Monday 9/9 10:45am :Bellevue(@ Foothill Commons) Resuming Ladies Bhagavad Gita Classes

Dear Ladies,

Hare Krishna. Hope you had a great summer. We are eagerly looking forward to resuming Sakhi Sanga classes from Monday 9th September, 10:45 to 12:45pm. 

Please join us and feel free to bring your friends as well.

We hope you have all completed your summer assignment of reading the Introduction to the Bhagavad Gita. If not you can read it at this link http://vedabase.com/en/bg/introduction or directly from the book. We will do a quick recap of the Introduction followed by verse by verse study of the Bhagavad Gita starting at Chapter 1.

Looking forward to seeing all of you.

Yours in Service,

Namita/ Navakishori devi dasi(425 894 2140) and Ekta(425 753 3656)

Venue:

Please note change in Apartment and building number below

Bellevue @Foothill Commons
13702 NE 9th place
Bldg number 11
Apt number 105
Bellevue, WA -98005

Adjacent to the leasing office

Seminar on Stress Incontinence

We are very grateful to Shweta Kolhatkar a licensed Physical Therapist, who has  agreed to speak on the topic "Stress Incontinence" for our benefit as we all face this type of problem sometime in our lives.Please feel free to share this invite with your friends

Dates will be:

Bellevue:  6/17, Monday 11:15 to 12:15 followed by Lunch. (Foothill Commons. 852 136th Ave NE Apt 5-101  Bellevue, WA -98005   Phone number:425 502 9791   )

VCC Samammish:-   6/11- Tuesday 10:00am to 11:00am followed by Kirtans

Free Admission

Stress incontinence is the loss of small amounts of urine associated with coughing, laughing, sneezing, exercising.

 One in every three women in any age group, although commonly post-pregnancy and menopausal women are suffering from undiagnosedstress incontinence. Despite its prevalence, approximately 60% of women suffering from urinary incontinence do not seek professional help for their condition due to the belief that it is an embarrassment and it is a natural consequence of ageing and childbirth. Loss of adequate control on urinary bladder is called as STRESS INCONTINENCE or OVERACTIVE BLADDER.  

The seminar by Shweta will cover the following points: 

1) What is stress incontinence?

2) Why it is abnormal to dribble urine ?                                                                                                                                    

3) What are the consequences if not dealt with it at early stage? 

4) How can you prevent it ? 

5) What are the exercises to control the situation? 

6) Other methods to control the incontinence? 

7) When and where  to seek help?

Who is God? - Parts 1 and 2, Sessions 6(March 11) and 7(March 18th) ,Summary

• God:

• God is everywhere 
• Brahman (Sunlight)
• God is in you and me
• Paramatma (Supersoul) (Sun disc)
• He still retains His individuality
• He is the Supreme Person (Bhagavan) (Sun planet)
• This Supreme Person is the 
• Supreme Proprietor
• Supreme Controller
• Supreme Enjoyer
• The original source of everything
• He possesses many majestic qualities like those mentioned above but He still is
• Still the Sweetest One!
• Most loving and lovable Person!
• Best friend, son, lover…
• Universal Govt has various departments
• Devatas
• Incharge of various universal departments
• Subordinate to the Lord
• Our relation with God
• We are not GODS, but GOD’s
• Our inherent nature
• To serve Him
• Yoga
• To reestablish our relationship with Him

Who am I? -Part 1 and - Session 4 and 5 Summary Feb 25th and March 3rd

• Our Real identity
• NOT the material body BUT Spirit SOUL
• Proof of Existence of Soul
• Common Sense
• Difference between living and dead body
• Intuitive understanding
• My hand, My Leg… Who am I?
• Consciousness
• Thinking, Feeling, Willing
• NDE, Past life memories
• The soul is
• Indestructible, Individual
• Sat-Chit-Ananda
• Eternal, Full of Knowledge, Full of Bliss
• Changes bodies, Infinitesimally small, Inconceivable
• Modern Civilization
• Polishing the Cage of the body
• Starving the Bird of the Soul
• Our humble attempt
• To nourish the soul through Transcendental knowledge
• Difference between Soul and Supersoul
• We are sat, cit , ananda like God- but that does not make us God
• We are same in quality but different in quantitiy
• Soul is a servitor of God
• We are God's , we are never and can never become GOD

