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 […]
A prayerful life is just not possible without a profound understanding and awareness of Ishvara. Swamiji unfolds the profundity of Ishvara. A Video Course (Course Code – AVG4287) on Devotion & Prayers: Lord and Devotion by Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati.
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
Tattva Bodha is the Knowledge of the Truth. In this brief treatise is everything we need for a complete understanding of Vedanta. With clear allusions to the Shastra and its commentaries. Tattva Bodha is a succinct but thorough exposition that can serve as both an introduction and a work to deepen understanding. In this clear
In these 8 classes, Swamiji explains worship of the Lord both with form and formless. He also covers the different reasons for prayer, and the mode of prayer as the only 100% willful action available to a human being where there is little to no influence of one’s past. With a basic understanding of the
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Prayer is will based karma. Its efficacy is dependent upon the degree of one’s involvement, and one’s involvement is as good as one’s understanding of the altar of prayer. For an effective prayer, knowledge of the lord. Ishvara is inevitable. A prayerful life is just not possible without a profound understanding and awareness of Ishvara.
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Ramana Maharshi, in just 30 verses, covers a wide scope of topics from the limitations of karma to the result of self-knowledge. Devotion, yoga, meditation, knowledge, almost nothing is left out of this compact, lyrical work, which is easily committed to memory. Swami Tattvavidananda will teach this text of the celebrated 20th century sage, unpacking
Tripuri, a text attributed to Shankaracharya, which unfolds the nature of the self through an analysis of three levels of experience or three cities (Tri-Puri), the gross or physical body, through which we experience the waking world, the subtle body which is associated with the dream world and the causal body associated with the experience
Kipilopadesa from Bhagavatha Purana is dialogue between Kapila and his Mother, Devahuti. A Video Course on Devotion & Prayers: Kapilopadesa From Bhagavatha Purana by Swami Tattvavidananda Saraswati.
Gajendra Moksha abounds with allegories in every aspect of the text. Gajendra, the arrogant king of a herd of elephants, symbolizes the individual. The pleasure-seeking attitude of the elephant, which lands him in the deathly grip of an alligator, is comparable to that of those who are engrossed in the pursuit of pleasures, unmindful of
