Fwd: Hello fellow self-seekers!

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From: Santosh Chapaneri <santoshc...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: Hello fellow self-seekers!
To: Radhika Gopinath Das <radhikago...@gmail.com>, Saravanan Siva Gurusamy <sarava...@hotmail.com>, vcc...@googlegroups.com, nithya_n...@hotmail.com, call_s...@yahoo.com, shilpave...@gmail.com, sathis...@gmail.com, vcc...@gmail.com, "Veda Narayana dasa (Seattle)" <naray...@gmail.com>

Also, worth watching a 18 min. pantomime show on "Me and my Mind":

http://video.iskcondesiretree.info/ISKCON%20Chowpatty/Pantomime%20show/Pantomime%20show-01.flv

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Radhika Gopinath Das <radhikago...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear friends,

The videos are at the following links:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytaqBb2FPY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GHf1rstI5w&feature=related

 

Also here is the link for Demystifying yoga course material:

http://cid-d65f6cdcc95b6c32.office.live.com/browse.aspx/DYS%202/Session%206?uc=0&sa=281522980

 

Radhika Gopinath das

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Saravanan Siva Gurusamy <sarava...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hare Krishna!
 
All the credit goes to our team members who collected the email addresses and initiated this email chain.
 
Radhika Prabhu : Could you please email us the video(s) you showed us other day? It would help us to develop some ideas.
 
Regards,
Saravanan 

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:25:40 -0800

Subject: Re: Hello fellow self-seekers!

From: radhikago...@gmail.com

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Thank you Sarvanan Prabhu for taking the lead in the ideas.  These are a great start and please continue to discuss - as you probably know the chapter 14 discussing modes can be found at http://vedabase.net/bg/14/en
 
To answer your question:  Anger and Jealousy(envy) have their roots in the mode of passion. They put a person eventually in mode of ignorance.
 
Have fun!
Radhika Gopianth das

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Saravanan Siva Gurusamy <sarava...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hare Krishna!
 
Dear friends,
 
Here is the summary of goodness, passion and Ignorance modes. Also some ideas for our drama.
 
Note to DYS Admin Team: Please correct if any of our understanding is wrong.
 
GOODNESS mode:
A man in the mode of goodness is not so much affected by material miseries. Mode of goodness means greater knowledge and a greater sense of happiness. The difficulty here is that when a living entity is situated in the mode of goodness, he becomes conditioned to feel that he is advanced in knowledge and is better than others. In this way he becomes conditioned.
 
IDEAS FOR GOODNESS:
being happy
No intoxication
No meat eating
No gambling
helping others
respect others
understand others feelings
praying to God
 
PASSION mode:
When the mode of passion is increased, one develops the hankering for material enjoyment. He wants to enjoy sense gratification. For sense gratification, a man in the mode of passion wants some honor in society, or in the nation, big house, expensive car etc. As long as one is hankering after these things, he has to work very hard. One in the mode of passion is never satisfied with the position he has already acquired; he hankers to increase his position. If he wants to construct a residential house, he tries his best to have a palatial house, as if he would be able to reside in that house eternally.  
 
IDEAS FOR PASSION mode:
always in hurry
never satisfied, wants to have more and more
 
IGNORANCE mode:
This mode of ignorance is just the opposite of the mode of goodness. Everyone under the spell of the mode of ignorance cannot understand what is what. under the spell of ignorance, one cannot understand the thing as it is. Such people are very lazy. When they are invited to associate for spiritual understanding, they are not much interested. He sleeps more than is required. Six hours of sleep is sufficient, but a man in the mode of ignorance sleeps at least ten or twelve hours a day. Such a man appears to be always dejected and is addicted to intoxicants and sleeping. These are the symptoms of a person conditioned by the mode of ignorance.
 
 IDEAS FOR IGNORANCE MODE:
being dejected
alcoholic
meat eating
gambling
Too much of sleeping
do not respect others
do not understand others feelings
No God consciousness

I guess anger and jealousy(envy) must be coming under passion mode. They may come under ignorant mode as well, but I am not sure.
 
Please feel free to throw your ideas.

Regards,
Saravanan 

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From: sarava...@hotmail.com
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Subject: RE: Hello fellow self-seekers!
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:42:06 -0600

Dear friends,
 
Hare Krishna!
 
I'll do mode of goodness.
 
yes, we can meet tomorrow before class to discuss about it. We have to come up with some ideas and practice a little bit. So, meeting at 7:00 PM is good enough? or should we have to meet earlier than that?

Regards,
Saravanan

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Subject: RE: Hello fellow self-seekers!
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:20:14 -0800

That's great.
 
Shilpa - Mode of Goodness
Nithya - Mode of Ignorance
Venkat - Mode of Passion
Saravanan - ?
Sathish - ?
 
Saravanan & Sathish, please update what you wish to be.
 
Can we meet at the class tomorrow at 7pm to discuss about our roles?
 
