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The Duty of Karma Yoga: Cooperating with Our Higher Self-2.: Swami Krishnananda

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Chinmaya Mission:  Camp Hanuman 2024 took place at Chinmaya Hanuman Ashram from July 8th to July 12th.  Sixty-five campers from junior kindergarten to Grade 8 participated in a variety of activities, including heritage classes, yogasana, meditation, archery, martial arts, and games.  The camp was led by Shankar from Chinmaya Mission Pittsburgh and supported by a dedicated team of 23 volunteers.  This team comprised eight teachers from the Chinmaya Youth at Western University and 15 high school volunteers. Additionally, adult volunteers provided essential support throughout the camp.  The program aimed to engage children in cultural and spiritual education, promoting a sense of discipline and teamwork through a diverse range of activities.  The combination of experienced leadership and enthusiastic volunteers created a nurturing environment for the young campers, making the camp an enriching and memorable experience for all participants. ====================...

Introduction to the Bhagavad-Gita- Part 2: Post-2: Swami Krishnananda.

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======================================================================================== Wednesday 31, Jul 2024, 06:40. Article Scriptures Introduction to the Bhagavadgita: Part 2. POST-2. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on March 17th, 1974) ========================================================================================== The war began. Several days passed. One day, Sanjaya came running and told Dhritarashtra, “Oh my King, Bhishma has fallen.” “Oh, Bhishma has fallen! Please tell me from the very beginning what has happened, because if the grandsire falls, I don't think we have any hope. He was not only our venerable grandsire, he was not merely a friend, philosopher and guide to us, but he was an invincible warrior. Not the world could stand before him. Such a person has fallen? What has happened? Right from the very beginning kindly let me hear from you, O Sanjaya, what these people did in that kshetra, in that sacred field of dharma, Dharmakshetra, also called Kurukshetra, s...

Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God - Chapter-2.55: Swami Mukundananda.

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=================================================================================== Tuesday 30, Jul 2024. 08:55. Srimad Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2: Sankhya Yogam:55. The Yogam of Analytical Knowledge =================================================================================== Slogam-55: "Prajapati yada kaman sarvan partha mano-gatan atmany-evatmana tushtah sthita-prajnas tadochyate." ==================================================================================== Sri-Bhagavan Uvacha—The Supreme Lord said;  prajahati—discards;  yada—when;  kaman—selfish desires;  sarvan—all;  partha—Arjuna,  manah-gatan—of the mind;  atmani—of the self;  eva—only;  atmana—by the purified mind;  tushtah—satisfied;  sthita-prajnah—one with steady intellect;  tadā—at that time;  uchyate—is said =============================================================================== Translation: BG 2.55:  Sri Bhagavan Uvacha :The Supreme L...

A Study of the Bhagavadgita : 43 - Swami Krishnananda.

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============================================================================= Monday 29, Jul 2024, 06:30. Chapter 8: The Stages of Yoga-2. Post-43. ===================================================================================== What emanates from you is sacrifice; but the fruit that you expect is not something that emanates from you, so the sacrifice is spoiled to some extent. You throw cold water, as it were, on the yajna when you perform your duty with the expectation of a result that has to follow. Every duty is a sacrifice, a kind of sharing of your personality to some extent. But what kind of sharing is there when you are expecting something from it? “I should get whatever I have given, and perhaps I should get more than what I have given.” This is the attitude that may subtly enter into your mind when you work and perform your so-called duty with a creative interest for the fruit of what you do. As we are living in a world of causes and effects which are separated from each...

The Bhagavadgita – A Synthesis of Thought and Action-1. Swami Krishnananda

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Chinmaya Mission:  Celebrating the eternal light of wisdom on Guru Purnima, a state of consciousness where students align their minds with the inner state of the Teacher. Witnessing young kids, adults, and senior citizens honour the guru parampara at Chinmaya Mission centres worldwide was truly heartwarming. May we always be blessed with unwavering devotion and gratitude at the feet of the Guru! ===================================================================================== Sunday 28, Jul 2024, 07:30. Article Scriptures The Bhagavadgita – A Synthesis of Thought and Action-1.  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Gita Jayanti in 1973) ======================================================================================= The culture of mankind may be said to have reached its zenith in the thoughts of the Upanishads, wherein we have an exposition of the quintessential essence of all values that humanity has been seeking through the passage of history. In this groundwork of human ...

BHAGAVAD GEETA: 83 - Swami Advayananda.

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===================================================================================== BHAGAVAD GEETA Chapter - 2 Discourse – 2 (72 Slogas) “Yoga of the SUPREME SELF” Sri Veda Vyasaji ====================================================================================== Saturday 20, Jul 2024, 06:30. Discourse 2 | Yoga of the Supreme Self   2.12   THE MAN OF STEADY WISDOM  (Slogas 54-67, 14 No. Slogam - 59: Q3:   Overcoming the Inner “Relish”  Post - 83. ======================================================================================= Slogam - 59: Q3:   Overcoming the Inner “Relish”:  1.Vishayaah vinivartante = Actually, the Objects of the senses turn away 2. niraahaarasya dehinah; = from the man of abstinence; (and then)  3.rasavarjam rasah api asya = even the inner Longing of such a man   4. param drishtvaa nivartate. = turns away upon seeing the Supreme Being. ===================================================...