Class Summary for May 20, 2025 - Chapter-6 Slokas 1- 6
Summarized by: Neelima Turga We started the class with opening prayers, pranayama and meditation and then did a recap of previous class There was a question about how does Karma Yoga cleanse my mind. Karma is action and yoga is union with the higher. Performing karma detaching from desires and attaching to the higher will help in the purification of the mind. A thought precedes action. Actions that follow a desire are selfish actions. When there is a change in thought – for example thinking of buying something just for your child vs buying for another underprivileged child along with your own child. Once you start thinking less selfishly and in the interest of a larger society, the process of cleansing begins. Bhagavan advised Arjuna to perform Karma Yoga. Arjuna was a grihastha. Karma Yoga in essence is performing actions without any attachment to the results. When we perform actions in the grihasta ashrama, many a times we are doing actions for ourselves or our family or f...