Chapter 11
What does a prayer express?
Supreme devotion, seeking God's grace, etc.
What is the meaning of bhaga?
Total and absolute overlordship, power, wealth, dispassion, fame and knowledge
God is the___ of all
Origin
What was the lession of the story of Garuda and the Sparrow
the practice of yoga, especially bhakti-yoga may appear to be a very difficult job. But if anyone follows the principles with great determination, the Lord will surely help, for God helps those who help themselves
Who is Bhagawan?
One who has 6 Bhagas or virtues
The cause that is perceived is__
Material Cause
If everything is pre-ordained and we are mere instruments of the Lord, the best strategy is.....
‘Relax and let things happen’.
What is Spirituality?
Spirituality is about Divinization of the Human and Humanization of the divine
-Swami vivakananda
What is Vibhuti?
Seeing the Lord in everything and everyone
Why did Oppenheimer quote the Gita?
“Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him he takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. ' I suppose we all thought that one way or another.
Why did Shabargi go and hide in the jungle?
Because of the cruel ritual that involved offering a goat
Nirguna means
Formless and attributeless
Name some mindfulness strategies
Where you react from lower nature
Emotions arise, don’t responded immediately, observe them/watch it without participating it
Like animals in zoo
1) Awareness of your bodily sensation; I am have urge to eat chocolate
2) awareness of feeling that arise— surge of anger of what he is saying
3) Emotion that arise— how I am intendenting
4) Awareness of the perception— This is the crowded place
What are the six bhagas/virtues?
Ashwariya ( Leadership)
Virya ( capacity to create,sustain and dissolve)
Sri ( all wealth)
Yash (absolute fame)
Vairagya (dispassion)
Jnana (Knowledge)
Inferred cause is___