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
Krishna’s exhortation here is to renounce all activities mentally, as all actions are done by the body, senses, mind, intelligence and ego alone, and not by the ‘I’, the Self.
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Read MoreA close harmony between the mind and intelligence will mean full solution to all problems and conflicts of life. Sadguru-sānnidhya, the presence of the well-versed Teacher, will alone facilitate the much desired pleasant fruition.
Read MoreAll activities are physical and sensory alone. Interactions are at the sensory level, involving the body alone. Such bodily involvement cannot cause any kind of...
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