{"id":23702,"date":"2021-09-25T14:45:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T04:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/?p=23702"},"modified":"2021-09-25T14:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T04:45:06","slug":"bhagavad-gita-fortnightly-class-discussion-1-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/bhagavad-gita-fortnightly-class-discussion-1-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhagavad Gita Fortnightly Class\/ Discussion 1 October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Friday 1 October, 7.30 to 8.45 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Via Zoom:<\/strong>&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88434388900?pwd=UHI5cDRyZW9SZzdrRGN1bkdmV2h3Zz09\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88434388900?pwd=UHI5cDRyZW9SZzdrRGN1bkdmV2h3Zz09<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Group discussion led by <strong>Pravrajika Gayatriprana<\/strong>, a senior nun of Sri Sarada Math of the Ramakrishna Order.<\/p>\n<p><em>Continuing Study of Chapter 6, The Yoga of Meditation &#8211; Verses 16 &#8211; 19<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEMES FOR DISCUSSION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Middle Path:<\/strong> In spiritual life and daily life in general, great teachers like Buddha and Krishna advise avoiding extremes, &#8220;Neither too much austerity nor too much sense indulgence.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>When the Time is Ripe:<\/strong> At some point in our evolution, we will feel &#8220;A hunger for the divine,&#8221; compelling us to pursue a more spiritual life. We cannot force it; it will come naturally.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Masters of Ourselves:<\/strong> The path of Yoga describes two states of mind: the scattered and the gathered. The scattered is the normal state; the gathered is a common experience in sleep. Our spiritual challenge is to have a less scattered mind, gathered not just in sleep but throughout the day by meditation and mindfulness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be a Yogi Without Meditation?:<\/strong> Along with meditation, the Gita advocates the value of all yogic paths: action (karma), devotion (bhakti), and knowledge (jnana). It&#8217;s a matter of temperament and circumstances that determine which path\/s we tap into the most. &#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Learn more in the discussion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bhagavad Gita:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re exploring a spiritual classic that&#8217;s enriched cultures throughout Asia over the centuries and inspired leading figures in modern times from Mohandas Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Carl Jung, and Aldous Huxley to astronaut Sunita Williams who took a copy of the Bhagavad Gita to the international space station.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re dipping into Swami Ranganathananda\u2019s 3 volume commentary: Universal Message of the Bhagavad Gita. The late President of the Ramakrishna Order, the Swami was a world thinker and cultural ambassador for India, sponsored by the Government to travel to over 50 countries around the world giving lectures.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 1 October, 7.30 to 8.45 pm Via Zoom:&nbsp; https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88434388900?pwd=UHI5cDRyZW9SZzdrRGN1bkdmV2h3Zz09 Group discussion led by Pravrajika Gayatriprana, a senior nun of Sri Sarada Math of the Ramakrishna Order. 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