
Day 01 of a series of 4 lectures given by Swamini Ma Gurupriya during Bhagavad Gita Retreat in USA Jnana Yajna 2025. In this Satsang Ma says, Bhagavad Gita is the essence of all Upanishads, teaching that we are divine—the imperishable Self. Mistakenly, we identify with the changeful body, mind, and intelligence, forgetting our eternal, unaffected nature.


Competence is for Karma Nishta
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Three ways to Realize the Self
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Different paths lead to same goal
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Objective Actions call for Right Understanding, Not Detachment
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Have Refuge in Guru or God
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
The Three Kinds of Yoga - Jnana, Karma, Bhakti
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
All activities are physical and sensory alone. Interactions are at the sensory level, involving the body alone. Such bodily involvement cannot cause any kind of...
Read MoreTake away from your mind, O Arjuna, all sense of difference about the spiritual pursuit. It is the mind and intelligence that work in both cases. In Jñāna-niṣṭhā, they become very specific and exclusive. And in Karma-niṣṭhā, their application is broad, including all activities of worldly life. So, remove even the least sense of difference between the two niṣṭhās. For, they have the same emphasis as well as goal. Each will take the seeker to the same spiritual goal of inner fullness, abundance and ecstasy.
Read MoreYou should read and hear, but only to reflect upon what you have heard and read. By reflection the seeker must become clear about the...
Read MoreDoes not viveka, therefore, demand that between the short-living and everlasting goals, the discreet mind should choose the everlasting, not the short-living? Is not then one courting inferiority, downfall, if he refuses to accept buddhi-yoga and prefers to stick to the elusive path of desire-based ritualistic and secular actions?
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