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• Bhagavad Gita - Class 066 - Chapter 02 Slokas 18-19 - Atma is changeless eternal, un-objectifiable, non-doer, non-enjoyer - Class taken on 15 Oct 2023

  Sloka 17 - Atma is Changeless Eternal (Kootastha Nityam) and Un-objectifiable (Aprameyah)What are the 2 features of atma provided in this sloka?What are the 2 types of Nityam?How is Kootastha Nityam different from Pravaaha Nityam?Is the Universe (Jagat) Kootastha Nityam or Pravaaha Nityam and why?Is the atma Kootastha Nityam or Pravaaha Nityam?What is the meaning of the word Antah?Where is it said that the bodies belong to the Imperishable Atma?If the body is mortal, what should be our attitude towards it?On what should we identify the self to be?What is the meaning of the word Premeyaa?What do we mean by Atma Aprameyaha?If atma can never be the object of experience, can it be non-existent?What is that, which is ever existent, but which can never be known?Will the camera in which the pic was taken, be ever seen in the photograph?Is Atma the experiencer or the experienced?Can the subject be ever an object of experience?If atma cannot be experienced, it cannot be perceived by mind, and if words cannot show us the atma, then why are we listening to the class?Does the shastras say "THIS IS ATMA"?How does Shastras explain the Atma?What is the meaning of "Neti Neti"?What remains after removing anatma mixture from "I"?What does "yudhyasva" mean, according to Adi Sankara?What is the relation between doing duty and moksha?Sloka 19 - Atma is neither the doer nor the enjoyerFrom which upanishad are the slokas 19 and 20 taken from?Why does Bhagavan bring Upanishadic mantras hereWhat does akarta & abhokta mean?What is that within us, which says "I acted"?What are the 2 phalams of any action?What are the drshta and adrashta phalam of an action like daanam?What happens to drshta and adrshta phalam?Who converts the drshta/adrshta to sukham/dukham and when?Who experiences the result?How is Advaita philosophy different from other philosophies?

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• Bhagavad Gita - Class 065 - Chapter 02 Slokas 16-17 - Adi Sankara's Explanation; I am all pervading, formless ONE - Class taken on 24 Sep 2023

  ** Important Sloka **Sloka 16 (Contd...) - Adi Sankara' explanationWhat is Sankarar's pratigna?What does Seethoshnādi Sakaranam Asat mean?What is the reason Adi Sankara gives for Anatma to be Asat / Mitya?What does Vikaratvāt mean?What is the objection that Sankarar raise against this premise?What example does Sankarar use to negate Shoonyavaadam in a series of steps?What are the two types of buddhi according to Sankarar when we think of any object?Which among the Sat and Asat buddhi is constant?Which among the Sat and Asat buddhi keeps changing?Why can't Shoonyavaadam be true?What is the premise that Sankarar wants to establish next?What does "Nashte gade sat buddhihi na drashyate" mean?Which awareness is present at all times?Which awareness keeps changing?What happens when the pot breaks and another pot appears?Is Object buddhi satyam or Mitya?Is Existence buddhi satyam or Mitya?What happens when the pot breaks and cloth appears?What happens to the existence awareness in between the time between pot disappearing and cloth appearing?What is the main tattva / siddhanta of this philosophy?Why is nama/roopa (reflective medium) required for existence to be experienced?Can light be seen through eyes?Are we seeing light or the reflection of light?Why is outer space dark even though there is sun?Can SAT buddhi and ASAT buddhi exist at the same time?Can SAT and Mitya exist at the same time?Sloka 17 - I am impersihable, all pervading, changeless, formless ONEHow do we establish that atma is Sarvagataha (all pervading)?Can time and space be separated?Does law of nature allow 2 things to be at the same place at the same time?If atma is Nityaha (eternal from a time perspective) then how should atma be from space standpoint?If atma is all pervading, can it have a form or shape?What is the analogy that can be used to explain the formless nature of Atma?Why can't we see the atma?If atma is all pervading, how many atmas can be there?How many spaces can be there?What does avināśi mean?How is Bhagavan explaining Atma Nityaha in this sloka?When the pot gets destroyed, does the clay get destroyed too?What is the meaning of the word Vidhdi?Can atma be destroyed?Does atma change?Can Ishvara destroy atma?What happens to atma when body gets destroyed?What is the meaning of the word "Vyayaha"?What are the 2 reasons given by Sankarar for atma to be Avyayaha?What can go into decay?Can decay be avoided for those which has avyayam?What happens when the thing that we have abhimaana on decay?Does atma think anything to be its?Does atma have abhimana on anything?Which has abhimana / attachment on things?