Does God Exist - Part 2 Session 3 summary Feb 11th 2013

• How Do I Know Him?
• Three Ways to Acquire Knowledge
• Pratyaksha Praman - Knowledge acquired to the senses
• Incomplete
• Scriptures say we have 4 defects
• Senses are Imperfect
• We are always under illusion
• Tendency to Commit Mistakes
• Cheating Propensity
• Anuman Praman- Logic and Analytical Reasoning, Knowledge through Inference
• Eg of 6 blind men trying to explain the body of an Elephant
• Our Analytical understanding is also based upon the input from the senses which themselves are imperfect
• Shabda Praman- Hearing from an authority
• Saves Time and Inconvenience and it is safe
• E.g. Going to Australia to discover it, consuming arsenic to understand its potency
• Test of Authority:
• Opinion does not change 
• All times, circumstances and places the truth remains. Even if new facts come opinion remains the same
• It has stood the test of time
• It has not been proven wrong
•  Vedas – The Ultimate Body of knowledge 
• Describe the Absolute Truth
  Stood the Test of Time
• Different Scriptures Bhagavad Gita, Bible, Quran, Torah, etc
• The essence is the same
• The truths were revelaed according to time place and circumstances.
• The Summary of the Vedas
• Bhagavad Gita (Law Book)
• Srimad Bhagavatam (Law Journal) 

Does God Exist - Part 1 Session 2 summary Feb 4th 2013

It was nice having all of you at the second session of the Discover Yourself course in Bellevue.

Please find below the summary of what we discussed:

We discussed in the previous session about the real problems of life and how they seem like they are by design.In order to understand the solution of the problem we must understand why it was designed that way and who designed it. Just like for an apparent flaw/ design question in a building we go to the Architecht Similarly for a problem/design issue in this world we must go to the person who created this world. But who is that person? How would I recpognize Him- there are so many standing up today calling themselves as God- Does a real God even Exist?

• Who is Behind All This? Does God Exist?
• Creation implies a Creator
• Laws imply a Lawmaker, eg Laws of Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Gravity
• Nothing orderly happens by Chance!
• We can understand the laws but we cannot change them
• Therefore a God must Exist!
• Definition of God
• Supreme Source of Everything and Cause of All Causes
• Cause of the Chicken and the Egg
• The Buck stops with Him
• Supreme Controller- 
• we are mini controllers but we cannot be supreme controller
• Supreme Proprietor
• Owns everything
• We have only temporary proprietorship
• Supreme Enjoyer
• Beyond Work, Birth Disease Old Age Death, 
• Beyond the Three Fold Miseries- 
• Always enjoying pastimes with His friends
• All of these things are present in full in God.
• How Do I Know Him?
• Three Ways to Acquire Knowledge
• Pratyaksha Praman - Knowledge acquired to the senses
• Incomplete
• Scriptures say we have 4 defects
• Senses are Imperfect
• We are always under illusion
• Tendency to Commit Mistakes
• Cheating Propensity
• Anuman Praman- Logic and Analytical Reasoning, Knowledge through Inference
• Eg of 6 blind men trying to explain the body of an Elephant
• Our Analytical understanding is also based upon the input from the senses which themselves are imperfect
• Shabda Praman- Hearing from an authority
• Will be discussed n the Session on Feb 11th, 2013

We look forward to having all of you there.

Thank You

The Pleasure Hunt- Session 1 summary from Mon 1/28-2013

We thank you all for joining us for the first session of the sakhi sanga meet. It was a pleasure to meet all of you like minded people interested in studying the Bhagavad Gita. We look forward to the next session with you.

Please find below a summary of what we discussed in the first session:

• Story of 4 wives
• The fourth wife represents the soul the only one who will be there with the king even after death.
• We must invest in taking care of the needs of the soul.

• Real inquiries

• Search for Happiness
• Incredible Material Advancement
• Still a pinprick somewhere..

• Defining Real Problems
• Common to All
• No one wants it
• No one can avoid it
• What are these problems?
• Birth, Death, Old Age, Disease
• Miseries caused by :
• Body and Mind
• Other Living Entities
• Nature

• The special prerogative of Human Life :
• Rise above the struggle for
• Eating, Sleeping, Mating, Defending
• Being a sophisticated Animal

• Athato Brahma Jijnasa
• Inquire into the real problems of life
• To be covered in future sessions:
• Why is no one able to avoid these problems?
• Why is it designed this way?