BHAGWAT GEETA
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BACK TO PROGRAMSBhagavad-gītā is a small, though very important, section of the vastly longer epic poem, the Mahābhārata. In the Mahābhārata, the great Battle of Kurukṣetra is about to commence. This battle (recounted in the course of several parvans, or large portions, of the Mahābhārata) will be fought over a period of eighteen days, the culmination of a years-long feud over sovereignty of a kingdom, between the five sons of Paṇḍu—the Pāṇḍavas—and their one-hundred cousins, the Kauravas. Duryodhana, leader of the Kaurava brothers, has rejected all conciliatory gestures by the Pāṇḍavas who, ever since childhood, had suffered numerous abuses by him.On the first day of the battle, prior to the first armed engagement, the Pāṇḍava warrior, Arjuna, and his charioteer, Krishna, hold an extended consultation. It is this dialogue, in which Krishna counsels Arjuna on focused engagement (yoga), that constitutes the Bhagavad-Gītā.
Each of the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad-gīta has, traditionally, a Sanskrit title which includes the word yoga. First, the entire Gītā is about yoga, providing a wide-ranging comprehension of yoga’s principles and processes; and second, each of the eighteen chapters function as complete units, one chapter offering a particular approach to the over-all message of spiritual engagement (yoga). Each chapter is both analytical and synthetic in character—opening out the subject in careful scrutiny and drawing together apparently diffuse ideas into a unified (yoga) vision. OBJECTIVE Here we will overview the Bhagavad-Gītā chapter by chapter, both to gain a sense of the essential contours of the work, and to call attention to the varied ways in which yoga is represented throughout the work. As we will see, while the Gītā has a definite linear progression from Chapter 1 through Chapter 18, it is also a “song” (Gītā), complete with refrains and a rich, varied rhythm of expanding and heightening vision of cosmic order and consciousness, and of the hope and possibility for human individual and collective well-being. DURATION 4 HOURS a month ongoing format BOOKS BHAGWAT GEETA DONATION Suggested donation $35 Per Session FORMAT GROUP WORKSHOP- Group sessions over ZOOM CONTENTS 1. Visada Yoga “I am powerless and I give up”. 2. Sankhya Yoga “Hey come on! There’s nothing to regret in life." 3. Karma Yoga ‘What about me? What about me? ?’ Go and act, this is Karma Yoga. 4. Jnana Yoga There is something beyond all this. 5.Karma Vairagya Yoga ·Wake up and see, are things happening or are you really doing it? 6. Abhyasa Yoga learn to meditate. 7: Paramahamsa Vijnana Yoga ‘Who am I? What is time?’ Knowing all about science. 8. Tāraka-brahma-yoga - Liberating Spirit 9. Rāja-vidyā-rāja-guhya-yoga - Royal and Hidden Knowledge 10: Vibhuti-Vistara-Yoga Vibhuti means giving a chance for miracles in your life,. 11. Visvarupa-Darsana Yoga Knowing the universal self and everything is in me and I am in everything. 12. Bhakti Yoga - Then comes love and devotion. Deep love! with the divine who loves you. 13. Ksetra-Ksetrajna Vibhaga Yoga what are the divine and demonic qualities in you 14. Gunatraya-Vibhaga Yoga There are the three qualities or Gunas (Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic) 15. Puruṣottama-yoga The Ultimate Person 16: Daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yoga Differentiating Godly and Ungodly Assets 17: Shraddhā-traya-vibhāga-yoga Threefold Faith 18. Moksa-Opadesa Yoga This is sanyaasa or liberation. |
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