Reasons to be Selfless
What are the three types of desires
1. lokeshana - desire for name and fame
2. vitteshana - desire for wealth
3. putreshana - desire for family and progeny
Who wrote the Bhagavad Gita
Ved Vyasa
What are the four qualities of a leader?
Daring
Dynamic
Decisive
Dharmic
Which God did Devi Ahilyabai pray to?
Shiva
Fill this missing line in the cosmic chain:
Īśvara-->______--> Karma ----->Yajña---->Rain---->Food------>Beings
Veda
How many chapters in the Bhagavad Gita
Who was the dharmic leader that we studied?
Dr. Abdul Kalam ji
Describe Ahilyabai's lifestyle as a queen.
Very simply and modestly dressed
Lived in a two story home
Moved her capital to Maheshwar so she could be close to the Narmada river and a Shiva temple
Who are the five that we should be grateful for?
God
Rishis
Ancestors
Nature
Community
How many verses in the Bhagavad Gita?
700
Who was the dynamic leader? What were his key qualities?
Swami Chinmayananda
Brought spirituality to all ages in a way that they could understand.
What is one quality that you admire most about Ahilyabai and why?
Variable.
Selfishness brings 5 gangsters. Name at least 3.
Pride
Greed
Anger
Jealousy
Delusion
What is Chapter 3 called in the Bhagavad Gita?
Karma Yoga
Who was the daring leader and what was the story?
Arunima Sinha - first female amputee to climb mount everest.
What was her contribution to Bharat?
Ahilyābāī is credited with building and reconstructing hundreds of temples across Bhārat, including many that had been destroyed by invaders. Among the most prominent of these temples are four of the twelve Jyotirliṅga sites: Vaidyanath, Ghrishneshwar, Somnath, and Kashi Vishwanath.
Ahilyābāī also renovated holy sites such as Ayodhya, Dwarka, Vrindavan, Naimisaranya, Kedarnath, Omkareshwar, and many others.
She built roads and bridges that facilitated pilgrimage to remote sites such as Badrinath. Under her direction, a constant supply of sacred Gaṅgā water was arranged to thirty-four of these sites, including many in southern Bhārat such as Tirupati and Rameswaram.
In addition to all of this, she sponsored the maintenance of paṇḍits (religious scholars) across these sites to promote the study of scriptures and spiritual practices.
What are the four reasons to be selfless?
1. Selflessness Purifies
2. We were born with the spirit of yajña
3. We are part of the Cosmic Cycle
4. Whatever we do, others will follow.
What is your biggest take away from the Gita?
Various answers
Name the leader you picked and five qualities about them.
Variable.
Describe aspects of Ahilyabai's routine
-wake up an hour before sunrise every day
- spend her entire morning immersed in prayer and scriptural study.
- engage in charity work, going in person to distribute alms to the poor.
- hold her durbār from around two to six in the afternoon, where she would hear her peoples’ requests and personally address their grievances. --- spend two to three hours performing pūjā, then conclude her day with another round of state affairs from nine to eleven.