Sunday lectures on Bhagawad Gita conducted in Newton as part of Chinmaya Mission Boston

1. Maximum Happiness to the Maximum Number of People for the
Maximum Time
CHINMAYA MISSION BOSTON
The Holy Geeta – The Divine Song
Summary of Chapter 10
May 2015

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Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
How can one perceive the Infinite among the finite? (Verse 17)
Krishna: “Whatever it is that is glorious, prosperous or powerful
in any being, know that to be a manifestation of a part of My splendor” (Verse 41)
Krishna: “To the ever-steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the ‘Buddhi Yoga’ by
which they come to Me” (Verse 10)
Krishna: “I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the Beginning,
The Middle and also the End of all beings” (Verse 20)

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Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
How shall I, ever-meditating,
know you, O Yogin? In what
aspects or things, O Blessed
Lord, are You to be thought of
by me? (Gita X-17)

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Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
Dude – I am totally lost!! I
don’t know what all this
‘Wall’ and ‘They are in
ME – I am not in Them’
stuff mean?
Don’t know how I can put
all this Gita and Vedanta
to practice?
Overheard in the Bala Vihar Youth Group Class….

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Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
Krishna: “Whatever it is that is glorious, prosperous or powerful
in any being, know that to be a manifestation of a part
of My splendor” (Verse 41)
Krishna: “I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all
beings; I am the Beginning, The Middle and also the
End of all beings” (Verse 20)

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Chapter 10 – Vibhuti Yoga – Lord in all Names and Forms

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Chapter 10 – Vibhuti Yoga – Lord in Nature and Man-made things

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Chapter 10 – Vibhuti Yoga – Lord in Joy and Sorrow

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Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga
Seeing the Lord in everything
Seeing the Lord in everyone

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Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
1. Among the twelve Adityas I am Visnu (10.21)
2. Among luminaries I am the radiant Sun (10.21)
3. Among the Maruts I am Marici (10.21)
4. Among asterisms I am the moon (10.21)
5. ….
6. ….
63. I am the gambling of the fraudulent (10.36)
64. I am the splendour of the splendid (10.36)
65. ….
66. ….
71. Among the poets I am Usanas (10.37)
72. Among punishers I am the ‘Sceptre’ (10.36)
73. Among those who seek victory I am ‘Statesmanship’ (10.38)
74. Among secrets I am Silence (10.38)
75. Among knowers I am ‘Knowledge’ (10.38)
Krishna lists 75 ways of meditating on the Infinite…

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Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
We’ll look at 75 stories of ordinary human beings who
make a difference by ‘seeing the Lord in everyone’
http://www.thisibelieve.com/

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Chapter 10 – All the Joy the World Contains

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Chapter 10 – All the Joy the World Contains – Class Discussion
1. What do you understand by ‘Belief in Belief’?
2. How can you make your ‘Belief in Gita’ an ‘Experience’?
3. What do you think of the quote:
"All the joy the world contains
Has come through wishing happiness for others.
All the misery the world contains
Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself”

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Chapter 10 – Peace Begins with One Person

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Chapter 10 – Group Activity
Discussion
1. How can you make a difference in your day-to-day activities?
2. What are the three things that you will try over the next two
weeks to ‘See the Lord in everything and everyone’?
(Examples: What can you do differently with the way you react to
your children, your spouse or co-workers?)
What would you say – This I believe…

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Chapter 10 – Seeing the Self in Everyone – Acts of Kindness….
You don’t have to be a Grown-up to Change the World….

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Chapter 10 – Story of a 12 year old who changed the world - Free the Children

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Chapter 10 – Story of a 12 year old who changed the world - Free the Children
Doing Small Things With Great Love….

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Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
How can one perceive the Infinite among the finite? (Verse 17)
Krishna: “Whatever it is that is glorious, prosperous or powerful
in any being, know that to be a manifestation of a part of My splendor” (Verse 41)
Krishna: “To the ever-steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the ‘Buddhi Yoga’ by
which they come to Me” (Verse 10)
Krishna: “I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the Beginning,
The Middle and also the End of all beings” (Verse 20)