July 31st, 2010 
Sowmya 
This Saturday’s Satsangh was on verses 16 and 17 of Chapter 18. In these verses the importance of keeping a balanced head after achieving success is explained. It is also said that one should perform action without ego. Here’s a short summary of one of the key takeaways from my lecture today. I have also [...]
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Tags: Ego, Failure, humility existence, Instrument, Success, sumeru, temporary 
8 Comments » July 24th, 2010 Sowmya 
Sunday 25th July is Guru Purnima. At the request of our Satsanghis, I am offering this post at the feet of our dear Guruji, our spiritual master who has provided all of us a common destiny, has empowered us by bringing out the divinity in each of us and has dedicated his life to providing [...]
Posted in Chapter 18, Gita Chapters, Satsangh Takeaways Tags: Chance, Daivam, Destiny, Fate, guru purnima, Performer, Purpose, Right tools, Secret, Success, Workshop 9 Comments » June 13th, 2010 Sowmya 
At last night’s Satsangh, Ram spoke on verses 20-23 of the 17th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, which deal with the different types of charity or Dhaana. Ram said that although the Slokas explicitly talk about charity they also have an underlying and unsaid thread running through them and this is the need for contentment. [...]
Posted in Chapter 17, Satsangh Takeaways Tags: 99 club, Charity, Contentment, ninety nine club, satangh takeaways 2 Comments » October 11th, 2009 Sowmya In this Saturday’s Satsangh I spoke on the last few verses of the 13th Chapter. In summing up the essence of the Chapter, we talked about how to see the one Brahman in the variety of creation. We looked at a number of simple examples to understand this concept and I thought these might be [...]
Posted in FEATURED, Satsangh Takeaways Tags: Brahman, Frog, Kshetra, Kshetrajna, Many, One, Shankara, Snake, Sringeri, Variety 4 Comments » October 4th, 2009 Sowmya 
A Satsangh takeaway on the 4ps that can lead to ultimate peace
Posted in Chapter 13, LATEST, Learn to Chant, Satsangh Takeaways Tags: Calmness, Gita, Humor, Laugh, Meditation, Peace, Perceive, Perspective, Ponder, Satsangh, Yoga 5 Comments » August 9th, 2009 Sowmya In yesterday’s Satsangh, Lakshminarayanji gave an inspirational discourse on the 13th Chapter of the Gita where we continued discussing the 18 qualities that constitute “Jnanam” or “Knowledge” (verses 8-12). While describing the need to contemplate in solitude, Lakshmiji compared our mind to a wardrobe. Many times, some of us only need to take a look [...]
Posted in Satsangh Takeaways, Uncategorized Tags: Chapter 13, Contemplate, mind, Satsangh Takeaway, Solitude, Wardrobe 6 Comments » June 14th, 2009 Sowmya The power of chanting the name of the Lord is discussed in this post
Posted in Satsangh Takeaways Tags: Bhajan, Draupadi, Japa, Message, Nama smarana, Pandava, Ramayana, Sabari, Satsangh 4 Comments »