Ashtavakra Gita (AVG)

Description

Running a kingdom is a tough job but King Janka performs all his duties efficiently. He has all the power at his command and yet has the question. " How does one attain wisdom? How does one become free?"While surrounded by luxury he asks, " How can one attain dispassion"? His questions are answered by Ashtavakra, a young monk. Though the body is deformed at eight places, he is firmly established in Truth.

In this series, we take a Deep Dive into the Ashtavakra Gita. The source of the primary interpretation of the Gita is Video Discourses by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on his commentary on the Ashtavakra Gita. The discourses by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar are to be watched by the student on their own time. The discourse is available on the Art of Living App. The student is encouraged to download the App from the App Store or Google Play store in order to view the respective Video Discourses.

In this series, we present recorded sessions of the discussions after each chapter of the above mentioned video discourse. The discussions re-interpret the sutras by drawing parallels with Physics & Physical Sciences. This re-interpretation helps to make the Gita real by drawing parallels with Physical Sciences for which we all have an intuitive feel.

This re-interpretation makes the Gita Real.

How to watch

• First watch Video discourse by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar.
• Then watch the recorded session of the discussion on that video discourse. These recordings are of live Zoom sessions which were freeform Q&A to get a deeper dive into the message conveyed by Gurudev in the Video discourse.

Instructor

Sandeep Karode
PhD ChE IITB

Dr. Sandeep Karode is by training a PhD Chemical Engineer from IIT Bombay; By passion a volunteer Meditation Instructor with the Art of Living Foundation.

Has been working to solve real-world problems by bringing to bear the full force of Science. He is the THEY they speak about when they say, "They put technology on commercial airplanes to prevent the fuel tank from blowing up" or "They invented technology to remove greenhouse gases like CO2 from US Landfill emissions".