Lecture series by Nutan Swamiji during Delhi Sadhana Shibiram 2025.
Date: 20 September 2025
Venue: CIRD, Delhi

In this Q & A session following the discourse series on Buddhi Yoga, Swamiji clarifies key aspects of Buddhi yoga, devotion, meditational and non-meditational Sadhana.

In Buddhi Yoga the seeker anchors the intelligence in the Self while engaging in all actions and interactions. The intelligence is applied to perform all activities without selfishness or desires.

Bhakti is the emotional quotient in a seeker’s pursuit. Vivekachudamani defines Bhakti as constant contemplation into one’s own nature. Knowledge (Jnana) without devotion will not be complete, and Bhakti without Jnana lacks depth. So, a seeker must develop one-pointed devotion (Eka Bhakti), where the devotion does not get deviated by any external occurrence. Eka Bhakti can be developed by becoming desireless.

Swamiji emphasizes that in the spiritual pursuit, both interactional and absorptional Sadhana must run parallely. Along with regularly abiding in the Self, the seeker must remain connected to the Divine amidst all actions and interactions.

Shlokas and Questions in the Satsang:
0:00 - Introduction
30:02 - तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते ...Bhagavad Gita 7.17
33:58 - उदारा: सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् ...Bhagavad Gita 7.18
1:04:06 - श्वोभावा मर्त्यस्य यदन्तकैतत्सर्वेंद्रियाणां...Kathopanishad 1.1.26
2:44 - If the ultimate truth is beyond the mind and actions, what is the true purpose of following dharma? Why should I struggle to do what is right. Is it not contradictory to be told that the highest goal is detachment?
14:35 – When surrounded by adharma, destruction and violence, should we remain detached as BG suggests or should we act?
18:33 – Pl explain the concept of Yoga bhrashtha?
24:56 – What is Eka Bhakti? How can it be developed?
37:20 – How to deal with other people’s expectation of you, if it interferes with your Sadhana or values. At what point should you stop?
40:01 – Is Nishkama Karma the manifestation of applying the concept of Buddhi yoga?
42:10 – Is buddhi yoga superior to Bhakti Yoga? Or do they complement each other?
42:52 – How to remove stubborn traits in us?
45:54 – If peace comes from meditation for someone but someone finds it in pleasure, who is to say which is right? If the end of a murderer and saint is the same, why involve all moral codes?
49:30 – Can a mind which cannot understand itself fully, understand the Truth?
50:46 – A Guru has many ways to determine whether the disciple has sadhana chatushtaya. Is there any way by which a disciple can test the Guru’s knowledge?
58:15 – I see a similar pattern in the case of Uddhava, Pareekshit, Arjuna ---they were suffering from pain, sorrow, distress. Is it a fact that when one is in agony, it is easy to imbibe the knowledge that is imparted?
1:04:30 – To discover the ‘I’ within, is not interactional better than non-interactional sadhana?
1:08:22 – What is intuitive power? Will it sharpen buddhi’s power?
1:12:08 – Difference between Gunatita and Nirguna?
1:13:29 – We believe we are the body, but we are the Self. Are we thinking with the mind or with the brain?

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