human to Hanuman.   Swamiji left the Bala Vihar children mesmerized with his sweet story telling session.  All in all Swamiji left the members, devotees and Yagna attendees of Chinmaya Mission Delhi rejuvenated. ========================================================================= Tuesday, February 28, 2023. 07:...

======================================================================== Monday, February 27, 2023. 06:30. Chapter 2: The Difficulties of the Spiritual Seeker - 1. ========================================================================= Spiritual life is the greatest of adventures. In that way we can compare it to a battle. It involves careful preparation, as in a war. And, when you engage yourself in a war you do not go there merely to get defeated and thrown out; the intention is to win victory. So the practice of yoga, which is the greatest project that a person can embark upon in life, is in a way comparable to a battle or an encounter, for the purpose of which one has to make an almost infinite set of preparations – for days and months and years perhaps – as a culmination of one's existence here, as the fruit of the tree of one's whole life in this world. Hence, great care and caution has to be exercised. In a hurry, in a bustle and in a state of emotional enthusiasm, we ...

========================================================================= Sunday, February 26, 2023. 07:30. The Moksha Gita : Swami Sivananda Chapter 4: The Nature of Avidya - 1. ========================================================================= 1. The Guru said: Avidya is Malina-Sattwa. It is the Upadhi or limiting adjunct of Jiva. It is the Karana Sarira of the individual soul. Avidya is Anandamaya Kosha. Avidya is the same as Maya, but only in relation to the individual. Avidya is Malina-Sattwa or Sattwa polluted by Rajas and Tamas. There is a preponderance of distractive activity and stupor in Avidya. The individual is controlled by Avidya whereas Ishwara is not controlled by Maya. The force of Avidya limits the consciousness to such an extent that the individual is falsely made to believe that its body is the entire truth. Not only the body but even the objects and persons fictitiously connected with the interests of the body are also superimposed on the self and their loss...

========================================================================= Saturday, February 25,  2023. 06:30. Chapter 6: The Meaning of Duty -2. ======================================================================== Arjuna was certainly a social being, and every human being, normally speaking, is a social unit. Inasmuch as we are conscious of our being in human society and there is a give-and-take attitude of cooperation in this atmosphere of human society, we must be sure that we have fulfilled our obligations in the form of a co-operative activity in respect of society. We cannot expect facilities from society and then feel that we have no obligations in return. Let anyone think for himself or herself. Do you derive any benefit from social relations, from other human beings than yourself? If you are sure and honestly convinced that benefit accrues from outer society for your existence and continuance in this world, you have also to pay back the dues expected from you by societ...

========================================================================= Friday, February 24, 2023. 07:30. How the Writing Began : ========================================================================= MAHA MEANS “big, great”; Bharata is India. This is the greatest story of India’s dynasties around the period 5,000 years ago when the Avatara of Lord Krishna took place. The story is of two sets of brothers, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The Great War that was fought between them is the central theme of the epic. And central to the Great War is the spiritual dialogue contained in the Bhagavad Geeta. The other great epic of Indian literature is the Story of Sri Rama or Ramayana, which historically took place even before the Mahabharata war. Rama and His three brothers were born in the Suryavamsha or Solar Dynasty, while the five Pandava brothers were born in the Chandravamsha or Lunar Dynasty. Both Sri Rama and Sri Krishna are Avataras of Lord Vishnu. Their purpose was to restore rig...

======================================================================== Thursday, February 23, 2023. 06:30. Chapter 1 : This Drama of Life - 5. ======================================================================== The law of a country is larger than the person or the individual who is free. Every person in a nation is free, yet the law is superior to every person. Unless it is superior it cannot exercise a control over others. One individual cannot restrain another individual, because both are on par, as far as they are individuals. A control can be exercised only by a superior power which is super-individualistic, and thus is law. Every disciplined law system rule is super-individualistic. If it is confined to the individual only, it cannot operate in respect of other people outside, external to the individual. So there is a law operating in the world which gives you freedom to act, and at the same time restrains you in a powerful manner. So I come to the point again, that restrai...