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Hills & Mountains – Gitaafunline
After a brief Hiatus, we have come back with a new Quiz for our readers.. In Hindu mythology, Mountains have traditionally been regarded as abodes of Gods and a symbol of strength. Some mountains and rivers have special significance within Hinduism and are held sacred due to their association with ...
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Chapter 18, Day 3 – Guruji’s Visit 2010
Here are the links to Guruji's talk on Day 3 - 4th Jan 2010.
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Everyone of us is Potentially Divine
Our young generation of Satsanghi Dvani Devaraj (Chitra & Devarajji's daughter for those who might not know her), has sent me this inspiring talk. It is on the Vibhuti yoga of the Lord and is from the talk given at the UAE Satsangh on the occasion of Gita Jayanthi. It ...
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Chapter 12 Audio Clips – Guruji’s Visit 2010
Here are the audio clips for Chapter 12. The video and audio offering has been possible only on account of our Satsanghis Rangaji and Paramji who have meticulously performed the recording and also provided it to me on such a timely fashion.
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Chapter 18 Audio Clips – Guruji’s Visit 2010
During Guruji's visit, we discussed Chapter 18 at great length and as you all know, we have been uploading the videos for our readers. We have uploaded videos for the first two days already and we shall be uploading the remaining soon..
Meanwhile, here are the audio clips for Chapter 18. ...
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Chapter 18, Day 2 – Guruji’s Visit 2010
Here are the links to Guruji's talk on Day 2 - 3rd Jan 2010.
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Chapter 18, Day 1 – Guruji’s Visit 2010
Here are the links to Guruji's talk on Day 1 - 2nd Jan 2010.
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The Strength of Faith – Guruji’s Gita in Practice – 17
CHAPTER 17 Shraddha-traya vibhaga Yoga (Division of Threefold Faith)
Sri Bhagavan said:
THREE KINDS OF FAITH
17. 1 Arjuna qns: Those who worship endowed with faith, disregarding Shasthras, where do they stand in Satwa, Rajas, or Tamas?
17. 2 The Lord says: The faith of men by nature is of three ...
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The Sound of Music – Gitaafunline
The music season is on in full swing in Chennai and while on vacation, I have also been enjoying attending a few music concerts. The mood and atmosphere here has inspired a quiz on musical instruments associated with Hinduism and Hindu Gods and Godesses.
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Real Penance and Happiness – Utthana Path
This is the daily Bhagvadgita reading selection from उत्थान पथ (Path to a Spiritual High) for Fridays. The first three shlokas highlight the acts that can be categorized as tapas for body, speech and mind. Later, continuing the theme of the three gunas, Lord Krishna classifies happiness into three categories.
वास्तविक ...
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Types of Action – Utthaana Path
This is the daily reading selection from Bhagvadgita from उत्थान पथ (Path to a Spiritual High) for Fridays. In these shlokas, Lord Krishna highlights the three types actions and the three types of doers, under the influence of the three gunas - Satva, Rajas and Tamas.
सात्विक कर्म व कर्ता
sātvika karma ...
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Divine Vs Demoniac – Utthaana Path
This is the daily reading selection from Bhagvadgita from उत्थान पथ (Path to a Spiritual High) for Thursdays. You'll remember related discussion for chapter 16- दैवासुर सम्पद विभाग योग (Classification between Divine and Demoniacal Qualities). Like an experienced counselor, the Lord gives us a positive role model to follow, lists ...
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Sangeetha’s Music Concerts – Invitation
My good friend and a member of the Gitaaonline community, Sangeetha Ramprasad will be performing in the music festival in Chennai this season. Attached is the invitation. All our readers from Chennai or any of you who would be in Chennai this season, please treat this as a personal invitation ...
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Dharma in the Workplace – Gita News
It was a melange of spirituality and business at IIM Indore. Swami Samarpanananda of Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University (Belur Math) gave the future business leaders of the One Year Full-time Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP), lessons in how to develop and channelize their spiritual and mental energies ...
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“Superman” Hanuman – Gitaafunline!
Lord Hanuman is considered as one of the greatest devotees of Lord Rama and is himself worshipped as a source of tremendous power and energy. He crossed the sea and proved the energy of his devotion to his God, Lord Sri Rama to the world. He visited Lanka and made ...
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Women in Ramayana – Gitaafunline
Our Ramayana quiz is one of the most popular quizzes on this site and we thought, we would follow it up with another quiz on Ramayana. However, this one is on the women in Ramayana. Many of these characters are well known and recognized, but we have also included some ...
