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    kiranmam2000
    Oct 16, 2020
    Edited: Oct 16, 2020

    Introduction To Vedanta: Class 8 Gita introduction, Mano jaya, Qualifications, Law of Karma, Bhakti Yoga, sarve Bhavantu

    in Introduction to Vedanta

    Click here for Lecture Videos

    Click Here for Study Material: Introduction to Vedanta by Swami Paramarthananda. Available At ArshaAvinash website


    Contributed By Dr T Hegde


    Recap.....

    Greatness of Gita – An Overview

    Greatness of the Gita

    •The Vedas are voluminous.

    •Lord Krishna has condensed the Vedas into Gita in 700 verses.

    • Adi Shankara -study of the Gita, is study of the Vedas.


    Bhagavad Gita is a part of Mahabharatha,

    Composed byVyasacharya.

    •It is in the form of a dialogue between Lord Krishna & Arjuna.

    •Just as Democracy is of the people, for the people and by the people.

    •The Gita is written by a house holder ( grihastha ), Vyasacharya for a house holder Arjuna and delivered by a house holder Lord Krishna.

    •This is a user’s manual for a man steeped in worldly issues.


    Study of Gita Chapters

    •Chapter 1. The human problem, Master and student.

    •Chapter 2. A complete summary of the Gita.

    •Chapter 3. Transform work to worship, Karma Yoga.

    •Chapter 6. Impossible is Nothing, all about Meditation.


    • Prathama Shatkam Chapters 1 - 6

    •Tvam – Karma Yoga - Effort


    • Madhyama Shatkam. Chapters 7 - 12

    •Tat - Upasana Yoga - Grace


    • Antima Shatkam. Chapters 13 - 18

    •Asi - Jnana Yoga - Values


    Yatra yogeśvarahkṛṣṇo, yatra pārthodhanur-dharaḥ

    tatraśrīrvijayobhūtir, dhruvānītirmatir mama


    Dhyana Shloka 8

    Contributed By Veeksha







    Gita Dhyana Shloka - 9

    Contributed By Dr Sandhya Ravi


    yaṃ brahmā varuṇēndra-rudra-marutaḥ stuvanti divyaiḥ stavaiḥ

    vēdaiḥ sāṅga-pada-kramōpaniṣadairgāyanti yaṃ sāmagāḥ|

    dhyānāvasthita-tadgatēna manasā paśyanti yaṃ yōginaḥ

    yasyāntaṃ na viduḥ surāsura-gaṇā dēvāya tasmai namaḥ||9||

    Salutations to Lord (Visnu), Whom Brahma, Varuna, Indra, Rudra and the Maruts praise with divine hymns, of Whom the singers of Samaveda invoke through the Vedas with their limbs, pada, Krama and Upanishads, whom the wise see with a contemplative mind directed towards him, and whose limit (even) Devas and Asuras do not know


    The Worship of ParamAtma

    •No Ordinary God – Worshipped by all

    •Glorified in Many ways – Vedaih sAnga- padakramOpanishadair

    •The wise see him within themselves

    •The Limitless Anantham nature of the Lord is not known to even the Devas and Asuras


    Summary of Introduction to Vedanta

    Contributed By Dr T Hegde


    Mind Mastery / Mano Jaya

    Count Your Blessings

    durlabhaM trayamevaitat daivaanugraha hetukam । manuShyatvaM mumukShutvaM mahaapuruSha saMshrayaH ॥ - vivekachUDaamaNi

    Only by God's grace - human birth, desire for liberation and satsanga.


    How lucky I am

    Make the most of Life

    Discover Higher Purpose.



    DRINKING FROM MY SAUCER



    I've never made a fortune

    and it's probably too late now.

    But I don't worry about that much,

    I'm happy anyhow.


    And as I go along life's way,

    I'm reaping better than I sowed.

    I'm drinking from my saucer,

    'Cause my cup has overflowed.


    FIR

    •Frequency

    •Intensity

    1.Mental

    2.Verbal

    3.Body

    •Recovery


    You are your thoughts Gautama Buddha

    •“Watch your thoughts, they become words

    •Watch your words, they become actions

    •Watch your actions, they become habits

    •Watch your habits, they become character

    •Watch your character, for it becomes…

    your destiny”


    What is the serious problem of the mind?

    •What is our instrument can become our master.

    •Not available to us when we need.

    •The mind generates continuous thoughts without taking permission

    •Real time.

    •Psychological time.


