~ Post by Laura With the longer nights and Solstice approaching, it naturally invites more quiet, contemplation, internal time for me. During these winter months where the plants and animals rest, hibernate, conserve energy, and go underground, my system craves the same. Some feel the increased darkness in our external world during this season creates…
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DetailsBhagavad-gītā Retreat, November 2016 Dear all, We had a beautiful time with our teachers over the course of ten joyous days. Ācārya was very generous towards all and especially the children! We were an intimate group, which was facilitated by two days in ‘functional’ silence, days of inner peace. Our hope is that all of…
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DetailsBhagavad-gītā Retreat, Porcupine Castle, Coorg November 2019 śraddha wherever we develop FAITH, that aspect of our life will evolve to the fullest extent. If the area of our faith is meaningful and noble then our life will proceed very well. Our system will develop more fitness and calmness. DEVELOP FAITH in the ETERNAL TRUTH. [From Lecture…
DetailsBhagavad-gītā Retreat, November 2019 ~ Post from Nancy I wrote some haiku to express my experience at the retreat. *** Misty jungle.Owl Hoots. Leaves drip. Slowly students Fill the quiet hall. No-thought creates no- Emotion. This emptiness Is bliss. Samadhi. Little green gecko Leaps from the laundry. Small poops On my drying clothes. ***
DetailsBhagavad-gītā Retreat, November 2016 *** Karma Which is the right action? All actions are to offer something. How is this possible, to consider all action as an offering. Take the mother, she brings a child into the world, but should not consider it as hers. She offers her knowledge. A child sees all emotions…
DetailsBhagavad-gītā Retreat, November 2016 *** It is easy to see and know a seed, it is not so easy a tree, being so large and complex, thus harder to know the whole. Knowing the whole may be difficult, knowing the core easy. A Realized knows the seed. Jñāna – seed, Eternal Truth Vijñāna – tree,…
DetailsBhāratī Yogadhāma, October 2019 ~ post by Jonathan & Stacey Somehow, it has been our good fortune that the annual teachings in India for the JY participants coincides with Ācārya’s birthday. We were graciously hosted on the BYD land with a tour, feeding of the cows, a teaching from Ācārya about the significance of a…
DetailsJ.P. Nagar Classroom, October 2019 Ganapathiārya has been teaching Sanskṛit classes each morning after the talk from Ācārya. At first, due to the heterogeneous group, there was a feeling of not being able to follow. But the classes quickly softened our tongues, both through chanting the Bhagavad Gītā and the singular beauty of the vowels:…
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