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A weekly class on the BhagavadGita, fondly known as the ‘Bible of the Yogis’, with Kashi. Kashi is a teacher in the Sivananda tradition, who has studied Sanskrit and Hindu philosophy for over 25 years. In this podcast we study the Gita in great depth and without a haste making it easy to understand the deepest concepts. More about Kashi in Kashiji.net
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Bhagavad Gita | The Essence of Vedanta

Vedanta Society, San Francisco

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Swami Tattwamayananda’s class on Srimad Bhagavad Gita is held at the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco (founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) on Friday evenings in the First Universal Hindu Temple in the West (founded by Swami Trigunatitananda in 1905). Classes are held on Friday night at 7:30 pm. All are most welcome. The Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the most important spiritual classic of Hinduism. Swami Tattwamayananda, currently the Minister of the Vedanta Society of North ...
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Swami Atmananda Podcasts

Swami Atmananda Saraswati

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Podcasts by 'Swami Atmananda Saraswati' of 'Vedanta Ashram, Indore' (MP), India. These are short audio clips of topic of Vedanta - in Hindi. One of our recent series is an Online Study Class on 'Atma-Bodha', a short treatise of 68 shlokas Self-Knowledge. It is written by Sri Adi Shankaracharya.
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63rd verse: “You have listened to the great spiritual truth and My instructions. Now, you do whatever you want. Act according to your own conviction and understanding.” There is no compulsion from the teacher, Lord Krishna. He encourages the student to use his own intellect and conviction. This is because everyone in the world is at a different lev…
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The 59th and 60th verses take us back to the original narrative of Gita, where Arjuna was facing conflicts as he did not want to do an unpleasant duty. Lord Krishna says: “If instead of practicing karma yoga, you think you can run away from your duty, that is your fantasy. Your own swabhava will compel you to do the duty.” Swabhava is our inherent …
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Title: Buddhi Yoga: Art of Working Intelligently 18th Chapter: verses 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 57th verse: “Mentally offer all actions to Me. Buddhi Yoga is the tool with which you should live and work in this world.” Buddhi Yoga refers to purified intellect. It is the higher faculty of the human mind that enables us to perform our actions without obsess…
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In this episode, we go back to the text and continue studying from the 13th chapter of the Gita. We have discussed the roles of Purusha and Prakriti and the philosophy of cause and effect. To learn more about Kashi you can visit his website ⁠⁠kashiji.net⁠⁠ To join our live classes you can join our Whatsapp group ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Send us a text Support the …
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Title: Universal Approach of Gita 18th Chapter: verses 56, 57, 58, 59 Gita offers four paths for spiritual realization: Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga and Dhyana Yoga. 56th verse: “Surrender all your actions and results to Me. Then My grace will take you to the highest spiritual destination.” 57th verse: “Mentally offer all actions to Me. Your…
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In this episode, we discuss in detail the main teachings of the Gita according to Adi Shankaracharya, the great philosopher. This is the last part of the introduction, and in the next episode, we will study the text itself. To learn more about Kashi you can visit his website ⁠⁠kashiji.net⁠⁠ To join our live classes you can join our Whatsapp group ⁠…
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In this episode, we hear the first part of the background story of the Bhagavad Gita called the Mahabharata. If you want to skip the storytelling and listen to the philosophical discussion, you can start from the middle of the 6th episode. To learn more about Kashi you can visit his website ⁠⁠kashiji.net⁠⁠ To join our live classes you can join our …
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In this episode, we hear the fourth part of the background story of the Bhagavad Gita called the Mahabharata. If you want to skip the storytelling and listen to the philosophical discussion, you can start from the middle of the 6th episode. To learn more about Kashi you can visit his website ⁠⁠kashiji.net⁠⁠ To join our live classes you can join our…
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In this episode, we hear the last part of the background story of the Bhagavad Gita called the Mahabharata. In the second part of this episode, we start to talk about the main teachings of the Gita. If you want to skip to the part where we start to discuss the philosophy of the Gita, you can go directly to the Chapter Mark (31:37). To learn more ab…
