7. Mine Likes Dislikes Hot Cold Beautiful Ugly Love Hate Rich Poor Gain Loss Successful Failure Good Bad Ethical Unethical Punya Papa Dharma Adharma Life Death…
8. My family My Wealth My name My Power My city My Country My religion…
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10. Kama Desire Krodha Anger Deaf Lobha Greed Moha Infatuation Dumb Madha Pride Matsarya Jealousy Blind Outcome…
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13. Curiosity Delusion They won’t let us be our Real Selves Concern Dejection
14. Misconception about oneself and the world outside root cause of all problems Ignorance Desire Action Agitation Bondage Helplessness
37. Lack of Knowledge Un steady Un steady Cannot Meditate Un Meditative No Peace Without Peace How can there be happiness?!
38. Meditation Peaceful mind needs no mediation Disturbed mind cannot meditate . Yet there is a meditator…
39. Control Mind – Sense organs gives way Control sense organs – Mind slips Shift focus Controlling Mind / Sense organs is absurdity
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42. Less and less to no importance to oneself and world outside – Respect / Don’t hate Not doing anyone a favour but oneself You learn not to disturb the environment because If you disturb the environment you have to live in the disturbed environment I / Mine
43. Religion Collection of thoughts Rituals Re unites us with the unlimited Needs no appendages
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45. Viveka Discriminate Unreal / Real Temporary / Permanent Limited / unlimited Relative / Absolute Changing / Changeless Vairagya Detachment Not to - pursue / give importance to the limited, changing, Temporary… … Ananda (eternal happiness) follows
47. Sat Chit (Ananda) Space.. Sound Space, Air .. Sound, Feeling Space, Air, Fire …Sound, Feeling, Form Space, Air, Fire, Water ….Sound, Feeling, Form, Taste Space, Air, Fire, Water, Earth …..Sound, Feeling, Form, Taste, Smell EGO MIND INTELECT Space.. Sound: Ear Space, Air .. Sound, Feeling: Ear, Skin Space, Air, Fire …Sound, Feeling, Form: Ear, Skin, Eyes Space, Air, Fire, Water ….Sound, Feeling, Form, Taste: Ear, Skin, Eyes, Tongue Space, Air, Fire, Water, Earth …..Sound, Feeling, Form, Taste, Smell: Ear, Skin, Eyes, Tongue, Nose Throat Arms Legs Reproduction Excretion Virat, Cosmic ISHWARA Hiranya Garbha JIVA, Individual Vishwa, Individual
48. E M I Guru Sravana, Manana, Nidhidyasana (satsanga, Nissanga, Nirmoha, Nischalatatwa, jeevan mukti) Karma Bhakti Jnana Unmanifest Sat, Chit, ( Ananda , Shanti, Freedom… ) Enjoyer Sufferer Confusion Conflict Strike Revolting War Accident Disease Volcano Tornado Hurricane… Samsara Temporary Changing Perishable Birth Child Youth Middle age Old age Death Bramhacharya Grihasta Vanaprasta Sanyasa Past Present Future Dawn Day Dusk Waking Dreaming Sleep Gunas Dualities Ashanti Samskara Precondition Desire Likes / Dislikes Action Bondage Thought Desire Attachment Anxiety/ Anger Delusion Loss of Memory Destruction Manifest Brahmana Kshatriya Vysya Shudra Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, week, Months, Seasons, Years, Life, Kalpas, Yugas Knower Doer Enjoyer/ sufferer Knowledge Power Position Name Sex Wealth Kama Krodha Lobha Moha Mada Matsarya Satya Laoka Tapo Loka Jana Loka Mahar Loka Svar Loka Bhuvar Loka Bhur Loka Atala Vitala Sutala Tala-Tala Rasatala Mahatala Patala Sahasrara Agna Vishuddha Anahata Manipura Svadhishtana Mooladara Satwa Rajas Tamas
49. Samsara Gunas Dwandwa Ashanti Samskara Precondition Likes / dislikes Action Bondage Sat, Chit, Ananda Y O G A Bhakti Surrender Prapati Jnana Viveka Vairaghya Thyaga
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51. It becomes relevant when worldly things become irrelevant… Relevance of Vedic Truths…
52. It comes to our rescue irrespective of time, space and situation when worldly things fail to stand by us
