gita chapter 10 - newton (chinmaya mission boston)
TRANSCRIPT
Maximum Happiness to the Maximum Number of People for the Maximum Time
CHINMAYA MISSION BOSTON
The Holy Geeta – The Divine Song
Summary of Chapter 10
May 2015
Page 2
Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
How can one perceive the Infinite among the finite? (Verse 17)
Krishna: “Whatever it is that is glorious, prosperous or powerful in any being, know that to be a manifestation of a part of My splendor” (Verse 41)
Krishna: “To the ever-steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the ‘Buddhi Yoga’ by which they come to Me” (Verse 10)
Krishna: “I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the Beginning, The Middle and also the End of all beings” (Verse 20)
Page 3
Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
How shall I, ever-meditating, know you, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O Blessed Lord, are You to be thought of by me? (Gita X-17)
Page 4
Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
Dude – I am totally lost!! I don’t know what all this ‘Wall’ and ‘They are in ME – I am not in Them’ stuff mean?
Don’t know how I can put all this Gita and Vedanta to practice?
Overheard in the Bala Vihar Youth Group Class….
Page 5
Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
Krishna: “Whatever it is that is glorious, prosperous or powerful in any being, know that to be a manifestation of a part
of My splendor” (Verse 41)
Krishna: “I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the Beginning, The Middle and also the
End of all beings” (Verse 20)
Page 6
Chapter 10 – Vibhuti Yoga – Lord in all Names and Forms
Page 7
Chapter 10 – Vibhuti Yoga – Lord in Nature and Man-made things
Page 8
Chapter 10 – Vibhuti Yoga – Lord in Joy and Sorrow
Page 9
Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga
Seeing the Lord in everything
Seeing the Lord in everyone
Page 10
Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
1. Among the twelve Adityas I am Visnu (10.21)2. Among luminaries I am the radiant Sun (10.21)3. Among the Maruts I am Marici (10.21)4. Among asterisms I am the moon (10.21)5. ….6. ….
63. I am the gambling of the fraudulent (10.36)64. I am the splendour of the splendid (10.36)65. ….66. ….71. Among the poets I am Usanas (10.37)72. Among punishers I am the ‘Sceptre’ (10.36)73. Among those who seek victory I am ‘Statesmanship’ (10.38)74. Among secrets I am Silence (10.38)75. Among knowers I am ‘Knowledge’ (10.38)
Krishna lists 75 ways of meditating on the Infinite…
Page 11
Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
We’ll look at 75 stories of ordinary human beings who make a difference by ‘seeing the Lord in everyone’
http://www.thisibelieve.com/
Page 12
Chapter 10 – All the Joy the World Contains
Page 13
Chapter 10 – All the Joy the World Contains – Class Discussion
1. What do you understand by ‘Belief in Belief’?
2. How can you make your ‘Belief in Gita’ an ‘Experience’?
3. What do you think of the quote:"All the joy the world contains
Has come through wishing happiness for others.
All the misery the world containsHas come through wanting pleasure for oneself”
Page 14
Chapter 10 – Peace Begins with One Person
Page 15
Chapter 10 – Group Activity
Discussion
1. How can you make a difference in your day-to-day activities?
2. What are the three things that you will try over the next two
weeks to ‘See the Lord in everything and everyone’?
(Examples: What can you do differently with the way you react to
your children, your spouse or co-workers?)
What would you say – This I believe…
Page 16
Chapter 10 – Seeing the Self in Everyone – Acts of Kindness….
You don’t have to be a Grown-up to Change the World….
Page 17
Chapter 10 – Story of a 12 year old who changed the world - Free the Children
Page 18
Chapter 10 – Story of a 12 year old who changed the world - Free the Children
Doing Small Things With Great Love….
Page 19
Chapter 10 – The Yoga of Divine Glories – Vibhuti Yoga
How can one perceive the Infinite among the finite? (Verse 17)
Krishna: “Whatever it is that is glorious, prosperous or powerful in any being, know that to be a manifestation of a part of My splendor” (Verse 41)
Krishna: “To the ever-steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the ‘Buddhi Yoga’ by which they come to Me” (Verse 10)
Krishna: “I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the Beginning, The Middle and also the End of all beings” (Verse 20)