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Who are Saints ? Summary of last session (November 7) by Shri. Mohan Khandekar ji . Shri Vijay ji started his discourse with Doha 3क. Here Sant Tulsidas offers his respects to the saints (साधू).  He compares them to the hands holding a flower with fragrance.  Just like the fragrance spreads over both hands equally, […]

Power of Satsang Shri Vijay ji discussed Doha 2. This describes the power of Satsang (सत्संग) which can transform a person from non religious to religious.  Sant Tulsidas illustrates this point with examples of a Crow (कौवा) turning into Cuckoo (कोयल) and a Heron (बगला) into a swan (हंस).  Satsang helps to improve knowledge of religious scriptures and

Surrender to Guru Shri Vijayji started the session with Doha 1:1 which focuses on the glories of the Guru.  By surrendering to the Guru, we are able to purify our mind and get clarity of the knowledge. 1:2 This Doha illustrates the importance and qualities of Brahaman (ब्राह्मण).  Vijay ji further talked about the difference

Glory of Guru! Shri Vijayji started his talk with Guru Geeta, Glory of the Guru and importance of Guru charan pooja. The feet of Guru are compared to the lotus, which is considered to be a special flower.  He further analysed the word Anuraga (अनुराग) and how devotion to the Guru helps to remove attachment to worldly

Mangalacharan Sortha 1-5 Shri Vijayji resumed his talk by reviewing Shloka 1, 3 and 7 of Mangalacharan.  He explained the linguistic complicated difference between Sortha (सोरठा) and Doha (दोहा). Sortha 1 is about receiving blessings from Shri Ganesh and describing His glory. Shri Ganesh is also called as Gannayak (गणनायक).  Vijay ji further talked about fourteen Gun (गुण) and their corresponding devata (देवता). Sortha 2 describes the splendour and the

Mangalacharan Shlokas Shri Vijayji resumed his talk with explanation of Mangalacharan shlokas. Shloka 4: The word Kavishwar represents sage Valmiki and the word Kapishwar represents Hanuman.  To explain further, he narrated stories from Puranas.  The Ramcharitmanas have references from Puranas, Vedanta, Bhagvatam and more. Shloka 5: This shloka can be interpreted with different meanings. Who is Sita? Sita is the cause of this universe (जगत

Ramayana Class Review 2 Shri Vijayji started by explaining difficult (क्लिष्ट) laws governing the complex Anushtup chand (अनुष्टुप छंद), the poetry composition of Geeta and Bhagvatam. Then he proceeded to explain the meanings of the shlokas of the Mangalcharanam (मंगलाचरण). Sholka 2 is about Faith and Trust. Parvati represents Faith and Shiva represents Trust. Shri Shankar has unwavering

Ramayana Class Review After a short break Shri Vijay ji resumed with Ramcharitmanas discourse.  He started by explaining the meaning of Mangalacharan and Ramayan.  Ram represents the Supreme Reality and Ayanam (अयनम) stands for two meanings: Goal or Path.  He further explored the four questions of Vedanta and relationships between Jeeva, Jagat, Ishwar and Brahman (जीव जगत ईश्वर

Upanishad Class 2021-22: Summary Week 29 In the last class of the Upanishad course, the lessons 1-14 were revised and summarized. Lesson 1: Acharana (commencement). What makes us do what we do is sukha prapti.  All of us are trying to be joyous. The Upanishads are guiding us to understand Praptasya prapti, we are already joy and we

Upanishad Course – Chapter 14 (Contd) Week 28 When we think of Purusha, we think of a man or a human. Built into both there is ego. With ego there is separation, distortion and arrogance.  Acknowledging this, our Veda is ‘Apourusheya’ (not by a Purusha). The insights of the Veda have not been facilitated by