53. It addresses the entire Universe and not caste, creed, colour, nationality, region, religion or sex… Divine Human Animal
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55. Vedanta leads to Divine Consciousness Pure Consciousness Eternal Self
56. Vedanta leads to selflessness Self-discipline Self-reliance Fearlessness Detachment, accept and adapt, forgive and forget, compassion and tolerance becomes ones own very nature; one need not cultivate these things
57. Vedanta Leads to Silence Peace will be established within, naturally, without any external aids, and is sustained under all circumstances and at all times In between thoughts In between action During Sleep In between lives Non Identification state
58. Age old science is not an old age pastime It is for the young at threshold of life Vedic truth is the message for any millennium… Rig - Establish in Silence Yagur Sama - Sustain the Silence Atarvana Vedanta its Classifications Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishad
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60. Vedanta Sacrifice Yagna Rig Veda Hotara Invokes the sacrificial fire Yagur Veda Advaryu Sustains the fire by offering Sama Veda Udgatar sustains the fire by singing the glory Purnahuti Brahman Vibhuti Avadhuta…
70. Motivation For any Action Action Money Name Fame Power Status U nique – one in thousand one among thousand
71. Problem with Action Lingering in the past Action I Should have done this I should not have done this No one can do this as I have done I can get more I have prayed God People don’t recognize me Only I can do it I cannot do it – fear of failure Cannot Live without action - Reacting, Bondage
72. Act (to forget oneself and the world outside) Don’t shun action (idle mind is devils workshop) Never Claim (fall- world will go on with or without me) Don’t give importance to fruits of action (freedom) Don’t give importance to doership (Liberation) - Act do not React Not renunciation of action - Renunciation in action
73. Consciousness Intellect Mind Sense organs Sense objects Long Term memory Static Memory Curiosity Interest Importance Value Short term Memory Dynamic memory Refreshing
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75. Words – All Words – All words in right order – Recalling all the words in right order (Medha) Understanding Words – Understanding all the words in right order (Saraswathi) Getting Information Getting established in Knowledge – Wisdom irrespective of time and situation (Sharada)
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80. Mind Sattva Knowledge, Good, Well being of all, Peace… Adharma /dharma , vice/virtue… Rajas Action, Motive, I/ Mine, Gain, Rich/ poor, loss/ gain Tamas Lazy, Dull, Stupor, ill will of others… Beautiful/ ugly, hot/ cold, gossip Sattva Tamas Rajas Sattva
101. Guru “ GU” –darkness to “RU” – Light Reveling in eternal Self Age, Caste, Sex, Background… Immaterial YAMA Wisdom in the person makes the person a Guru
102. Seeker Quest to Realise Truth Not interested in worldly things and affairs Does not hate / but respects
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105. Realisation Realise Absolute self Realising that there is nothing new to realise Realising peace / bliss is ones owns nature Realise there is nothing to win or lose Only on Realisation fear, anxiety, worry… ceases to be Only on Realisation death will not bother any more… Jnani Bhakta Karma yoga
106. Peace will be established within, naturally, without any external aids, and is sustained under all circumstances and at all times Where there is selflessness - detachment, accept and adapt, forgive and forget, compassion, patience, and tolerance, perseverance, contentment, unbiased fearlessness, love, sacrifice, service, becomes ones own very nature; one need not cultivate these things
107. … Only then, can you stop dwelling in the past and future. Then and only then all the struggle, miseries, anxiety, fear and all doubts cease to be. Liberation / Moksha
