Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare HareHare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Gokul Bhajan & Vedic StudiesNorth Carolina, USA 1

Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu NityanandaSri Advaita Gadadara Srivasadi

Gaura Bhakta Vrinda

Week 332

Jan 09 2015

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Welcome to the New Semester!

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We start with a Question!Which one do you have more faith in?

Science?or

Vedic Scripture?

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How did you know who was your father?

By Scientific Testing?or

Faith in your Mother?

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Jaya Rādha Mādhava Jaya Kunja Vihārī

Jaya Gopī Jana Vallabha Jaya Giri Vara Dhārī ... (Jaya)

Yaśodā Nandana Vraja Jana RanjanaYamunā tīra Vana Cāri ... (Jaya)

[ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare ]

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Beyond Gita

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Quick Quiz

on Gita!

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1. Where was Bhagavad Gita spoken at?2. In which scripture, Gita is embedded in?3. How many chapters are there in Gita?4. How many verses are there in Gita?5. Who delivered Gita to Arjuna?6. Who was narrating to Dhrtarashtra?7. Who scribed the Gita (Mahabharata)?8. What are the 3 primary yogas in Gita?9. What are the 5 subjects of Gita?

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3 kinds of Yogas in Gita

1. Karma Yoga (Ch 1 to 6)2. Bhakti Yoga (Ch 7 to 12)3. Jnana Yoga (Ch 13 to 18)

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What is Karma Yoga (Ch 1 – 6)?

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Good Karma – Doing good things

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BAD Karma (Doing evil things)

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I am doing my Karma!

Catching my own tail!

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Karma Yoga is doing everything but with no ATTACHMENT to results..

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This is Karma for the welfare of people..

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WHAT IS JNANA YOGA (CH 13 – 18) ?

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JNANA YOGA

• Sa-kama Jnana Yoga• Nishkama Jnana Yoga

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Meditators claim they will be one with God...

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Jnana Yoga also involves meditating on a subject Or mostly nothing...

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Thoughtless...?

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What is Bhakti Yoga (Ch 7 – 12)?

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• Sa-kama Bhakti • Nishkama Bhakti

Bhakti Yoga – 2 Types...

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Bhakti Yoga

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Different Destinations?

Karma Yogi Jnana Yogi Normal Bhakta

Pure Bhakta

Heavenly PlanetsBrahmanHigher Lokas

Goloka - Svetadwipa

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1) General instructions (saataarana)2) Secret Instructions (guhya)3) More secret Instructions (guhyatara)4) Most secret Instructions (guhyatama)

Gita gives 4 levels of Knowledge

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1) General instructions (saataarana)

Don’t eat too Much..

Don’t sleep too Much..

Don’t work too Much..

Meant for the very basic people who has no Yoga yet..

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2) Secret Instructions (guhya)

What is Brahman?. How does a person in Brahman look?

Meant for yogis of higer level of realization (brahma-jnanis)

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3) More Secret Instructions (guhyatara)

Meant for more higer level of realization (paramatma-jnana)

“Don’t go to Brahman, instead concentrate on Paramatma...”

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4) Most Secret Instructions (sarva guhyatama)

Ultimate spiritual knowledge of all the knowledge...

You worship Me.. Then you will come to Me without any fail...!

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man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yāji mām namaskuru

Lord Krishna says, always think of me, become my devotee, worship me, and offer obeisances to me

ON THE FLY SLOKA

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man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yāji mām namaskuru mām evaishyasi yuktvaivam ātmānam mat-parāyanah (B.G. 9.34)

[ Lord Krishna says, always think of me, become my devotee, worship me, and offer obeisances to me, then surely you will come to me. ]

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Bhaja hū re mana śrī-nanda-nandanaAbhaya-caranāravinda reDurlabha mānava-janama sat-sańgeTaroho e bhava-sindhu re …. (bhaja) 

Śīta ātapa bāta barisanaE dina jāminī jāgi reBiphale sevinu krpana durajanaCapala sukha-laba lāgi' re …. (bhaja)

E dhana, yaubana, putra, parijanaIthe ki āche paratīti reKamala-dala-jala, jīvana talamalaBhajahū hari-pada nīti re …. (bhaja)

By: Govinda dasa Kaviraja.

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Bhaja hū re mana śrī-nanda-nandanaAbhaya-caranāravinda reDurlabha mānava-janama sat-sańgeTaroho e bhava-sindhu re

Śravana, kīrtana, smarana, vandana,Pāda-sevana, dāsya rePūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedanaGovinda-dāsa-abhilāsa re …. (bhaja)

[--- Finishing: All Sing ---]

Abhaya-caranāravinda re (3)

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Gita covers 5 kinds of vishayas..

1. Paramatma2. Jivatma3. Prakriti4. Kala5. Karma

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Our acharyas emphasize on Bhakti only..

They find levels of Purity in Karma Yoga & Jnana Yoga interms of Bhakti

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Jnana Misra Bhakti?

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For karma Yogis & Jnana Yogis, there is nothing more than Gita..

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Who has really understood Gita?

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For Pure Bhaktas, Gita is just a beginning to the nectarian oceans of PREMA!.

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Krishna can never be satisfied by Karma or Jnana..

Jnana karma yoga dharme, nahe Krsna vasa

Krsna vasa hetu eka, prema bhakti rasa ....... (C.C. Adi

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[ By following the paths of jnana the speculative philosophical knowledge, karma the fruitive activities or mystic yoga to control the senses one cannot win Krsna. The only way of winning his love is through the taste of devotion in extatic love.]

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Gopis Lived only to please Krishna!

They were never

karmis, nor Jnanis

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So... Go beyond Karma & Jnana!Anyabhilasita-sunyam Jnana-karmady-anavrtam Anu-kulyena krsnanu- silanam bhaktir uttama ... (C.C. Mad. 19.167)

[Uninterrupted loving service without any desire of jnana or karma but aiming only to give happiness to Krsna, is Pure bhakti.]

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Life of motherly Gopis..

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How can I revive my love to Krishna?

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Lord Caitanya came to give us the extremely precious jewel: PREMA Bhakti

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Swarna Varno HemāngoVarāngas CandanāngadiSannyāsa krc chamah sāntoNishthā Sānti Parāyanah

In His pastimes, He appears as a householder with golden complexion. His limbs are smeared with Sandalwood like molten gold. In His later pastimes, He accepts the renounced order (Sannyasa). He is peaceful and silences the impersonalist non-devotees.

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Stotra

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Caitanya Deva Namo Namo Sarva Rakshakaa Namo Namo Sankirtana Maya Prema Purushaa Saci Suta Baalaa Namo Namo ... (Caitanya)

Svarna Varno Namo Namo Chanda Naangadaa Namo Namo Sanyaasa Krt Samah Saantah Saanti Paraayanah Namo Namo ... (Caitanya)

Radhika Bhavanaa Namo Namo Rakshaka Rupakaa Namo Namo Raadhaa Krishna Samgata Rupaa Raaja Sinhaave Namo Namo ... (Caitanya)

Kaanchana Deva Namo Namo Krishna Govinda Namo Namo Kaliyuga Taara Mantira Dhaana Kaarunya Deva Namo Namo ... (Caitanya)

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Let us Summarize..

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65End of Episode – Beyond Gita

Hare Krishna!