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Week 332

Jan 09 2015

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We start with a Question! Which one do you have more faith in?

Science?

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Vedic Scripture?

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How did you know

who was your father?

By Scientific Testing?

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Faith in your Mother?

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Jaya Rādha Mādhava

Jaya Kunja Vihārī

Jaya Gopī Jana Vallabha

Jaya Giri Vara Dhārī ... (Jaya)

Yaśodā Nandana Vraja Jana Ranjana

Yamunā tīra Vana Cāri ... (Jaya)

[ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare ]

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1. Where was Bhagavad Gita spoken at?

2. In which scripture, Gita is embedded in?

3. How many chapters are there in Gita?

4. How many verses are there in Gita?

5. Who delivered Gita to Arjuna?

6. Who was narrating to Dhrtarashtra?

7. Who scribed the Gita (Mahabharata)?

8. What are the 3 primary yogas in Gita?

9. What are the 5 subjects of Gita?

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3 kinds of Yogas in Gita

1. Karma Yoga (Ch 1 to 6)

2. Bhakti Yoga (Ch 7 to 12)

3. Jnana Yoga (Ch 13 to 18)

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I am doing my

Karma!

Catching my

own tail!

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Karma Yoga is doing everything but with no ATTACHMENT to results..

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This is Karma for the

welfare of people..

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• Sa-kama Jnana Yoga

• Nishkama Jnana Yoga

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Meditators claim they will be one with God...

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Jnana

Yoga also

involves

meditating

on a

subject

Or mostly

nothing...

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Thoughtless...?

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• Sa-kama Bhakti

• Nishkama Bhakti

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1) General instructions (saataarana)

2) Secret Instructions (guhya)

3) More secret Instructions (guhyatara)

4) Most secret Instructions (guhyatama)

Gita gives 4 levels of Knowledge

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1) General instructions (saataarana)

Don’t eat too Much..

Don’t sleep too Much..

Don’t work too Much..

Meant for the very basic people who has no Yoga yet..

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2) Secret Instructions (guhya)

What is Brahman?. How does a person in Brahman look?

Meant for yogis of higer level of realization (brahma-jnanis)

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3) More Secret Instructions (guhyatara)

Meant for more higer level of realization (paramatma-jnana)

“Don’t go to Brahman, instead concentrate on Paramatma...”

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4) Most Secret Instructions (sarva guhyatama)

Ultimate spiritual knowledge of all the knowledge...

You worship Me.. Then you will come to Me without any fail...!

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man-manā bhava mad-bhakto

mad-yāji mām namaskuru

Lord Krishna says, always think of me,

become my devotee, worship me, and

offer obeisances to me

ON THE FLY SLOKA

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man-manā bhava mad-bhakto

mad-yāji mām namaskuru

mām evaishyasi yuktvaivam

ātmānam mat-parāyanah (B.G. 9.34)

[ Lord Krishna says, always think of me,

become my devotee, worship me, and

offer obeisances to me, then surely you

will come to me. ]

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Bhaja hū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana

Abhaya-caranāravinda re

Durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge

Taroho e bhava-sindhu re …. (bhaja)

Śīta ātapa bāta barisana

E dina jāminī jāgi re

Biphale sevinu krpana durajana

Capala sukha-laba lāgi' re …. (bhaja)

E dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana

Ithe ki āche paratīti re

Kamala-dala-jala, jīvana talamala

Bhajahū hari-pada nīti re …. (bhaja)

By: Govinda dasa Kaviraja.

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Bhaja hū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana

Abhaya-caranāravinda re

Durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge

Taroho e bhava-sindhu re

Śravana, kīrtana, smarana, vandana,

Pāda-sevana, dāsya re

Pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana

Govinda-dāsa-abhilāsa re …. (bhaja) [--- Finishing: All Sing ---]

Abhaya-caranāravinda re (3)

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Gita covers 5 kinds of vishayas..

1. Paramatma

2. Jivatma

3. Prakriti

4. Kala

5. Karma

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Our acharyas

emphasize on

Bhakti only..

They find levels of

Purity in Karma

Yoga & Jnana Yoga

interms of Bhakti

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Jnana Misra Bhakti?

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For karma Yogis & Jnana Yogis, there

is nothing more than Gita..

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Who has really understood Gita?

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For Pure Bhaktas, Gita is just a beginning to the nectarian oceans of PREMA!.

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Jnana karma yoga dharme,

nahe Krsna vasa

Krsna vasa hetu eka,

prema bhakti rasa ....... (C.C. Adi 17.75)

[ By following the paths of jnana the speculative

philosophical knowledge, karma the fruitive activities or

mystic yoga to control the senses one cannot win Krsna.

The only way of winning his love is through the taste of

devotion in extatic love.]

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Anyabhilasita-sunyam

Jnana-karmady-anavrtam

Anu-kulyena krsnanu-

silanam bhaktir uttama ... (C.C. Mad. 19.167)

[Uninterrupted loving service without any

desire of jnana or karma but aiming only to

give happiness to Krsna, is Pure bhakti.]

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Swarna Varno Hemāngo

Varāngas Candanāngadi

Sannyāsa krc chamah sānto

Nishthā Sānti Parāyanah

In His pastimes, He appears as a householder with

golden complexion. His limbs are smeared with

Sandalwood like molten gold. In His later pastimes, He

accepts the renounced order (Sannyasa). He is

peaceful and silences the impersonalist non-devotees.

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Stotra

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Caitanya Deva Namo Namo

Sarva Rakshakaa Namo Namo

Sankirtana Maya Prema Purushaa

Saci Suta Baalaa Namo Namo ... (Caitanya)

Svarna Varno Namo Namo

Chanda Naangadaa Namo Namo

Sanyaasa Krt Samah Saantah

Saanti Paraayanah Namo Namo ... (Caitanya)

Radhika Bhavanaa Namo Namo

Rakshaka Rupakaa Namo Namo

Raadhaa Krishna Samgata Rupaa

Raaja Sinhaave Namo Namo ... (Caitanya)

Kaanchana Deva Namo Namo

Krishna Govinda Namo Namo

Kaliyuga Taara Mantira Dhaana

Kaarunya Deva Namo Namo ... (Caitanya)

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Let us Summarize..

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65 End of Episode – Beyond Gita