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W35: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: Best Spiritual Practice to Achieve 100% Mastery of Mind.

BG 4.26: Others offer hearing and other senses in the sacrificial fire of restraint. Still, others offer sound and other objects of the senses as sacrifice in the fire of the senses.

BG 4.26 - Best Spiritual Practice to Achieve 100% Mastery of MIND and Senses as per Lord Krishna What is the best Spiritual Practice to master your mind and senses?Attaining Mastery of the Mind is critical to spiritual advancement. Spiritual aspirants tr...

Sri Krishna Janmashtami @ HTS: Thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers for making this event grand. Special thanks to the Maha Prasad sponsors and volunteers: Neha & Nick Punjabi, Mamta Chura & Vaibhav Bora, Chaitali & Maulik Patel, Pinki & Surendra Rajpurohit, Neelam & Anupkumar Patel, Arpita & Purnank Gandhi, Gayatri & Dhaval Kumbhani, Suryaprakash & Srinivas Akella, and Sharada & Nikhil Patel.

W34: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: Biggest Defect of the Mind - How to Overcome it?

BG 3.33: Even wise people act according to their natures, for all living beings are propelled by their natural tendencies. What will one gain by repression?
BG 3.34: The senses naturally experience attachment and aversion to the sense objects, but do not be controlled by them, for they are way-layers and foes.

Biggest Defect of the Mind - How to Overcome it? Swami Mukundananda | Bhagavad Gita 3.33 34 Shree Krishna points out the biggest defect of the mind and how we can overcome it in these Bhagavad Gita verses. Swami Mukundananda elaborates on how not to...

Health Fair - Collaboratively Organized by the Hindu Temple Society of Augusta (HTS) and Indo-American Cultural Association (IACA) on Aug 24, 2024 in Columbia County Performance Arts Center. Special Thanks to Dr. Vishal Sharma, Dr. Chetan Patel, Dr. Hemant Yagnick, and Debee Khadanga for helping with the coordination and organization.

W33: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: Control Your Mind- Only Humans Have This Power

BG 3.43: Thus knowing the soul to be superior to the material intellect, O mighty armed Arjun, subdue the lower self (senses, mind, and intellect) by the higher self (strength of the soul), and kill this formidable enemy called lust.

Lord Krishna's Advice to Control your Mind - ONLY Humans have This Power | Swami Mukundananda This Mind-Body-Intellect mechanism of human life is a gift of God. Why is it hard to control the mind if that's the case? Because of the lack of knowledge on...

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The Hindu Temple Society and IACA are collaboratively organizing the long-awaited * HEALTH FAIR* on August 24th at Columbia County Performing Arts Center, Evens' from 9 AM to 3 PM. Please use the QR code to register for bloodwork. OR Please click the link below to register. https://ihealthevents.com/ #/neworder/k7aryen7v4jlw3dp Physicians will be available for consultation during this time. Please note that there is a $15 fee for the lab (optional), which you can pay using the QR code provided in the flyer.. Your bloodwork results will be sent via email from the lab. Thanks to Dr. Vishal and Dr. Chetan for their help in organizing this event. For more details, please see the flyer. Thank you!

W32: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: Where Do Your Desires Reside? BEWARE!
BG 3.39: The knowledge of even the most discerning gets covered by this perpetual enemy in the form of insatiable desire, which is never satisfied and burns like fire, O son of Kunti.
BG 3.40: The senses, mind, and intellect are said to be breeding grounds of desire. Through them, it clouds one’s knowledge and deludes the embodied soul.

Where Do Your Desires Reside? BEWARE! Says Lord Krishna | Swami Mukundananda | Gita The nature of desires is being made even more explicit by Lord Krishna. Desire overpowers the discriminatory power of the wise and lures them to fulfill it. ...

*W31: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: 99.9% of people get this WRONG ABOUT THE MIND

*BG 3.4: One cannot achieve freedom from karmic reactions by merely abstaining from work, nor can one attain perfection of knowledge by mere physical renunciation.

