The Bhagavad Gita Study Group with Turiya
"The reader today is confronted by an almost bewildering array of translations and commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita. The very universality of that scripture invites people to see it in terms of their own diverse approaches to truth. Those who by nature are primarily active find wise guidance in the Gita for how to act in such a way as to free themselves of emotional involvement in this world. Those whose natures are primarily rational find in the Gita supreme guidance on the impersonal attitudes needed for living with wise and calm non-attachment. Those of devotional inclination find in the Gita the inspiration to love only God. And those, finally, who seek God through calm meditation find in this scripture deep teachings on right attitudes in meditation.
Truth is one. People try to slice it like a pie, but even the slices of a pie narrow to a single center. What the Gita shows is that, however many aspects there are of truth, all of them radiate outward from a single center.
Yogananda emphasized in his writings, and especially in his commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita, that man is a triune being: physical, mental, and spiritual. All parts of human nature need to be developed, lest any one of them obstruct the others."
Swami Kriyananda, from "Essence of the Bhagavad Gita"
"Unaffected by outward joys and sorrows, or by praise and blame; secure in his divine nature; regarding with equal gaze a clod of mud, a stone, and a bar of gold; impartial toward all experiences, whether pleasant or unpleasant; firm-minded; untouched by either praise or blame; treating everyone alike whether friend or foe; free from the delusion that, in anything he does, he is the doer: Such an one has transcended Nature’s triune qualities."
Lord Krishna as quoted in the fourteenth chapter of the Holy Bhagavad Gita.
Class meets on Wednesdays from 7:00 - 9:00pm
Remaining Meeting Dates:
July 28
August 4, 18, 25
September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
October 6, 13
Single Class Price 25.00 cash or check.
Each class stands alone, and you are encouraged to drop in at any time.
Unlock the mystery of the Bhagavad Gita! This is about getting to the source of the teachings and living them in our own lives.
The Gita contains crystal clear guidance on all aspects of living; from the mundane to deeply spiritual. It meets us wherever we are, and offers practical guidance whether we seek increased inner peace and joy, or absolute Self-Realization.
