Eight students of Gitamritam will be presenting papers on various topics at the International Seminar.
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Profile: Ranjini Menon
Jury member for South Indian Filmfare Awards The Executive Member of the Kerala State Children’s Film Society National Vice President of Indo Russian Culture Relations An active member of the Rotary Club and the Junior Chamber Actively involved with Neethi Vedi, an NGO that looks into tribal development The Executive Trustee and Director of Stage […]
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Profile: Karma Yogi Ravi Kalra
Since 2008 he has been fully dedicated to improving the lives of destitute children, abandoned senior citizens, victimized women and mentally disabled people. Every day, the Foundation feeds hundreds of people and works to preserve and renew the beauty and goodness of our planet Earth. He has also overseen the proper cremation rites for over […]
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Profile: Dr Velivela Satya Prasad
Consultant in Adult Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery. Assisted and performed over 20,000 cardiovascular procedures. Pioneered the Trans Myocardial Revascularisation programme. Performed the first human cardiac transplantation in the country. Innovated a novel technique of open-heart surgery on beating heart. Education: Born in May 1953, he took MBBS from Govt. Stanley Medical College, Madras(1978, University […]
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K Nandakumar, Suntech
The technology evangelist with more than two decades of experience under his belt came across as a tall figure in thought leadership, who has won several awards and accolades for his business acumen. His vision has empowered SunTec to foray into offer management, loyalty and relationship-based pricing and transform the company into one of the […]
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Sripad H Ghaligi
Dr Sripad H. Ghaligi, PhD in Yoga Psychology (Bhagavad-Gita and Yoga Sutra) from Mysore University. Dr Sripad holds a master’s degree in Sanskrit and M. Sc. in Yoga from S-VYASA University, Bangalore. He has learned Veda, Vedanta and Yoga in traditional Gurukula system from Veda Vijnana Gurukulam, Bangalore and has conducted several training camps and […]
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Mananam 2015 -Stay with SthitaPranja
The first Mananam camp – Stay with Sthitapranja – for 5 days – Selected verses from the 2nd chapter were taken for discussion.
Q: Some people tell that Gita and Mahabharata happened only in the minds of people. Is there any conclusive scientific evidence for these events? A: Vyasa wrote Mahabharata. Existence of Vyasa is a proof for the existence of Mahabharata. Ramayana and Mahabharata are “Itihasam” – iti iha asam – which means, it happened like that. […]
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Sri Krishna shares his profile
In Gita, Sri Krishna tells that only by believing in me can one attain eternal peace. Doesn’t this mean Sri Krishna is not acknowledging that other forms of worship are meaningless? Does it also mean that worshipping other forms will incur sin – as suggested in other religious texts? Sri Krishna was not referring to […]
Q: How could have Sri Krishna told 700 verses of Gita on the Battlefield, making Arjuna understand all the secrets of life? When people spent years and years studying Gita, how could Sri Krishna possibly convey the entire meaning of Gita in the battlefield? A: Arjuna was a learned person, with knowledge of many Sastras. […]
Arjuna had Krishna to show him his Dharma. What hope do we have in our moments of confusion? Sri Krishna should not be confused as just a person. It is the discriminative power (the pure intellect or the conscience) within us. We need to awaken that. You must know how to tune to Krishna. Then […]
Q: There are many versions of Gita available. Which one is the correct one? How do we learn Gita in the right way? All versions are correct. Gita is for all – each one sees it differently. Each one looks at Gita with his own eyes, mind and vasanas. They understand it according to their […]
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Dharma changes according to SITA
In the Gita, Krishna advises Arjuna on performing his Dharma as a warrior and not take on somebody else’s Dharma. But is it really that inflexible? I may be a peace-loving person now, but tomorrow I may see great injustice being done and I may take up the duty of a Kshatriya to find a […]
Nowadays lots of management and self-help ‘gurus’ talk about using the Gita as inspiration to find success in business, office, personal life etc. Does the Gita tell us how to deal with defeat as well? The lessons from Bhagavad Gita teach us how to handle not just defeat but victory too. Not to take victory […]
Gita is a religious textbook, just like the Bible is for Christianity and the Quran for Islam. So, why should I, being a non-Hindu even read it? Gita is not just a religious textbook. It is a manual on how to live life happily. Just like we get manual when we buy a device, Gita […]
Yes. it is only sufficient to believe in oneself. The word “atheist” is generally used to say that you don’t believe in God. But what is the idea of God in your mind? Where is he? Is he there in the temple? is He is the stone? Or is he residing high up in the […]
What is the meaning of the Shanti Mantra: Sahanavavatu? Can you explain the meaning and its applications? ॐसह नाववतु। सह नौ भुनक्तु।सह वीर्यं करवावहै।तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तुमा विद्विषावहै।ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ Om Saha NaAvavatu | Saha Nau Bhunaktu |Saha Veeryam Karavaavahai |Tejasvi NaAvadheetam-AstuMaa Vidvishaavahai |Om Shaanti: Shaanti: Shaanti: || अन्वय:- ॐ सह नौ अवतु | सह […]
Q: Why was a battlefield chosen as the stage for giving this message? Why not, say a classroom, or a quiet serene place which will be more conducive for teaching? This is the greatness of Veda Vyasa Maharshi. The generally prevalent idea is that spirituality is a matter to be thought of during retired life […]
Q: There are many occasions when Krishna advocates for bending the rules of war to defeat the enemy? Should he not practice what he preaches? About the rules of the war, in the olden times, the rules of the war were well defined. Some of the rules were that war cannot be continued after the […]
Q: Krishna was not a Sannyasi or a brahmachari, then how is he qualified to give spiritual advice? It is interesting that the householder Krishna advises a householder Arjuna on how to lead a life towards real Sannyasa. Sannyas is not running away from life, but living your life fully dedicated to the society in […]
The war described in Mahabharata was fought in righteousness.The rightful kingdom of Pandavas was denied to them by Kauravas. They asked for half of the kingdom but denied. Then they asked for 5 villages, then reduced the demand to 5 house in that kingdom. But even that was denied by Kauravas. Before the war, Sri […]
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Prasad Deole
Mr Prasad Deole, an adventure tourism entrepreneur had an exhilarating account of a journey of success. Back in 1998, it was an outright irrational idea to invest in an adventure sports and outbound training centre as no one in India had tried such a task earlier. Definitely, it was a venture full of risk and […]
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Profile: Dr R Ganesh, Carnatic Muscian
In spite of being a university rank holder in Veterinary Science, chose to follow his passion for Carnatic music and made that into his profession. Belongs to the family lineage of Great Composers Shri Kavikunjara Bharathigal and Shri Koteeswara Iyer, who was the first to compose krithis in all the 72 Mela-kartha ragas and the lineage […]
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Profile: Dr. PS Udayan
Had the distinction of having discovered 25 plants from the Western Ghats and out of which two plants have been named after him. Besides having worked in the Government, he spent nearly 22 years on research. He has also worked as a Scientist in Kottakal Arya Vaidya Shala and published several journals, papers and books […]
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Profile: Adv. Renu D Singh
She hails from Rana Dynasty of Mewar, Rajashtan. She can understand and speak over 13 National and foreign Languages. Renu Completed her education in the field of Law and master in English Literature from Lucknow University. Her grandfather was the King of Chittore, Rajasthan. Samadhan: She is the founder of Samadhan- an NGO which toils […]