OVERVIEW:
THE BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ
MODULE 1
SESSION 1:
THE SCENE: Background and theme overview of the Bhagavad Gītā and its application to our personal challenges.
SESSION 2:
UNLIMITED KNOWLEDGE: The strength of jnāna or knowledge as it relates to action in everyday life.
SESSION 3:
THE ULTIMATE ACTION: The four basic principles of the law of karma.
SESSION 4:
SELF DEVELOPMENT: Rising above a fragmented view of situations and life. Understanding the modes of the mind.
SESSION 5:
REAL HAPPINESS: Where lies the essence? How can we renounce the sense of doer-ship and attain inner peace?
SESSION 6:
BEYOND THE MIND: Training our being and stilling our mind in the seat of meditation. Taking this experience into the world. Seeing the oneness of life.
MODULE 2:
SESSION 7:
UNDERSTANDING GOD: Personal and Impersonal God. The nature of the devotee and devotion. Delving into the nature of the Divine.
SESSION 8:
IMPERISHABLE BRAHMAN: Technical terms used in Vedānta are explained. We also look at mystic death. Cultivating a shift within.
SESSION 9:
INTEGRATION OF THE PATHS: The logic of creation. Exploring Self-realization and the secret of invocation.
SESSION 10:
POWER & GLORY: Recognizing the power of the One in the many and seeing its manifestation in this pluralistic world. A new way to live.
SESSION 11:
THE COSMIC FORM: The spiritual vision. The Lord as the universe. Wonder, fear and devotion. The limitless power of the One.
SESSION 12:
PRACTICAL DEVOTION: The two kinds of devotion or bhakti. The immortal virtues seen in the advanced seeker. How we can cultivate devotion that leads to liberation.
MODULE 3:
SESSION 13:
THE KNOWER & THE FIELD: The objective and subjective universe. How the Infinite Self as though identifies with the field. The Path of Knowledge expounded.
SESSION 14:
MOODS OF THE MIND: Freedom from the nature of the mind – the guṇās. Light and dark, good and evil. The classification and recognition of the workings of our emotions.
SESSION 15:
THE SUPREME SPIRIT: The projection of the finite on the Infinite. The perishable and the Imperishable. The most direct indication of the Supreme Spirit.
SESSION 16:
DIVINE & DIABOLICAL STATES: Staying on course in life. Values required by a seeker. A comparison between conscious and unconscious human beings.
SESSION 17:
THE PLAY OF FAITH: Refining our character. The stepping-stone and tools for Self-Realization.
SESSION 18:
TRANSFORMATION OF THE EGO: Perfecting renunciation. The nuts and bolts of action, agency, detachment, devotion and knowledge. The culmination of the teaching resolving all doubt and achieving total joy.
Shubhraji is a disciple of Vedāntic Master H.H. Swami Chinmayananda. She is a teacher of spiritual studies and meditation techniques, which form part of the ancient Vedānta philosophy of India. She is also the author of In The Lotus of The Heart: The Essence of Relationships. She lives in the USA and travels widely in the U.S., Europe and Far East. For her full bio Click Here.