Brhadaranyaka Upanisad (1.4.7): This verse employs, in detail, the method of showing the cause inherent in the effect, karana-karya-prakriya, to reveal the identity of the self with the cause of all. This nondual vision resolves the struggle of human existence. Swami Viditatmananda will teach Adi Shankaracarya’s thorough commentary on this verse. An Audio Course on […]
For a seeker of self-knowledge, there are two committed lifestyles proffered by the Bhagavad Gita (3.3): Pursuit of knowledge while performing one’s duties and Total commitment to the pursuit of knowledge, renouncing all other pursuits. Which should one choose? In these Eight Classes, Swamiji addresses this highly relevant topic. A Video Course (Course Code –
The sastra teaches us that all that is here is Isvara. If this is understood, Isvara cannot be brought in or discarded: Isvara just is. If it is not understood, we need to first come to some relative appreciation of this fact, by deliberately “bringing” Isvara into our lives. How? If Isvara is already everything
This set of five classes addresses the issues we face as we graduate from college and enter the workforce. Here, young adults will find inspiration for continuing their studies and for working in dharmic activities as they enter the next phase of life. These talks are also excellent for adults of any age in recognizing
In this course, the dialogue with Maitreyi and Yajnvalkya takes place. In Chapter 2.4 of the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, Swamiji follows Shankarabhasya sentence by sentence. Here Yajnavalkya wants to leave his wealth with his wife, Maitreyi and take up a life of Sannyasa, a pursuit of self-knowledge alone. In this dialogue the qualifications of an aspirant
In these talks Swamiji unfolds the subject of “awareness”. First Swamiji walks us slowly through the recognition of the objects of our knowledge and their self existence including the body0mind complex of the individual. With that recognition or awareness, we then only have to cross the bridge to “limitless awareness”, not an easy jump to
Six classes recorded in Bayside Long Island, New York. Life seems burdensome because we only know how to relax in between action, and life is mostly action. The trick is to discover relaxation during action. Then one is really free. This is the vision of Gita and this is the teaching. A Video Course on
Pujya Swami Dayanandaji will give an in-depth treatment of the nature of these two life styles, karma and sannyasa and the role of each in the pursuit of freedom from sorrow. Through a close look at the sastra backed by incisive analysis. Pujya Swamiji will also clarify many popular misconceptions about this topic, giving us a
Bhaja Govindam (To Seek Govinda) was originally known as Moha-Mudgara, which means “mallet of delusion.” In these thirty-one verses, Shankara delivers some strokes of the mallet in order to rouse us from delusion and restore objectivity. The current title, Bhaja Govindam, means “To seek or know Govinda (Lord Krishna) as the purpose of life”. A distinguishing
Vedanta can be understood only by an adult, one who is ethically, emotionally and intellectually mature. In order to see that one is the whole, one must be relatively whole, as a person. Therefore, self-growth becomes as important as the study of the sastra in the pursuit of mokṣa. Recognizing this, the sastra herself provides