    Vedanta for Mind Mastery

    •Vedanta is a Sadhana

    •To get back my own mind

    •If I master my mind

    •I can get Dharma, Artha, Kāma, and Mōksha


    Our vast scriptural literature can be classified in six groups


    Vedas have 4 Parts

    Veda Purva

    1) Mantra or Samhita 2) Brāhmana Bhāgaha Karma 3) Āranyaka Upasana


    Veda Anta 4) Upanishad Jnana / Vedanta

    'prasthaana-trayam'

    •Shruti The Upanishads

    •Smriti Bhagavad Gita

    •Nyaaya Brahmasutra


    ChaturvidhaPurushārtha. The four goals are

    •Dharma - Values based on scriptures

    •Artha - Wealth, Security.

    •Kāma - Enjoy comforts, desires.

    •Moksha

    PanchaMaha Yagna.

    •Brahma Yagna

    •Deva Yagna.

    •Manushya yagna

    •Bootha yagna

    •Pitru yagna


    4 Sadhanas and 4 Vedic Mantras

    4 Sadhanas

    KarmaYoga

    Upasana Yoga

    JnanaYoga

    BhaktiYogaand



    4VedicMantras.


    Karma Yoga vs Karmi.

    Gita Chapters 2,3,4,5

    •Right action and right attitude for Mano jaya.

    •Right Action. Sathwik, Selfless.

    •Right Attitude Ishwara Arpana/ Prasada Bhava


    Upasana Yoga

    •Mantra Japa.

    •Mantra Parayana.

    •Important Gita and Upanishad Mantras

    •Dhyana.

    •Manasa Pooja.


    Gnana Yoga

    Gnāna or knowledge, of what ?

    •What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson


    •In the scriptures the real “I” is called Ātmā.


    What is Bhakti Yoga ?

    •Bhakti Yogaha is not an exclusive or separate Sadhana.

    •It is the entire range of disciplines consisting of all the three sadhanas.

    •First stage of Bhakti Yoga is Karma Yoga.

    •The second stage is Upāsana Yoga

    •The last stage of is Jnāna Yoga.


    Qualifications Required

    1. Vivekaha - discrimination 2. Vairāgyam - dispassion 3. Mumukshutvam - desire 4. Shatka Sampattihi - discipline

    1. Shama – Mastery of the mind

    2. Dama – Mastery of the sense organs

    3. Uparama –To turn within

    4. Titiksha – mental toughness

    5. Shraddha – Trust pending verification

    6. Samadhana – Focusing capacity


    ShariraTrayam – AvastaTrayam – Kosha Panchakam

    •Language

    •Foundation for Vedanta.

    •1st year medical school.

    •Class can only introduce these terms.

    •Key to Understanding the Upanishads. What is Real.

    •We live in 3 world, Tripura.

    •In each world we have a different body.

    •This ancient wisdom complements modern science.









    Suffering can Disappear at Once

    •Cause for samsara or human suffering, is due to a mistake or an error.

    •The removal of the error is by spiritual knowledge.





    Accept and make the most of Prarabdha

    Fate/ Free Will

    •Leadership.

    •Take responsibility.

    •Don’t complain.

    •Use for spiritual growth.

    •All shall be well.

    •Lower Self. No real solution

    •Higher Self. No problem.


    Destroy Sanchita.

    yathaidhāṁsi samiddhō'gnirbhasmasāt kurutē'rjuna|

    jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasāt kurutē tathā||4.37||

    Oh Arjuna! The fire of knowledge reduces all Karmas to ashes just as a wellkindled

    fire reduces the fuel to ashes.


    MANTRA


    Om SarveshaamSvastirBhavatu

    Contributed By Shri Ullas


    सर्वेषां स्वस्तिर्भवतु ।

    SarveśāmSvastirBhavatu May there be well-being in all

    सर्वेषां शान्तिर्भवतु ।

    SarveśāmShāntirBhavatu May there be peace in all

    सर्वेषां पूर्नं भवतु ।

    SarveśāmPūrnamBhavatu May there be fulfilment in all

    सर्वेषां मड्गलं भवतु ॥

    SarveśāmMaṇgalamBhavatu May there be auspiciousness in all


    ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।

    Om, Sarvebhavantusukhinaḥ May all be prosperous and happy


    सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।

    Sarvesantunirāmayāḥ May all be free from illness


    सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु।

    Sarvebhadrāṇipaśyantu May all see what is spiritually uplifting


    मा कश्चित् दुःख भाग्भवेत्॥

    Mākashchitduḥkhabhāgbhavet May no one suffer


    ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

    OṁShāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ Om peace, peace, peace


    Why pray for the entire creation?

    Root of all problems Wrong Identification

    Concern about me and mine...


    The way we see the world is very I centric. We need to recognize that we are a part of the whole and not different wholes per se.


    We are born with some empathy - all of us. We need to increase it by practicing it by genuinely caring about others – this prayer is really useful for that.

    Empathy


    Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam

    Puurnnaat-Purnnam-Udacyate

    PuurnnasyaPuurnnam-Aadaaya

    Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||

    Om ShaantihShaantihShaantih ||


















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