Swami Tattwamayananda’s class on Srimad Bhagavad Gita is held at the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco (founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) on Friday evenings in the First Universal Hindu Temple in the West (founded by Swami Trigunatitananda in 1905). Classes are held on Friday night at 7:30 pm. All are most welcome.The Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the most important spiritual classic of Hinduism.Swami Tattwamayananda, currently the Minister of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco, (originally founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) served in various centers of the Ramakrishna Order in India as editor, publisher, and teacher of Sanskrit, Advaitic texts such as Sri Shankaracharya's commentaries on the 'Prasthanatraya' (the fundamental Sanskrit texts of Vedanta philosophy), Buddhism and Indian philosophy. He underwent traditional training in Hindu scriptures, Sanskrit, Vedic and Vedantic literature for many years, from his early days...
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19 - Pathways to Peace and Happiness | Swami Tattwamayananda
Chapter 2 Verses 66-69. The lecture was given by Swami Tattwamayananda on June 28, 2019.
-going beyond the tyranny of the senses and the sense-objects
-how to be in peace with ourselves
-the quest for tranquility of mind [prasada प्रसाद:]
-going beyond infatuation/ fascination and aversion: keeping the senses under restraint: way to perfect tranquility of mind
-Shankaracharya on प्रसाद:
-“प्रसाद: प्रसन्नता स्वास्थ्यम्” (Shankaracharya’s commentary on BG.II.64)
-Harmonizing the senses
-The tragedy of human life: being driven around by the senses and sense-objects
-Our actions reflect our mind
-How the boat of life gets capsized by the stormy waves and fierce winds of the senses and sense-objects
-Beyond likes and dislikes
-How to be in peace with oneself
-Quest for harmony within
-Need of consistency in conviction and practices
-Managing the mind through भावना (meditation) and linking the mind to the Transcendental
-Poet Kalidasa on the dangers of possessing power without wisdom
-No peace, no enlightenment for the unsteady
-How to remain spiritually ever awakened
-Days and nights in spiritual awareness: the contrasting pictures of the wise and the ignorant
-Our spiritual obligation to ourselves
-Steadying the mind by observing, by being its witness