Shri Krishna Reveals a Secret about the MIND | Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 4 | Karm Yog Swami Mukundananda compares Karm Yog (Path of Works or Action) with Sankhya Yog (Path of Knowledge). In this Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 4, Shri Krishna sa...

W30: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: Bheeshma's Supreme Devotion to Lord Krishna
BG 2.4: Arjun said: O Madhusudan, how can I shoot arrows in battle on men like Bheeshma and Dronacharya, who are worthy of my worship, O destroyer of enemies?
BG 2.5: It would be better to live in this world by begging, than to enjoy life by killing these noble elders, who are my teachers. If we kill them, the wealth and pleasures we enjoy will be tainted with blood.
BG 2.6: We do not even know which result of this war is preferable for us—conquering them or being conquered by them. Even after killing them we will not desire to live. Yet they have taken the side of the sons of Dhritarasthra, and now stand before us on the battlefield.

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 | Bheeshma's Supreme Devotion to Krishna revealed by Swami Mukundananda |4-6 Bheeshma - one of the 12 Mahajans - the greatest devotee of Lord Krishna fights on the side of Kauravas! Did you know why? Watch Swami Mukundananda explain t...

W29: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: Key Quality of Spiritual Success

BG 2.3: O Parth, it does not befit you to yield to this unmanliness. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O vanquisher of enemies.

Shree Krishna reveals Key Quality for Success | Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2| Swami Mukundananda Shree Krishna reveals a KEY QUALITY needed for success. Swami Mukundananda explains what is critical for success in any endeavor in this Bhagavad Gita Chapte...

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W28: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: Lord Krishna Reveals Two Kinds of Compassion
BG 2.2: The Supreme Lord said: My dear Arjun, how has this delusion overcome you in this hour of peril? It is not befitting an honorable person. It leads not to the higher abodes, but to disgrace.

Lord Krishna reveals - 2 Kinds of Compassion | Swami Mukundananda | Sankhya Yog | Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna describes the 2 kinds of compassion as He begins His divine discourse - Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2. Swami Mukundananda elaborates. To describe Arju...

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W27: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: Lord Krishna Reveals - What is your Duty to God?

BG 3.14: All living beings subsist on food, and food is produced by rains. Rains come from the performance of sacrifice, and sacrifice is produced by the performance of prescribed duties.

Lord Krishna Reveals - What is your Duty to God? Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 | Swami Mukundananda Lord Krishna reveals in Bhagavad Gita 3.14 - What is your duty to God? Swami Mukundananda states that when a person does his or her duty in the spirit of sac...

W26: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: What is the Law of Karma for food We Eat?
BG 3.13: The spiritually-minded, who eat food that is first offered in sacrifice, are released from all kinds of sin. Others, who cook food for their own enjoyment, verily eat only sin.

What is the Law of Karma for Food We Eat? Swami Mukundananda | Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Lord Krishna reveals that food we eat impacts not just our body, but the mind as well. Swami Mukundananda explains the law of karma as it applies to food, wh...

This year marks the 10th International Day of Yoga with the theme “Yoga for Self and Society’At HTS. we celebrated International Yoga Day on Sunday, June 23rd, 2024 @ 10:00 AM. Thanks to Sanjeev Kapuria, Prasanna Jain, Neha Punjabi, Dhruvi, Nikki, Nilam, Nupur & Urmila for their support. Special thanks to Samta Shetty for coordinating the event.

W25: Weekly Wisdom: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita: Lord Krishna Calls These People Thieves. Do Good People Still Need to Worship God?
BG 3.12: The celestial gods, being satisfied by the performance of sacrifice, will grant you all the desired necessities of life. But those who enjoy what is given to them, without making offerings in return, are verily thieves.

Do Good People Still Need to Worship God? Swami Mukundananda | Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 - Karm Yog Swami Mukundananda says - Often people ask the question, “I am a good person. I lead a virtuous life; I do not harm anyone, nor do I steal anything. But I do...