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• Bhagavad Gita - Class 064 - Chapter 02 Slokas 16-16 - Brahma Satyam; Jagat Mitya - Class taken on 17 Sep 2023

  ** Important Sloka **Sloka 16 (Contd...) - Atma Satyaha Anatma MityaHow are Kaarana and Karya related?What are the differences between Atma and Anatma?How do we establish Atma is satya and Anatma is mitya using Avastha Thraya Viveka?How do we establish anatma is mitya using nirvikaraha principle?How do we establish the world is mitya using nirvikaraha principle?How do we see the body and the world?Why is the world appearing as saashvata?Will the world disppaear once we recognize it as Mitya? What is the equivalent analogy?Will Brahman appear once we recognize it as Satyam? What is the equivalent analogy?Can one understand only one statement and not the other - "Brahma Satyam" & "Jagat Mitya"?Can "Satyam" & "Mitya" be understood independently?Should anything that is ever existent be available for experience?Why does Bhagavan want to give us this knowledge that the world is Mitya?How do we need to handle the world?What should be the thought in our sub-conscious mind always?How does Adi Sankara approach this sloka?What is his initial hypothesis (Pratigna)?How does he explain that the world is mitya? What is the reason he gives?How does he he split the thought into 2 parts?

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• Bhagavad Gita - Class 063 - Chapter 02 Slokas 16-16 - Satyam & Mitya - Class taken on 10 Sep 2023

  ** Important Sloka **Sloka 16 - Atma SatyahaWhat is the essence of entire Gita?Why should we not self-study Gita and Vedanta?Will there be existence for the unreal?Will there be non-existence for the real?Who understands the truth of these both statements?What are the two types of Asat?What is Atyanta Asat?What is Mitya?What is the definition of the term Mitya?What is the famous example in Vedanta for understanding Sat-Mitya?Can the snake be called Asat?Can the snake be called Sat?How do Ajnanis differentiate between Sat and Asat?And how do Ajnanis stretch that defintion to the world and Ishvara?Can being object of experience be the criteria for deciding whether it is real or not?What are the 2 conditions for an object to be called Sat?What are the 2 conditions for an object to be called Mitya?What are the other examples of Sat/Mitya?When we talk of Shadow, when someone stamps on our shadow, is it equivalent of them stamping us?Suppose the shadow passes through an open drainage, will we feel that we are going through the drainage?In the rope-snake example, is rope Satyam or Mitya?In the rope-snake example, is snake Satyam or Mitya?What is the difference between rope-snake and mirage example?What is Kaarana-Kaarya Tattva?Which is Satyam and which is Mitya in Kaarana-Kaarya Tattva?How is Samsara defined with regards to Kaarana-Karya?

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• Bhagavad Gita - Class 062 - Chapter 02 Slokas 14-15 - Acceptance, Endurance, Patience & their benefit - Class taken on 03 Sep 2023

  Sloka 14 (Contd..) - Endurance & Patience are to be cultivated What is the cause for sorrow? Is the situation giving us trouble or sorrow? Is pain and sorrow only for some people? Are there people who do not face failure? How did Bhagavan Rama react when he was coronated? How did Bhagavan Rama react when he was asked to go to forest? How do we need to react when we face success / failure / joy / sorrow? What is the virtue that we should develop to get Moksha? What happens if one does not have tolerance or patience? What happens when sense organs come in contact with sense objects? Can we avoid the interaction between sense organs and sense objects? What are the 3 different levels of pairs of opposites that we experience? Does these pairs of opposites give us the same experience at all times? Does air-conditioner give us pleasure at all times? Do these experiences stay forever? What does Bhagavan want to convey in this sloka? Do painful / sad situations last forever? Do joyful situations / enjoyment last forever? What should be our attitude when they arrive and when they depart? What is the advantage if we understand this well? Why do we get fear? What does Bhagavan ask us to when we experience the pairs of opposites? And how should we endure them? If we grumble / complain / criticize when we endure them, is it called Titiksha? What kind of sense objects are capable of giving us the experiences? Is acceptance easy to achieve? Is acceptance a mental function or an intellect function? What are the supporting arguments that Bhagavan gives us for us to accept? What should be our approach towards situations that give us sorrow / pain? What does Bhagavan want to convey to Arjuna through this sloka? Sloka 15 - Benefit of Endurance & Patience What is the benefit of being patient? What does one gain when a sadaka develops an attitude of acceptance? What is mental endurance? How can we develop titiksha? What happens if we react immediately? Where does it lead to if we react immediately? What happens to a person who is not disturbed by sense objects? How is a person be able to remain equanimous in pain & pleasure? Can we remain equinamous if the feeling enters the mind? Where should we put the gate? What does Bhagavan call the person who is able to remain equanimous? What does he qualify for if he is able to remain equanimous? How is anger within different levels of people? To whom does anger stay only for a moment? To whom does anger stay for 1.5 hrs? To whom does anger stay for an entire day and night? To whom does anger stay lifelong? Does Titiskha mean total freedom from reaction? Why is Tititksha important for vedantic study?

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