Monthly Archives: March 2011

Gita Study Group 2.28.11

In this week’s Bhagavad Gita study group we discussed chapter 7, titled The Yoga of Knowledge and Experience.  As we did for chapter 6, we discussed a selection of slokas in chapter 7 including 1-2, 3, 7, 8-9, 14, 16-17, 27-30.  The chapter opens with Lord Krishna introducing the concepts of knowledge and experience as [...]

Karma: What It Is, What It Is Not. Summary and thoughts on Swami Tyagananda’s Lecture 2.27.11

Swami Tyagananda’s lecture at the Vedanta Center in Boston this Sunday focused on the theory of Karma.  The idea of karma has become a part of popular Western culture and, as part of popular culture, has been misinterpreted and distorted by many.  Thus, it is important, especially among those of us living in the Western [...]