Introduction to the Upanishads
The Upanishads form a part of a large body of ancient Indian sacred texts collectively known as the Vedas, orally transmitted and...
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May 3, 20213 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter XVIII
This Chapter is called the Yoga of Renunciation, Freedom and Renunciation, and The Supreme Secret of Yoga by various commentators. This...
Apr 11, 20213 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter XVII
Both chapters XVI & XVII are intertwined in the knowledge given to Arjuna and imparted to us. In Chapter XVII Arjuna asks for...
Apr 11, 20212 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter XVI
Here the Gita describes two tendencies among mankind. The higher tendency, the divine, leads to increasing equanimity by centering us in...
Mar 16, 20215 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter XV
This Chapter called the Yoga of the Supreme Spirit, the Way to the Supreme Self, Devotion to the Supreme Spirit, deals with the nature of...
Feb 15, 20215 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter XIV
This chapter is called The Yoga of Distinction between the Three Gunas (of the Field), or The Forces of Evolution (from Prakriti to...
Jan 19, 20219 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter XIII
This chapter emphasizes the Self, the real Knower, is ever uninvolved in the shifting forces that play over the Field. Purusha is the...
Dec 13, 20205 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter XII
In this small chapter of 20 verses, Shree Krishna emphasizes the path of devotion as the highest among all types of spiritual practices....
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter XI
According to many commentators, this is the most exalted chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. Here Arjuna sees the divine vision of Krishna in...
Oct 8, 20202 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter X
In Chapter IX Krishna explained the King of secrets, the sovereign mystery of his Divine being – both immanent and transcendent. Here in...
Sep 8, 20202 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter IX
Sri Krishna says in Chapter VII to occupy your mind on the Divine at all times. At the time of death whatever preoccupies you deeply will...
Jul 15, 20202 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter VIII
Chapter VIII is about the Transcendent Brahman and how to realize it. Here the Gita presents an ancient view of the soul’s journey after...
Jun 18, 20202 min read
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter VII
Chapter VII is commonly called the Yoga of Wisdom and Experience or the Way of Realized Knowledge or the Yoga of Knowledge and...
May 27, 20201 min read
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter VI
Here Krishna gives practical advice of how to bring the mind into a state of stillness because, as he explains, yoga is the breaking of...
May 12, 20201 min read
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter V
Krishna continues to delve deeper into the nature of action and its relationship to the Divine state….to one’s Being. Arjuna is about to...
Apr 13, 20202 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter IV
Thank you for your patience as we’ve worked to get this discussion group onto the Unity Woods virtual schedule. Hope that everyone has...
Feb 20, 20201 min read
Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter III
Through our discussion last month, we began to explore some of Arjuna’s struggles and in chapter 3 Lord Krishna discusses two paths with...
Jan 8, 20202 min read
New Year & Bhagavad-Gita Chapters I & II
Happy New Year All! We enjoyed reading Light on Life so much as a group last year and hope you did too. To start 2020, we’ve decided to...
Aug 25, 20191 min read
Light on Life: Chapter 7
Over the course of these last few months while reading though Light on Life, we’ve traveled from the outer most kosa to the most subtle....
Jul 24, 20191 min read
Light on Life: Chapter 6
With a long break between two closely held meetings and lots of hot weather in the DC area, it seems so long since our last meeting. ...
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