01.31.10
Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Preaching at 11:42 pm by anandavardhana
Here I am in a relaxed mood, being as honest as I humanly can about what has made our preaching mission so successful. Basically, we have changed the game and moved the goalposts by creating an authentic esoteric school instead of merely another religious organization or cult. This is profoundly significant. Thus we are winning, way out in front, and have no competitors because we have invented a whole new game. This is the conclusion of the Preaching About Preaching series–I think. If I get more inspiration in this direction, then there will be more.
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Posted in Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Preaching at 11:40 pm by anandavardhana
This is an instructional series for our students who are preparing for preaching or presenting the Esoteric Teaching, about the philosophy behind our successful preaching strategy. We used Permission Marketing principles to develop a complete new system of presenting the Esoteric Teaching of the Vedas in the West, and it has turned out very successful. This is the story of how we did it and the philosophy behind our approach. It is important for them not just to imitate our methods, but to understand the philosophy and development of these techniques, so they can develop their own effective approaches.
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Posted in Community News, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Preaching at 11:34 pm by anandavardhana
This is an instructional series for our students who are preparing for preaching or presenting the Esoteric Teaching, about the philosophy behind our successful preaching strategy. We used Permission Marketing principles to develop a complete new system of presenting the Esoteric Teaching of the Vedas in the West, and it has turned out very successful. This is the story of how we did it and the philosophy behind our approach. It is important for them not just to imitate our methods, but to understand the philosophy and development of these techniques, so they can develop their own effective approaches.
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The video can be watched here on Youtube.
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Posted in Bhagavad-gita, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching at 11:32 pm by anandavardhana
daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī
mama māyā duratyayā
mām eva ye prapadyante
māyām etāṁ taranti te
“This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.” [Bhagavad-gītā 7.14]
Class by Kānāi Prabhu
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01.30.10
Posted in Bhagavad-gita, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching at 11:29 pm by anandavardhana
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru
mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam
ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ
“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.” [Bhagavad-gītā 9.34]
A very nice class by Nava-yauvana Prabhu.
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01.28.10
Posted in Bhagavad-gita, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching at 11:00 am by anandavardhana
A conversation with Mr. Patel, a nice Gujarati Vaiṣṇava gentleman who lives nearby to Devesh. He is engaged in raising his granddaughters, teaching them the Vaiṣṇava ways and helping them with their daily sādhana. This is ideal householder life, and it is very rare, especially in the West. I encourage him to preach in the mood of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, sharing his spiritual wealth and family tradition, but we can see he does not have much enthusiasm for that.
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Posted in Bhagavad-gita, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching at 6:27 am by anandavardhana
mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi
sannyasyādhyātma-cetasā
nirāśīr nirmamo bhūtvā
yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ
“Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with mind intent on Me, and without desire for gain and free from egoism and lethargy, fight.” [Bhagavad-gītā 3.30]
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01.27.10
Posted in Bhagavad-gita, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Podcasts at 6:23 am by anandavardhana
Uddhava Prabhu gives a nice class on Bhagavad-gītā 10:31:
pavanaḥ pavatām asmi
rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham
jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraś cāsmi
srotasām asmi jāhnavī
“Of purifiers I am the wind; of the wielders of weapons I am Rāma; of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges.” [Bhagavad-gītā 10.31]
PURPORT
Of all the aquatics the shark is one of the biggest and is certainly the most dangerous to man. Thus the shark represents Kṛṣṇa. And of rivers, the greatest in India is the Mother Ganges. Lord Rāmacandra, of the Rāmāyaṇa, an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, is the mightiest of warriors.
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01.26.10
Posted in Bhagavad-gita, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Podcasts at 6:18 am by anandavardhana
mayy eva mana ādhatsva
mayi buddhiṁ niveśaya
nivasiṣyasi mayy eva
ata ūrdhvaṁ na saṁśayaḥ
“Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt.”
atha cittaṁ samādhātuṁ
na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram
abhyāsa-yogena tato
mām icchāptuṁ dhanañjaya
“My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulated principles of bhakti-yoga In this way you will develop a desire to attain to Me.”
abhyāse ‘py asamartho ’si
mat-karma-paramo bhava
mad-artham api karmāṇi
kurvan siddhim avāpsyasi
“If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the perfect stage.”
athaitad apy aśakto ’si
kartuṁ mad-yogam āśritaḥ
sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ
tataḥ kuru yatātmavān
“If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated.”
śreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj
jñānād dhyānaṁ viśiṣyate
dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgas
tyāgāc chāntir anantaram
“If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is meditation, and better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one can attain peace of mind.” [Bhagavad-gītā 12.8-12]
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01.23.10
Posted in Community News, Darshan, Esoteric Teaching, Podcasts at 6:06 am by anandavardhana
We want to hear from our University students and community members about their questions, experiences and problems.
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