As long as a person is material minded, he is interested only in material things. One person told Swamiji that after listening to Swamiji, he had changed. Swamiji asked “Onida?” meaning “Have you got horns?”. He replied, before listening to you, I used to eat Non Vegetarian food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, now I [...]
Posts Tagged 'Gita Jnana Yagya'
Day 6: Thursday, 23rd Jan 1997
Normally we imagine that Karmayoga is the Yoga of action. But not all action is Karmayoga. If this were so, even smuggling and dacoity would be Karmayoga. So, it is the attitude behind any action that decides whether it is Karmayoga or Karmabhog!! When an action causes us to have lust, anger or desire then [...]
Day 5: Wednesday, 22nd Jan 1997
We should have Josh and Hosh. In Ramayana, Hanumanji, accompanied by Angad and Jambhavanji were wondering how to cross the ocean. Jambhavan boasted that he had gone around the lord thrice during Vamanavatar. But now he was old. He then told Hanuman that this was the very purpose of his birth. Hanuman immediately became enthusiastic [...]
Day 4: Tuesday, 21st Jan 1997
One who understands the tattva of the Lord’s birth and activities and uses it in his life become one with me. People are unhappy because they analyze each and everything. We should not live life thinking we are the body. As long as we don’t feel this, nothing will have impact on us.
“Veeta raga baya [...]
Day 3: Monday, 20th Jan 1997
The Lord tells Arjuna, that both of them have been born many times and met each other many times. But the Lord is aware of everything and Arjuna is not. First, what is the form of the Paramatma who reincarnates? What is the form of the incarnation? Why does he incarnate? What do we get [...]
Day 2: Sunday, 19th Jan 1997
In Chapter IV, the Lord tells Arjuna , “What I am telling you about Karmayoga is not anything new”. Every Sloka has 3 meanings, the Adhyatmic, the Adhibautic, or as perceived by the senses and the Adhidhaivic or relating to God as in stories etc.
There is no past tense while mentioning about God. Swamiji [...]
Day 1: Saturday, 18th Jan 1997
On the first day Swamiji talked about how there has been modernization in all spheres. He talked about how computers used to occupy an entire room and required information to be fed in through punch cards or “Holey” cards, as he referred to them. Modernization has reduced the size of a computer and made it [...]
Renunciation of Action in Knowledge
In the middle of January, something wonderful happened in Bahrain. We had a Gita Jnana Yagna conducted by the Chinmaya Society of Bahrain. In this yagna, Swami Anubhavananda gave a series of talks on the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita which is also known as Jnana Karma Sa.nnyasa Yoga. In addition to this, he [...]
