Jeevan Yog

Objectives

• Enhance knowledge on scriptures such as Upanishads, Bhagavatam, Vedas, Gita, etc.
• Practice and learn pranayama and yoga exercises.
• Have open discussions on the relevance of the scriptures in our lives today.
• Facilitate the performance of poojas and celebration of special festivals.

Sessions

• The group meets on alternate Sundays at the Marin YMCA from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.

Topics to be covered in 2008.

• Introduction to Mantras, their purpose and the logic with sample mantras from the Vedas, Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavatam.
• The Upanishads - the reason for their existence, their origin and their essence.
• The Bhagavatam - its origin, stories from the Bhagavatam and its essence.
• The Vedas
  
  • The origin, the purpose and the meaning.
  • The Rigveda with all its sookthams.
  • The Samaveda - the veda of melody and its hymns.
  • The Yajurveda - the veda of rites.
• The Bhagavad Gita, its essence and consequence; the theory of Karma, important shlokas from the Gita.

Membership

• If you are interested in joining Jeevan Yog, we highly recommend that you join the JeevanYog Yahoo! Group.  Please enter your email address in the box below to subscribe to the group.
• Note: You will be sent a confirmation email with directions that you have to respond to.  Else the subscription will not work.