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Adult Study Group

Attendees:  Open only to registered Balavihar families or Parivaar/Sevak members

Time: 12:45 - 2:30 PM Sundays on Balavihar weekends

If the Upanishads are the text books of philosophical principles discussing man, world and God, the Bhagavad Gita is a handbook of instructions as to how every human being can come to live the subtle philosophical principles in the actual work-a-day world.  Srimad Bhagavad Gita, the Divine song of the Lord, occurs in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. This great handbook of practical living marked a positive revolution in Hinduism and inaugurated a Hindu renaissance for the ages that followed the Puranic era.

This year the class will begin with a discussion on Kaivalya Upanishad - which is a short Upanishad - before embarking on Chapter 6 of the Bhagavad Gita.  Kaivalya Upanishad is a concentrated and strong affirmation of the Moksha path that an eligible practitioner can use to reiterate the lessons of Jnana Yoga and liberation from this Samsara. This text expounds the concept that BRAHMAN is in EVERYTHING!

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 is a detailed and in-depth teaching lesson on how to be in meditation and use the lessons of Vedantic meditation to progress on the path of Liberation. This text provides detailed instruction on how to be in meditation (Nidhityaasanam) in our day-to-day lives.