{"id":1807,"date":"2017-11-01T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T11:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2017-11-01T11:16:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T11:16:07","slug":"bhagvad-gita-spirituality-defined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=1807","title":{"rendered":"Bhagvad Gita &#8211; Spirituality Defined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Set thy heart upon thy work but never its rewards.&#8221; &#8211; Bhagvad\u00a0Gita.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding the essence of &#8216;Bhagvad\u00a0Gita&#8217; has been a great experience. Although I had read &#8216;Gita&#8217;, this workshop gave me a newer understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Gita says:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whatever happened, happened for good; whatever is happening, is happening for good; whatever will happen will also happen for good. It is a fact that all of us go through many experiences in life that bring us sorrow and pain. The shastras\u00a0gives us direction and ways to handle grief.<\/li>\n<li>The entire universe runs on the combination of three powers &#8211; Icha shakti\u00a0&#8211; the power of the mind, Kriya Shakti\u00a0&#8211; the power of senses and Gyan Shakti &#8211; the power of the intellect.<\/li>\n<li>Fear, pain and frustration are the root causes of anger.<\/li>\n<li>Welcome fear with\u00a0open arms.<\/li>\n<li>Do not react when angry. In a state of anger, we hurt our near and dear ones. We should control and calm our mind in order to control anger.<\/li>\n<li>Pause before you react. This will ensure that you don&#8217;t hurt anyone.<\/li>\n<li>Desires come from attachment and anger comes from unfulfilled desires.<\/li>\n<li>We are the creators of our own dreams.<\/li>\n<li>Human beings have been bestowed with privileges\u00a0like having desires and fulfilling them; animals are programmed. It is good to have ambitions and desires. We should work towards achieving our goals in life; having the bigger picture in mind.<\/li>\n<li>We all have Ragas and Dweshas. Ragas are binding desires (It will cause unhappiness if not fulfilled). Dwesha &#8211; Aversion for something, implying a dislike for that.<\/li>\n<li>We should focus on managing our ragas and dweshas.<\/li>\n<li>Our happiness is tied to the fulfilment of the ragas and dweshas.<\/li>\n<li>Take life as a Prasada.<\/li>\n<li>We can control our actions but we cannot control the results. Laws take care of the results.<\/li>\n<li>We all have the knowledge that just like we don&#8217;t want to be hurt, other people also do not want to be hurt.<\/li>\n<li>Morality has to be untaught.<\/li>\n<li>Nothing is right or wrong, but some things are appropriate and some are inappropriate.<\/li>\n<li>Karmayoga is the expertise to choose the correct action.<\/li>\n<li>A karmayogi\u00a0is a person who has the knowledge of choosing the right action; a person who follows the path of righteousness and accepts destiny as it comes.<\/li>\n<li>Dharma is duty, to be done, the sense of right and wrong and has to be interpreted. It is the manifestation of Ishwara.<\/li>\n<li>We are in pursuit of security(Artha) and pleasure(Kama). We want to be secure in life. We want financial security, security in the form of name, fame, power and prestige.<\/li>\n<li>We crave for the fulfilment of our ragas and dweshas\u00a0(Artha kamas) but we forget that they are time-bound and hence we need to follow dharma. We also need to examine the road that we are walking on.<\/li>\n<li>We should invest in our own growth (Keeping dharma over artha\u00a0kamas).<\/li>\n<li>We should acknowledge that we have a problem and need help.<\/li>\n<li>We should live life for ourselves, setting a larger goal for ourselves.<\/li>\n<li>To earn punya, we should pray and lend a helping hand to someone in need.<\/li>\n<li>Despite knowing what is right, we do the wrong thing.<\/li>\n<li>Prayer is an action and produces results. It neutralises the dhuritas(papa karma) and attracts punya.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Set thy heart upon thy work but never its rewards.&#8221; &#8211; Bhagvad\u00a0Gita. Understanding the essence of &#8216;Bhagvad\u00a0Gita&#8217; has been a great experience. Although I had read &#8216;Gita&#8217;, this workshop gave me a newer understanding. Gita says: Whatever happened, happened for good; whatever is happening, is happening for good; whatever will happen will also happen for good. 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