ISH Course Talk 05 Being noble, religious, spiritual
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| Serial Number | Date | Topic of the Class | Recorded Video Link |
| 1 | January 17, 2025 | Hinduism – Why and How? | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uk1F1XY5nwYgP_RBmRdIrmtwdqBCfovj/view?usp=sharing |
| 2 | January 24, 2025 | Fundamentals of Hinduism | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1smvW3JO_JnTB83esfTmeXH2VkhRdtAM9/view?usp=sharing |
| 3 | January 31, 2025 | God, Soul, World | https://drive.google.com/file/d/14nq7TlX-nXJgjEifmtXhxIMQ2jTlTwal/view?usp=sharing |
| 4 | February 7, 2025 | Dyamics of Hinduism -Being Hindu | |
| 5 | February 14, 2025 | Being noble, religious, spiritual | |
| 6 | February 21, 2025 | Law of Karma |
4 Types of Hindus
Passport , Offical Documents
Samanya
Varna Ashrama – Vedic Religion
Others Not applicable . Most are Samanya.
Noble Hindus :
Not into spirituality
Religious Types
BE Spiritual : Nobility , Perfect Gentleman
Must Grow in Religious Practices
Make Mind Ready for Spirituality.
Sounds Cool.
Gentle Person. Religious Practices. Spirituality.
Noble of Hindu Religion.
Noble Hindu Vs Noble Christian.
Hindu Religion –
Noble Hindu – Inclusiveness.
Wars, Struugles Fight.
Non-Intrusive. Intrusion on Life of Others.
Openness accomdates that Person.
Don’t trample without that person’s permission
Hindu Way
Manu Smriti
Based on these two principles
Based on Purity
State is Pure Atman. Avidya Maya Etc
Not permanent Real
Impurity removed. Sandalwood. Bad Odor in water.
Purity washing selves, Bath Regularly.
Kumbh washing away Sins. Purity. Ganga Water Cleanses.
Makes Hindu different from other – Cleansing Life Long Practices.
Vaishnavas – All day bathing.
Stiil by some.
Stress on Physical Verbal, Mental Purity
Pranayam – Body Purity
Meditation – Mind Purity
Common Knowledge.
Family Tradition. Prioper Teacher. Fit to be teacher.
As you grow. Better Teacher. Proper teacher.
Don’t judge the Teacher. Learn what he knows
Scripture, Study Recite
Gita, Gospel Kathamrit
Chandi , Any sacred Book.
Tradition in which you are born.
Ramacharit Manas. Recite Regularly.
Dirty Expressions. Drop away.
Practices
TruthFulness
Non Violence
Non Acceptane of Gifts
5 Great Practices
FOOD
Uchhist . Food by someone else.
Not fixed. Food is more of social practice.
Offer to ISHTA first.
Purifies Food.
Hair in Food etc. Social Practice change of time
Dull or Excite Effect of Food
Drugs, Intoxicangts, No alcohol
Excites you
Wine to keep warm.
Don’t let go mind dull.
Tapasya. Dedicating yourself fully to it.
Being Religious
5 Yagna
Brhama Yagna
Mantra Diksha – Mantra by guriu. – Ishta – Chosen Diety
Formally from A Guru.
Hindu will have a Formal Guru
Formal of Doing Mantra Japa and Meditation.
Every day on Utter Non Sense
TV Serials
10-15 minutes Scriptures
Sacred books as declared
Offering pooja
Food items , Fruits. Arati Night .
Family connected with God.
It should be done.
Elder You know, Fully on Practices.
Deva Yagna Temples . Essential Practices.
Pitri Yagna – Used to be essential Practice.
Heavens of different kinds. Ancestor.
Pinda Tarpan.
Pinda till Sharddha .
Tarpan in memory of Ancestors.
Common connect. Connected with community.
Offering Small part of food lunch. .to Birds.
Must RITUALISTIC Worship
Religious Hindu – Formal Worship
Pancha Devta
Acharya Shankar –
Mandatory before any Pooja
Ganesh.
Shiva
Vishnu
Sun
Durga
Worship Sri Ramakrishna – Chennai Math
Mantras on these Deities.
Imporatnat Aspect of Hindus
Temple Visit
Pilgrimage. Japan Monk. Beautiful Spot Make a Toursit Spot
India – Make a temple.
https://vedanta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Simple-Worship-of-Sri-Ramakrishna-English.pdf – Worship of Sri Ramakrishna
https://vedanta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Simple-Worship-of-Sri-Ramakrishna-English.pdf – Worship of Sri Ramakrishna
Sangam Sacred . Confluence. Imporatnat Places. Sri Ramakrishna.
Sri Rama . Sri Krishna Connected to his perosnality Sacred.
Practice what has been Prescribed for that place.
Tithi
Sacred Everywhere. God is NOT perosnified limited being.
Present Everywhere.
Divine in Every possible way. Place wise
Hrs wise Junction Of days Auspicious.