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In this episode, we hear the second part of the background story of the Bhagavad Gita called the Mahabharata. If you want to skip the storytelling and listen to the philosophical discussion, you can start from the middle of the 6th episode. To learn more about Kashi you can visit his website ⁠⁠kashiji.net⁠⁠ To join our live classes you can join our…
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In this episode, we hear the first third of the background story of the Bhagavad Gita called the Mahabharata. If you want to skip the storytelling and listen to the philosophical discussion, you can start from the middle of the 6th episode. To learn more about Kashi you can visit his website ⁠⁠kashiji.net⁠⁠ To join our live classes you can join our…
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This is the first episode of my Bhagavad Gita podcast. We discussed the Hindu literature structure, the place of the Bhagavad Gita, and its importance. To find out more about Kashi, please visit his website ⁠Kashiji.net⁠ To join the live classes on Zoom you can join for free to our Whatsapp group ⁠https://chat.whatsapp.com/HBaXDC0WnNI8Raj8qRdnv2⁠ T…
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Title: Bhakti and Self-Surrender 18th Chapter: verses 54, 55, 56 54th verse: “The one who does his work with sanctity and sacredness, he ultimately become a Prasanna-atma. He becomes identified with Brahman. He has no desires and no reason to worry. He sees everyone as the same. Such a person attains the highest devotion.” A true devotee of God has…
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18th Chapter: verse 45, 54, 55. 12th chapter: verse 8, 9, 10, 11. 13th chapter: verse 10 45th verse: “By engaging in one’s own swadharma, man attains perfection and the highest inner fulfillment.” If we dedicate our resources to our appointed duty, and if we do it with a sense of sanctity and sacredness, and with total unselfishness, then that atti…
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Title: Intellect With Spiritual Wisdom 18th Chapter: verse 45, 47, 51, 52, 53 45th verse: “By engaging in one’s own swadharma, man attains perfection and the highest inner fulfillment.” Swadharma, is work that naturally comes to us “unasked” due to our samskaras and natural traits. It is work that we are supposed to do, that we are qualified to do …
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18th Chapter: verse 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 45th verse: “By engaging in one’s own swadharma, man attains perfection and the highest inner fulfillment.” Swadharma, is work that naturally comes to us “unasked”, by virtue of our samskaras and natural traits. We feel such work is our calling/duty. When we do our Swadharma, we find contentment and a sense of…
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18th Chapter: verse 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 40th verse: “Everyone in this world is dictated by these three gunas.” Lord Krishna divides human traits in three areas – sattvic, rajasik and tamasik. A sattvic person is calm and serene even in difficult situations. A rajasik person is swayed by his circumstances. A tamasik person is lazy, confused and delud…
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Title: The Three Levels of Intellect and Happiness 18th Chapter: verse 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38, 39 Lord Krishna divides human traits in three areas – sattvic, rajasik and tamasik. Jnanam (knowledge), karta (doer), karma (action), buddhi (intellect) and sukham (happiness) – all can be divided into these three traits. We can infer which trait …
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Title: The Three Traits of Karta 18th Chapter: verse 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 Gita is a condensation of the entire vedic literature. The 18th chapter is a condensation of entire Gita. Lord Krishna divides human traits in three areas – sattvic, rajasik and tamasik. Jnanam (knowledge), karta (doer), karma (action) and buddhi (intellect) – all c…
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Our temperaments are determined by a combination of the three gunas – sattva guna, rajo guna and tamo guna. Sattva guna is the highest and most sublime. It manifests itself as wisdom and serenity. Rajo guna manifests itself as dynamism and ambition. Tamo guna manifests itself as laziness and delusion. Gunas are not visible and cannot be physically …
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The 13th, 14th and 15th verses discuss the five factors involved in any kind of activity. 14th verse: “In any activity, there are five factors involved. (1) adhiṣhṭhānam – The body-mind-complex, which is the basis of all actions. (2) kartā – the agent of action, which is the jivatma. (3) karaṇam – Different instruments of action, such as the senses…
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