Bhagavad Gita Discussion
Friday 21 October, 7.00 – 8.45 pm
Join us for Silent Meditation at Vedanta Hall, 15 Liverpool Road, Croydon, from 7 pm
or via Zoom from 7.30 pm:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88434388900
Themes for Discussion:
- The Light of All Lights: The world’s scriptures are often enhanced by poetic language, adding meaning and value to religious and spiritual teachings, sparking our imagination and deeper feelings, and helping us penetrate the heart of things. The Gita’s known as ‘The Song of the Divine.’
A classic verse from the Katha Upanishad soars with beautiful imagery, declaring Brahman (God) as “the light of lights”:
In that infinite Atman, the sun does not illumine, nor the moon, nor the stars, nor the Light in our household; that Light shines and, following It, these lights shine. Through that Light, the whole world is lighted.” - From the One, the Many Came: Vedanta declares: It is from Brahman that the universe has come, and in Whom the universe exists, and to Whom the universe returns in the end. From the One, the many came. The many exist in the One even now, and the many go back to the One in the end.
That One is of the nature of pure Consciousness, infinite and non-dual. No word can express Its nature fully, but some word has to be used. Therefore, the word Brahman is used, and the word Brahman means infinite expansion, something big. - Three Sources of Knowledge: We need to draw on three sources to speed us on our spiritual path: (1) Sruti (Divine Revelation) – the experience of countless sages from many times and climes, (2) Yukti – our reasoning power helping us to stay on track and not be sidetracked by gimmicks, superstitions and mystery mongering. (3) Most importantly: our direct experience of spiritual truths dispelling all doubts, instilling inspiration and clarity.
Bhagavad Gita:
Join our exploration of a spiritual classic that’s enriched cultures throughout Asia over the centuries and inspired leading figures in modern times from Mohandas Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Carl Jung, and Aldous Huxley to astronaut Sunita Williams who took a copy of the Bhagavad Gita to the international space station.
We’re dipping into Swami Ranganathananda’s 3 volume commentary: Universal Message of the Bhagavad Gita. The late President of the Ramakrishna Order, the Swami was a world thinker and cultural ambassador for India, sponsored by the Government to travel to over 50 countries around the world giving lectures.
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