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Divine Vs Demoniac – Guruji’s Gita in Practice – 16
CHAPTER 16 Daivaasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga (Classification between Divine and Demoniacal Qualities)
Sri Bhagavan said:
16. 1
Fearlessness:'I am the body' is the cause of all fear - of hurt, death, loss
Purity of mind: mind in sense pleasures is impure. disassociated ...
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Why is Mantara worshipped – Gitaaonline Answers
Mantara (also Kooni in some versions) in the Hindu epic Ramayana, is a servant who convinced Kaikeyi, on the eve of Rama's coronation that Rama should be exiled and it was her son Bharata who deserved the throne.
Did Kooni persuade Kaikeyi by using fear as a motivator ? She ...
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Bahrain Satsangh – Ram Naam Japa
Here is the link to our post on the Akhanda Ram Naam Japa at our Satsangh Website.
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Gita Abhiyan to inculcate ‘human values’
Gita Abhiyan to inculcate ‘human values’
13 districts have been covered under the programme
One teacher from each school attend workshop
Bangalore/Chitradurga: A religious organisation is on a mission to spread “humanitarian values” by teaching Bhagavad Gita to schoolchildren across the State. The Education Department, while not acknowledging this as one of its ...
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Gita in Animation
The story of Mahabharata has fascinated and intrigued several generations over the years. Till date, it ranks amongst one of the greatest tales of epic battle between good and evil and the triumph of good over evil.
As I grew up, I remember how we used to run after Amar Chitra ...
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A “Symbol” Quiz – Gitaafunline
Just finished reading the new Dan Brown thriller - "The Lost Symbol", which was released in September 2009 and has now become the fastest selling adult novel in History!! As usual, Dan Brown intersperses actual incidents and real people with his fantasies in such a way that readers are kept ...
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What Can Be Learned By The Study Of Srimad Bhagavad-gita?
What can be learned by the study of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita?
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Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga – Chapter 13
Here are the audio discourses on Chapter 13, from the Bahrain Satsangh.
Thanks to Paramji for making this audio available for the Website....
If you would like a short summary of the Chapter, it is available Here
If you would like to learn to chant Chapter 13, Click Here
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To do Good or Not to do? – Gitaaonline Answers
This was a comment we received from one of our readers. We think it is a question that might be very useful for other readers as well..
Our reader Bidya, writes..
In geeta it is written that one should do always good things but if one tries to do good and if ...
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Mind Your language – Gitaafunline
We know these words as being English. We use them frequently as well. But are they English words ? Several foreign words have found their way into English language, some of them from India. We Quiz you with a few of such words.. Enjoy and have fun!
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हरिगीता – अध्याय १८
अठारहवाँ अध्याय
अर्जुन बोले
संन्यास एवं त्याग-तत्त्व, पृथक महाबाहो, कहो ||
इच्छा मुझे है हृषीकेश, समस्त इनका ज्ञान हो || १८. १ ||
श्रीभगवान् बोले
सब काम्य-कर्म का न्यास ही संन्यास ज्ञानी मानते ||
सब कर्मफल के त्याग ही को त्याग विज्ञ बखानते || १८. २ ||
हैं दोषवत् सब कर्म कहते त्याज्य कुछ विद्वान् हैं ||
तप ...
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Control of Mind and Senses – Utthaana Path
Continuing the daily readings from उत्थान पथ (Path to a Spiritual High), here is the selection from Bhagvadgita for Tuesdays. These slokas highlight what we need to do to control the mind and senses.
Lord Krishna agrees that it is very difficult to control the mind and senses and encourages us ...
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The Restless Mind – Dhyana Yoga 34
In our previous post, we saw Arjuna saying that the mind is restless and he expects that the Lord will tell him to control the mind. Now, he wants to say why the control of the mind is very difficult.
cha.nchalaM hi manaH kR^ishhNa pramaathi balavad.h dR^iDham.h .
tasyaahaM nigrahaM manye vaayoriva ...
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हरिगीता – अध्याय १७
सत्रहवाँ अध्याय
अर्जुन बोले
करते यजन जो शास्त्र-विधि को छोड़ श्रद्धायुक्त हो ||
हे कृष्ण, उनकी सत्त्व, रज, तम कौनसी निष्ठा कहो || १७. १ ||
श्रीभगवान् बोले
श्रद्धा स्वभावज प्राणियों में पार्थ, तीन प्रकार से ||
सुन सात्त्विकी भी राजसी भी तामसी विस्तार से || १७. २ ||
श्रद्धा सभी में स्वभाव सम, श्रद्धा स्वरूप ...
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