{"id":400,"date":"2019-06-12T07:41:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T14:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmportland.com\/HariPatrika2019\/?p=400"},"modified":"2019-06-15T15:42:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T22:42:56","slug":"bhagavad-gita-10-18-11th-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2019\/bhagavad-gita-10-18-11th-grade\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhagavad Gita 10-18 &#8211; 11th Grade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TK Ramchandar &amp; Sudhir Namboothiry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmportland.com\/HariPatrika2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HP_2019_11th_Grade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-680\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmportland.com\/HariPatrika2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HP_2019_11th_Grade-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HP_2019_11th_Grade-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HP_2019_11th_Grade-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HP_2019_11th_Grade-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HP_2019_11th_Grade-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Udaya Summarized this year as follows,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Our Takeaways from the Bhagavad Gita &#8211; Udaya<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What We Learned<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our body is just a frame for our soul<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our goal is to graduate from Earth<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karma is action, and actions have consequences; your karma can affect your life now and affect your future lives<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mind is a great servant, but a bad Master<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God is in everything<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desires prevent enlightenment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The restlessness in our mind is caused by our likes and dislikes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expectations are bad, happiness requires an emphasis on the effort, not the results<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ego is bad<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What We Should Do<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work to be more like the Lord<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequently practice Meditation <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn to practice self-restraint<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn to understand yourself<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t be attached to the end result<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detach yourself from desires and distractions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The factors of devotion are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fix your mind on Krishna<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have self-control<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have extreme faith<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Praying requires to focus on Bhagavan; meditation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issues can be complex but you must always practice\/follow your dharma<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strive to be satvik <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be enlightened you must surrender yourself and your belongings to God<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe hardest choices require the strongest wills\u201d &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siddarth Menon, aka Thanos<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TK Ramchandar &amp; Sudhir Namboothiry Udaya Summarized this year as follows, Our Takeaways from the Bhagavad Gita &#8211; Udaya What We Learned Our body is just a frame for our soul Our goal is to graduate from Earth Karma is action, and actions have consequences; your karma can affect your life now and affect your &hellip; 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