How to balance your life in Bhagavad Gita way : By Bhaktavatar Das, MNIT Jaipur
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Dedicated to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-Acharya, ISKCON
Balance Maintain Equilibrium
Balanced Life Life of peace & Harmony
Why Balanced Life For Keeping good Harmony To Simplify life that Brings freedom & Peace of Mind Leading a Healthy Lifestyle Maintained Work with Life For Everlasting Happiness & excellence in Life
Balanced Life Creating time for the things I have to do, as well as the things I like to do(pleasure, personal fulfilment, and rejuvenation.)
Balanced Life Determining what is most important to you and expending your time and energy accordingly
Balanced Life Giving time and energy to the things that build you up and give you life. And likewise, eliminating the things that bring you down and stress you out.
Activity Where we are feeling ourselves unbalance Which things are unbalanced in our life Why(Purpose) we want that particular thing What are the merits of that thing What are dimerits of that thing How would you like to balance this
T wo categories of Balancing 1) Internal 2) External
Internal (Mind, Heart, Health) Mind: Challenging yourself intellectually vs. creating opportunities for your mind to rest Heart: Giving love vs. receiving love Inner Self Health: Eating, drinking, exercising properly vs. resting and treating yourself to some extra yummies )
External (Work, Social, Family, Fun) Work: Pushing yourself to achieve goals vs. seeing the bigger picture and enjoying the ride Social: Satisfying your social desires vs. taking time for yourself Family: Fulfilling your familial responsibilities vs. creating healthy boundaries Fun: Allocating time for things you enjoy doing vs. making sure you don't overdo it).
Types of Balanced Forms Spiritual form Emotional forms. Physical forms/ intellectual Form
One’s overall capacity to think rationally, act purposefully and deal effectively with one’s environment HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
Emotions
Spiritual
3 Things We require for Accomplishment Jnana (Knowledge ) Bala (Strength ) Kriya (Tips/Method )
Philosophy of Modern People
Balance is often mis -understood as making all things equal and giving equal weightage to all things.
I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time. Oprah Winfrey American media proprietor
Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself Jessye Norman American opera singer and recitalist
“ Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.” Thomas Merton American Catholic writer, theologian and mystic
Introspection
Now Which are right things & How to select among unbalanced In Bhagwat Gita Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna about Difference B/W Activities Karma(Prescribed Work) Akarma (Authorized Work) Vikarma (Unauthorized Work)
Karma The Activities which produces good result.
Vikarma Activities which create disturbance to oneself or others
Akarma Activities which We are supposed to do and which are not entitled to good or bad.
BITS Hyd did a research and concluded in March 2017 Chanting of Vedic mantras will help students beat the academic stress and pass examinations with flying colors. It will also lead to psychological and physiological well-being of students and improve their power of concentration.