166. Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14, Verses 11 - 15 | Swami Sarvapriyananda
1/12/202659 min
Taught by Swami Sarvapriyananda, this episode is part of a series of talks that unfold the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of the Bhagavad Gita, "The Song of God".
Chapter 14 is devoted to an understanding of the Gunatreya Vibhaga Yoga, or the three qualities/components of Maya. The entire universe is created by a projection of the three gunas - satva, rajas, and tamas. Understanding the science of the three gunas and how we can apply it to our lives is the focus of Chapter 14.
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First 90 secondsSwami Sarvapriyananda· Host0:00
[inhales] Om. Vasudeva sutam devam kamsa-canoora-mardanam. Devaki-paramanandam krishnam vande jagad-gurum. Welcome to the Gita class. This is, um, the first Gita class of this year. So happy New Year, everybody.
Speaker 20:32
[laughs] Happy new year.
Swami Sarvapriyananda· Host0:36
It's also the birthday of Swami Turiyananda Ji, one of the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, and he's one of those monks who was here actually in New York. Um, after Swami Vivekananda, Swami Saradananda Ji was here, and then Swami Turiyananda Ji was here very briefly, few months, and then of course Swami Abhedananda for two decades. I was just thinking, uh, he was a staunch Vedantin non-dualist and very, very fond of the Bhagavad Gita. But his Gita lesson, I'm r- I'm remembering the, the anecdote told by Swami Prabhavananda Ji, the Swami who founded the Vedanta Society of Southern California in Hollywood. He said when he was a young monk in Benares, Kashi in Benares, at that time Swami Turiyananda