Discourses on 'Gita Chapter 7' given at Rishikesh

Poojya Guruji gave very enlightening discourses on the Seventh Chapter of Bhagwad Gita at Rishikesh Camp. The chapter is called Gyana-Vigyana Yoga, and deals with not only the right intellectual appreciation of God but also reveals the ways and means to awake to that subjective experience within.

We plan to make these talks available to our reader through our web site. These Hindi language talks are of 100 to 120 minutes duration each, and each talk is average around 28 MB in size. They can be downloaded and can be used and shared by anyone 'freely' - without altering the track. Vedanta Mission prohibits usage of any of these talks for any commercial purposes.

We plan to upload two tracks everyday, and in all there are six talks. Please visit us at the following url for downloading the first two talks. You may bookmark this address for checking out for more uploads from us.
http://files.vmission.org.in/talks/gita_7/
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Rishikesh Camp

The Sadhana Camp at Arsha Vidya Peetha, Rishikesh, was conducted by Poojya Guruji and P.Swamini Amitanandaji from 18th to 24th June 2008. The weather was heavenly and the camp overall went off very nicely.

The subject matter of the discourses were, the 2nd Valli of the 2nd Chapter of Katha Upanishad, and the 7th Chapter of Gita. Apart from these there was a conducted Meditation on Peace of Mind, and chanting of Mahishasurmardini Stotram. Daily evening there was some special Cultural Program too. The camp concluded with Pada Puja and narration of the experiences of the camp by the delegates.



Detailed Album of the Camp can be seen by clicking HERE.

On the second last day a cultural program was organized, in which there was a small skit by two children, bhajans, poems and some jokes by the campers. We provide links to hear or download the jokes presentation.



You can download this Jokes clip by clicking HERE.
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Ashram Update

Daily Pravachans:

The first chapter of Vedanta Saar concluded on Sunday. This chapter was regarding the Anubandha Chatushtaya of Vedanta. These are the four points pertaining to a text. Its student (Adhikari), its subject-matter (Vishaya), the objective (Prayojana), and finally the Sambandha, the nature of relationship between subject-matter and the objective of the text. This was a very important section, which every student interested to study Vedanta must know.

Now there will be a ten days break, when Poojya Guruji and Swamini Amitanandaji go to Rishikesh for conducting a Sadhana Camp there. In the meantime the taped discourses of Poojya Guruji on Bhaja Govindam will be played everyday at the Ashram. The second chapter of Vedanta-Saar is likely to begin on 26th June.

Web Site:

The Home Pages of our web sites at www.vmission.org.in and www.vmission.org have been completely overhauled. New section of Download has been added for downloading resources of Talks, Chants and PDF. The VM Photos and VM Podcast pages have been updated.

Monsoon:

Monsoon has arrived well in time at Indore. The weather has lately been very pleasant and the world around has started becoming greener.

Vedanta Saar -Talk 16

Today on 15th June 2008, the discourse on Vedanta-Saar continued on the topic of Guru Upasadana (Approaching the Teacher), and then on What will the Guru do for such a student.

With this discourse the first chapter of Vedanta-Saar is completed. Now there will be a ten days break, and the next class will be on 26th June. Poojya Guruji and P.Swamini Amitanandaji will be going over to Rishikesh to conduct a Sadhana Camp over there.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 15

Today on 14th June 2008, the discourse on Vedanta-Saar was on the topic of Approaching the Teacher, and then on What are the Lakshanas of an ideal Guru.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 14

Today on 13th June 2008, Poojya Guruji talked about the fourth Anubandha, the Prayojana. Prayojana is the objective of this study, the ultimate benefit.



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UK Trip08_1st Fortnight

Its almost been a fortnight since P. Sw Samatanandaji has been in the UK. She has had a 3 days home satsang in London, a temple program at Wellingborough and attended a Bhajan program of a group of devotees at Luton. Various programs have been fixed up in other cities as well.

Here are some of the pics of the last fortnight programs and visits:

Vedanta Saar -Talk 13

Today on 12th June 2008, Poojya Guruji first talked about Vishaya (the subject-matter) of Vedanta, and then started the topic of the third Anubandha, the Sambandha. Sambandha is the nature of relationship between the subject-matter and the objective. He stressed the profound importance to see the uniqueness of both these Anubandha's then alone a student gets properly disposed to take proper advantage of Vedantic studies.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 12

Today's (11th June 2008) discourse started with a short discussion on Samadhanam, followed by explanation of Sraddha and Mumukshutvam. The topic of the second Anubandha, the Vishaya, was also started, and will be continued tomorrow.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 11

Today Poojya Guruji started with a re-cap of Shama, Dama, Uparati and Titiksha, highlighting few more subtle points, and then took up the topic of Samadhanam. This word is defined in a unique way in this text and is very revealing.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 10

Today Poojya Guruji continued the discussion on Vairagya, and then took up the Shamadi Shatak Sampatti, the six divine qualities starting with Shama. Out of these the first four were discussed. Shama, Dama, Uparati and Titiksha.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 9

Today the topic of the discourse was on the definition and implications of Vairagya.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 8

Talk by Poojya Guruji on the main and the secondary fruits and benefits of following the package of Karma and Upasana. After this discussion began the discussion on Sadhana Chatushtaya Sampatti. The first Sampatti, Viveka, was discussed.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 7

Today the topic of the discourse was on the definition and implications of Upasana.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 6

Today the details of the Adhikari continued further. Detailed explanations of Kamya, Nishiddha, Nitya, Naimittika and Prayashchitta Karmas was given today.



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Vedanta Saar -Talk 5

After our usual Monday break the discourses on Vedanta-Saar continued further today. Today also the topic of Adhikari continued. The subject matter was basically the benefits of a righteous life, and the exact meaning and implication of a pure mind. Thereafter the detailed explanation of each word of this definition started. The first was Kamya Karma.



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Rudrabhisheka

Today on 2nd of June 2008, Monday, there was the special weekly Rudrabhisheka at Sri Gangeshwar Mahadev Temple. It was done by P. Swamini Amitanandaji. Poojya Guruji chanted the mantras. Every Monday is a break for the daily pravachan, as such discourses on Vedanta-Saar will continue tomorrow.

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Vedanta Saar -Talk 4

Today the same topic of Adhikari continued further. This particular section is about how the 'Sadhana Chatushtaya Sampatti' come about in a person. The shastra says that it is the loving, selfless and inspired living which alone helps to manifest such divine qualities.



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