Vedanta Society of Southern Californiahttp://vedanta.org In a series of talks, Swami Sarvapriyananda lucidly unfolds the fundamentals of Advaita Vedanta presented in Drg Drsya Viveka. This talk - delivered on January 19, 2016 at the Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, CA - covers verses 2 to 5 in "Drg Drsya Viveka: An Inquiry into the Nature of the Seer and the Seen by Swami Nikhilananda".
We are grateful for your support: vedanta.org/giveArati - Evening PrayerVedanta Society of Southern California2024-10-18 | We are grateful for your donations: vedanta.org/giveGospel of Sri Ramakrishna | Swami SarvadevanandaVedanta Society of Southern California2024-10-17 | A reading of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna The text records the teachings and conversations of Sri Ramakrishna with his disciples, devotees and visitors, recorded by Mahendranath Gupta who wrote the book under the pseudonym of "M."
We are grateful for your support: vedanta.org/giveArati - Evening PrayerVedanta Society of Southern California2024-10-08 | We are grateful for your donations: vedanta.org/giveBhagavad Gita in the Light of Sri Ramakrishna (Class 31: BG 3.27–29, EG, ch. 21) | Swami MedhanandaVedanta Society of Southern California2024-10-07 | In this class (Class 31, on Sunday, October 6th at 9:30 am PST), we discuss verses 3.27-3.29 of the Gita, chapter 21 of Sri Aurobindo's Essays on the Gita, entitled "The Determinism of Nature" (pp. 212–223), and pp. 24-32 of Swami Medhananda's article, "Hard Theological Determinism and the Illusion of Free Will: Sri Ramakrishna Meets Lord Kames, Saul Smilansky, and Derk Pereboom."
In our next class (Class 32, to be held on Sunday, October 27th at 9:30 am PST), we will discuss Chapter 22 of Sri Aurobindo's Essays on the Gita, entitled "Beyond the Modes of Nature" (pp. 224–233). The Study Questions for this class will be the same as for the previous class.
Please also answer the following Study Questions for Class 32:
1. According to Sri Aurobindo's interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita, do we have free will? 2. Please compare the Bhagavad Gita's views on free will and determinism with the views of Sri Ramakrishna. What are the similarities and differences in their respective views? 3. How are the Gita's teachings on free will and determinism helpful to us as struggling spiritual aspirants? 4. Please compare Sri Aurobindo's and Swami Tapasyananda's interpretations of verses 3.33 and 3.34 of the Bhagavad Gita. (Swami Tapasyananda's interpretation of 3.33 and 3.34 is found on pp. 110–111 of his book.) How can these verses help us as spiritual aspirants? 5. Do you have any questions about the reading? Did you have difficulty understanding anything? Do you have any doubts or confusions?
Please submit your responses to the Study Questions by Saturday, October 26th at 7 pm PST by clicking on this link: https://forms.gle/WheKgYNPbAY5a2vCA
Main textbook for class: Edwin Bryant's The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali Other textbooks: Swami Vivekananda's Raja Yoga; Swami Hariharananda Āraṇya's Yoga Philosophy of Patañjali (translated into English by P.N. Mukerji)
For those of you who are trying to memorize the Yoga Sutras, this page listing all the sutras may be of help to you: sanskritdocuments.org/doc_yoga/yogasuutra.htmlArati - Evening PrayerVedanta Society of Southern California2024-10-04 | We are grateful for your donations: vedanta.org/giveGospel of Sri Ramakrishna | Swami SarvadevanandaVedanta Society of Southern California2024-10-03 | A reading of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna The text records the teachings and conversations of Sri Ramakrishna with his disciples, devotees and visitors, recorded by Mahendranath Gupta who wrote the book under the pseudonym of "M."
Our next class is on Thursday, October 3rd at 7:30 pm PST. The homework assignment is to read Yoga Sūtra 1.25–1.27, along with Edwin Bryant's commentary on these sutras (pp. 99–109 of his book).
Main textbook for class: Edwin Bryant's The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali Other textbooks: Swami Vivekananda's Raja Yoga; Swami Hariharananda Āraṇya's Yoga Philosophy of Patañjali (translated into English by P.N. Mukerji)
For those of you who are trying to memorize the Yoga Sutras, this page listing all the sutras may be of help to you: sanskritdocuments.org/doc_yoga/yogasuutra.htmlArati - Evening PrayerVedanta Society of Southern California2024-09-27 | We are grateful for your donations: vedanta.org/giveGospel of Sri Ramakrishna 26: The Love-Body & Mahamaya (Aug 24, 1882) | Swami MedhanandaVedanta Society of Southern California2024-09-26 | A reading of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna The text records the teachings and conversations of Sri Ramakrishna with his disciples, devotees and visitors, recorded by Mahendranath Gupta who wrote the book under the pseudonym of "M."