Bhagavadgeeta : ( 26/11/2012. )

Chinmaya Mission:  Navratri, the nine-night festival that symbolizes the triumph of good over evil, is celebrated with a unique blend of spiritual fervor and cultural vibrancy at Chinmaya Mission centers across the globe. These centers become a sanctum where devotees unite in adoration of the divine feminine energy, manifesting as Goddess Durga, through prayer, dance, and melodious devotional hymns. The atmosphere at Chinmaya Mission centers during Navratri is electrifying. The hall is beautifully decorated, and a statue or image of Goddess Durga takes center stage. Devotees dress in traditional attire, often in shades of red, and perform Garba and Dandiya dances, accompanied by soul-stirring bhajans and aartis. The celebration is not merely a cultural event but a deeply spiritual experience that fosters unity, devotion, and a connection with the divine. Navratri at Chinmaya Mission centers is a time for inner reflection, heightened spirituality, and the joy of coming together as a...

========================================================================= Saturday, 21 Oct 2023 06:40. Discourse 1: The Twofold Character of Cosmic Life - 3. ========================================================================= The various outer adjustments are well known. The gaining of wealth, making money, increasing the bank balance, getting a good job, enhancement of status of oneself in human society, dainty dishes, palatial houses, vast gardens, and so forth, are the avenues of approach of the mind that seeks immediate relief. We have seen people with large areas of land. Are they happy? We have seen people with large bank balances. Are they happy? We have seen people with everything that the world can give, but they are grief-stricken for a cause they cannot explain, and nobody can explain. In the commencing slogas of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavadgita we have a complete picture of the whole of life in every one of its aspects. The way in which the Fifteenth Chapter ...

=============================================================== Monday, 16 Oct 2023 07:30. Discourse 1: The Twofold Character of Cosmic Life - 2. ================================================================ There is a basic illness which is deeply rooted in us, and we have not the time or the patience to go into the abyss of this sorrow. We seek immediate relief, as is the case with physical illness. There is an asking for an immediate remedy for an acute case of suffering, and this is human nature. The sorrow cannot be borne any further for a longer period, and so we ask for immediate prescriptions of medicine for our griefs, and these are what the world gives to us in the form of experiences. Unfortunately for us, we are mistaken in the very approach that we are adopting in the redress of our sorrows. No amount of running to doctors of divinity will be able to keep us in that haven of bliss which we are apparently striving for. The world has been what it was, and it has not given...