Satsanga August 2014

Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya ॐ नमो भगव( वासu,वाय!!This mantra is known as a mukti (liberation) mantra and is a spiritual formula for attaining freedom through surrender. !Om, I bow to Lord Vasudeva or Lord Krishna.

• om = refers to the Supreme Infinite • namo = salutation, worship, the Sandhi form of ‘namas’ • bhagavate = God in Sanskrit; someone who is consider equally powerful, merciful;

one who is becoming divine. • vasudevaya = name of Krishna; in the Bhagavad-Gita, Arjuna called Krishna by the

name Vaasudeva (son of Vasudeva) multiple times. !!Discussion on the three gunas (reference: sutras 2.18 and 2.19) What are they?

Why are they important?

How can they help us understand our true nature?

!2.18: Prakasa kriya sthiti silam bhuta indriya atmakam bhoga apavarga artham

drisyam

Nature, its three qualities, sattva, rajas, and tamas, and its evolutes, the elements,

mind, senses of perception and organs of action, exist eternally to serve the seer for

enjoyment or emancipation. [BKS Iyengar]

!2.19: Visesavisesa linga matralingani guna parvani

The gunas generate their characteristic divisions and energies in the seer. Their

stages are distinguishable and non-distinguishable, differentiable and non-differentiable.

[BKS Iyengar]

!Closing chant (time permitting)

Shante prashante • sarva bhaya • upasha mani swaha !Invoking the spirit of supreme peace,  I offer up the energy of fear to the universal formless mind.

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