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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 - Lesson 4 of 7

ASSESSMENTS

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  • Why is the depression of success difficult to address?
  • What causes tamas when we move towards the spiritual path?
  • What are the dangers in being predominantly Rajasic?
  • How does one's gunas or predominant qualities affect our afterlife?
  • What are the benefits of being predominantly satvic?
  • Who is a triguṇa rahita or one who is beyond the three guṇas?
Krishna and Arjuna
Krishna playing flute against starry night sky
Portrait of Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam
Illustration of Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam

ART OF THE DAY

ART OF THE DAY:

SAY CHEEZE!

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. Camera (mobile phone with camera would do as well).

PROCEDURE Click a photo based on the theme “Life happens both inside and outside.” Here are some clicks to inspire you:

INFERENCE: If life is happening to you inside, it is responsibility; if life is happening to you outside, it is success. If life is not happening to you inside, it is depression; if life is not happening to you outside, it is inefficiency.

Hands holding a warm mug
Pink lotus flower floating on water
Sprouting plant with roots in soil
Portrait of Nithyananda Paramashivam
Illustration of young ascetic between two feathers

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY

Portrait

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:

IDENTIFY YOUR GUNAS!

MATERIAL NEEDED:

  • Notebook
  • Pen
Notebook and pen illustration

PROCEDURE:

Let’s undertake the three gunas assessment test. The three gunas are tamas, rajas, and sattva. These 3 qualities exist, in different proportions and combinations, in each person and lead them to behave, react, conceptualize, and comprehend the nature of your surroundings differently. The proportion of each Guna may rise or fall anytime. Write down your own qualities in your notebook and gauge which is Guna or Guna Combination currently predominates in you.

Gunas diagram snippet

The class coordinator shall then discuss the fact that the Gunas are transient and our true nature lies beyond the three Gunas.

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:

IDENTIFY YOUR GUNAS!

Cartoon figure seated on a throne wearing rudraksha beads

INFERENCE:

Purification and knowledge are from satva, distress and greed are from rajas, and foolishness, madness and illusion are from tamas. We must go beyond all three gunas! Your True Nature is PūrṆa Beyond TriguṆa. Our center is our true nature.

Nithyananda
Workshop of the Day

WORKSHOP OF THE DAY

Portrait

WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:

VAAKYARTHA SADHAS

PROCEDURE Let's discuss the topic you choose: Option 1: "Life has no Purpose. Life has only Meaning. To be divine is our real meaning." Option 2: "We are not human beings striving for a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings enjoying a human experience."

CONCLUSION To be divine and to realize that inner divinity is our true meaning in life. Being aggressive, being restlessly active, or being constantly on the move does not help us understand or realize this meaning

Emblem with deity seated under umbrella