Festivals. Religious Festival. Diwali now social.
Offer Food fruits to household diety and prasada.
Professions. Makar Sankratni Festival.
Punjab Tamil Nadu different Name
Holi Dipawali
Vrata- Individual Practices
You will connect in Individual Ways
Films – Karwa Chauth. Punjab . Now all India.
Ekadasi – 11th Day of Lunar Month.
Auspicious. May be by Spiritual Giants. Millions people 1000s of years.
Don’t trust any speaker. Who gives scientific excplanation to these.
Science World of Mind
Spirituality Beyond Mind.
Shallow . This person.
Dharma . Being Religious . During crisis.
About to Lose everything . Transgress Dharma.
Outline of Things.
Chance to Have Manusmirti in Detail.
Idea – Whatever be your ideal, practices
Steal Accept gifts – If there is a crisis.
compromise. Penance.
Penance
How . Many ways. Specail worship
Admit before elders. Pilgrimage.
Whole list of Prayaschit.
Which peance for a particular transcgression
SIN ; How Hindu See Sin
Sin means = Western. Disobedience.
to Word Command Of God
Judaism 500 plus
Islam – Serious
Church Imposed.
Christ Don’t come across of SIN
PAAP – Simply Means Transgression Detour . Change Path
Path Bit Longer. Self Correct
Dirty By Transgression
Gayatri Exra Mantra Japa
Fasting
Gambhirannda – 5 years later Ceremony.
Meeting . 40 Attended . Mistake . WhenVows.
Do Japam for 108 Times.
Lord name Purifies.
How to be Be Religious
SPIRITUALITY
Religious Lot of Effort
Spirituality about Spontaneity
When a baby Spontaneously Loves Mom
No training
God is Inner Self All the Time
And You don’t know him
Pensive Mood. Maxium
Best of Strenght when Alone
Sad – You be yourself. Reflection of Spirtuality
You are ATMAN One with GOD.
Spontaneous.
self.
Your Nature.
We
Connect with Divinty .
Spontaneity With One SELF
God Resides within You.
Basic Requirements
FRIST – Very Strong Desire to be Spiritual
For most it is Part time Business Thing
Religious can be part
You need to have strong desire
Worldy Attachment
Go to take Bath, in Pond Once a day . twice of thrice
FISH always in water.
Spiritual – In water all the time.
Yet , We are spiritual All time . I is ATMAN, it is GOD.
we identify with body mind etc
Is actually is Pure Spirit
To learn the fact
Worldly Pleasures
SECOND – Purify Noble acts , Religious Practices.
THIRD – Very Good grasp of Scriptures.
Path that you have chosen
Vedanta. – Shankarachrya
Wrods of Sri Ramakrishna regularly
Spirtual Guide
Giksha Guru . Knows scripture Talks
Learn from that person
You are On your own
One with ISHTA
Guru
ISTA GURU YOU are One
Being Spiritual
18 Yoga in Gita
YOGA of Sorrow
Unite with GOD
Hindu Differ from other Religions
Sense of I goes away
You are ever present in presence of GOD.
Did was Categorise into Four
JNANA – Discrimination . Know what is Consious Principle REAL and
Unreal Realm of Mind Limite in Time Space
Pure Love Pure Knowledge
Focussed on That
Adviata . Vedanta. Jnana . Near Impossible.
I am a Vedantin.
True Vedantan . Consious.
Going beyond realm of mind
beyond Books
Meant for chosen few.
SECOND Path
Bhakti . Assume Your identity separate from GOD. Worship etc.
Bhakti. Path is prettly simple
Love . We expeience.
We Know How to Give up also .
Bell Rang. Class for one stop , Second begins.
Jnaan In Spiritual – Subtle . Diffiult. Vedas
Simpler. Emotional Loving God pretty easy.
But if you read Bhakti Literature.
Beginning path seems So easy.
Proceed. Bhakti becoming like Jnana Path
Becomes Difficult.
YOGA Path _
Where RAJA Yoga Patanjali Yog Sutras
Mind is in Motion > VRITTIS .
Need to be made Still
Mental Modifications Kinds and How to still them
Then What we are
SHAKTI Tradition
Consiously Try to identify with ISHTA
Ideas
JNANA path. 0 Infinite COnsiousnes sTruth
BHAKTI 00 I is not ignorance. Pure I of Devotee of God
with Form
Vison of KALI
Pure Consciousnes
TWO Ideas. Same.
Stillness of Mind Through YOGA
KARMA –
Identify Vedic Rites and Rituals All acts in Unselfish way
Dedicate actions to GOD.
Unselfishness
Towards
Result to God
Move towards those ideals
Inner Control YOGA
Outer – Karma
Devotion Mental Control Work
Lead to Divine Nature
One with God . Realise
One with Pure Consiousness
ATMAN
Practices
Are you growing
What is Growth
Are You growing.
EARLY Hours Less Distractions
Brahma Muhurta.
Next Talk on Kama and Rebirth