Join our Vedanta Society members and friends in Vedanta Hall, open from 10.30 am for meditation or from 11 am via ZOOM (Link)

Talk/ PowerPoint presentation by Pravrajika Gayatriprana, a senior nun of Sri Sarada Math of the Ramakrishna Order, followed by Question/ Answer session.

In this Talk: of Chapter 4 – Independence – Sutras 28 to 33

‘He who gives up the fruits, unto him comes … the Samadhi called the cloud of virtue.’ (From Swami Vivekananda’s translation of verse Sutra 28). In other words, breaking through selfishness in all its forms helps clear the way to the highest realisations.

Swami Sarvagatananda, in his commentary on the Yoga Sutras describes the five types of selfishness:

1. Absolute selfishness, narrow-mindedness. They are those who are attached to themselves, they don’t even care for the family.
2. Those who are attached to their families, who have no room for society; me and my family, my children. They don’t even care for the neighbours.
3. Those who serve the national and social needs, they extend beyond the family.
4. Those who care for the international field, it’s a costly field, they are very generous; not only our country, the world itself; … we have to share with our neighbouring countries.
5. Those who renounce everything and are proud of their renunciation. … “See how great a renunciation we have made,” all boast of their renunciation, and the ego swells with this concept of renunciation. This is the worst selfishness.

Real selflessness is just natural; what you have is not the question, you may have everything but you are absolutely selfless.

Learn more in the talk this Sunday. 

Raja Yoga: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali is a major work on the practice of yoga and meditation formulated over 2,000 years ago. They teach us how to control our mind and achieve inner peace and freedom.

PLEASE NOTE:
Out of consideration – particularly for our older members and friends – we request you only attend Vedanta Hall events if fully vaccinated and prepared to wear a mask. Spare masks provided.