Acharya: Sw. Swatmanandaji
Host: Mrs. Aditi Agarwalla & Mrs. Anjali Dalal's classes
Venue: 11 Beachview, 4th flr., Chowpatty, Mumbai 400 007
Reported by: Mrs. Anjali Dalal
Swamiji spoke on "What is Samsara and how to exit it", wherein Swamiji explained that samsara is not the world outside but our attachments and likes and dislikes in our mind. He mentioned that one aspect of samsara is change and how we look for the changeless in the changing. Another aspect of samsara is our attachments and this can be overcome by observing "WOW" in our lives: With Or Without-Wow!! Birth and Death is another aspect of samsara. To overcome Samsara we need to follow 5 steps: 1. Detachment from dependance on results-Prasad Buddhi. 2. Detachment by doing our obligatory duties-Niyata Karma. 3. Detachment by Dedication- Yagna Bhavna 4. Detachment by dharma and increasing sattva. 5. Detachment by devotion to the Lord/Self-Bhakti. This will help us in understanding the true nature of samsara and when the 5 steps are followed we will realise that there is no samsara and thus nothing to get out of!