-Nithya
 

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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:39:38 -0800
From: call_s...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Hello fellow self-seekers!
To: sarava...@hotmail.com; shilpave...@gmail.com; sathis...@gmail.com; nithya_n...@hotmail.com

Hello Nithya, My wife Shilpa can do Mode of Goodness and i can do Mode of Passion/Ignorance.   Anything is fine with me.   Thanks, venkat. --- On Wed, 1/19/11, Nithya Natarajan <nithya_n...@hotmail.com> wrote: From: Nithya Natarajan <nithya_n...@hotmail.com> Subject: Hello fellow self-seekers! To: sarava...@hotmail.com, call_s...@yahoo.com, shilpave...@gmail.com, sathis...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 6:13 PM We are all doing the Discover your Self class together and we were asked to come up with a project with Three Modes of passion from Chapter 14 of Bhagavad Gita.   I am not sure about the website that our teacher told us but I found this - http://www.asitis.com/14/index.html   We are 5 people and we need to figure out how to share the 3 modes among us. Let me know if you have any suggestions.   Thanks, Nithya

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Dandavats!  Jaya Srila Prabhupada!  Jaya Vaishnava acharyas!

 

yhs,

Radhika Gopinath das

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Dandavats!  Jaya Srila Prabhupada!  Jaya Vaishnava acharyas!

 

yhs,

Radhika Gopinath das

[Saravanan Siva Gurusamy]

Hare Krishna!
 
Dear DYS friends,
 
Adding Krishna and Satish Prabhus to the email chain...
 
Please reply ONLY to this email chain, as this chain has all the email addresses of our DYS friends.
 
Please feel free to email your plot/storyline, so we can go to next stage of preparing script.

Regards,
Saravanan

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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:37:25 -0800

Subject: Re: Hello fellow self-seekers!

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[DiscoverYourSelf VCC]

Here are some ideas for the plot:

Three individuals in different modes interact with each other.  One finally moves to transcendence

Someone in mode of passion goes to goodness and then to transcendence while other in mode of passion falls down to ignorance.

One individual gets afected by all three modes at different times of the day and attempts to read Bhagavad gita and becomes transcendant

 

Radhika Gopianth das

[Saravanan Siva Gurusamy]

Hare Krishna!
 
Dear DYS friends,
 

Has anybody come up with a story for our drama?
 
I cannot think of any hi-fi story. I just made up a story. Herewith I attach it. Please see if it is ok.

 
Regards,
Saravanan

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Subject: RE: Hello fellow self-seekers!

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:04:48 -0600

[Radhika Gopinath Das]

Sarvanan Prabhu,

 

I like this story.  Now please create a script.  Attached is a sample for a script.

 

RGd

[Nithya Natarajan]

Hare Krishna!
 
I have attached the initial draft of the script in both word and pdf. Please go through and feel free to update.
 
For every scene, I have mentioned the characters and items needed. Please update this thread if you are okay with your character assignment and which items you'll bring.
 
Thanks,
Nithya
 
 
 

[Radhika Gopinath Das]

Great script Nitya mataji.  However there is no mention of the interplay of modes.  Would you please add some lines around the interactions of various modes of material natures - Goodness, Passion, and Ignorance.

 

Radhika Gopinath das

[Santosh Chapaneri]

Wow, amazing script.

This is going to be awesome!!

[Krishna Vennamaneni]

Dear friends,

Hare Krishna!

krushno rakshatu no jaga traya guruh krushnam namasyaamyaham
krushnenaamarashatravo vinihataah krushnaaya tasmai namah
krushnaadeva samutthitam jagadidam krushnasya daasosmyaham
krushne tishthati sarvam etadakhilam he krushna rakshasva maam!!

Few suggestions to the script at couple of places -

VCC Member 1: These classes are absolutely free and are conducted by devotees who practice and preach as per the authentic sampradaya. They got benefited through guru parampara and are now volunteering their time to pass on the absolute knowledge.

VCC Member 1 & 2: Teaches about Who's God, How was the world created? What's bad karma, good karma etc. - Here VCC Member 1 & 2 can recite and share the essence of few slokas from 14th chapter such as -

http://vedabase.net/bg/14/5/en
http://vedabase.net/bg/14/6/en
http://vedabase.net/bg/14/7/en
http://vedabase.net/bg/14/8/en
http://vedabase.net/bg/14/19/en
http://vedabase.net/bg/14/20/en
http://vedabase.net/bg/14/21/en
http://vedabase.net/bg/14/22-25/en
http://vedabase.net/bg/14/26/en
http://vedabase.net/bg/14/27/en

Saravanan prabhu, please let me know if you are ok reciting first 6 slokas and explaining the essence. I will try to do the rest. If needed, we can reduce the number of slokas as appropriate.

Regards,

adiyen

tvad bhruthya bhruthya paricharaka bhruthya bhuthya
bhruthyasya bhruthya iti maam smara loka natha!!

[Saravanan Siva Gurusamy]

Nithya Mataji,
 
I am fine with any characters assignment. About bring things, I'll let you know by today or tomorrow.

 
Regards,
Saravanan 

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Subject: Script
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:07:06 -0800

[Saravanan Siva Gurusamy]

Hare Krishna!
 
Good Idea Krishna Prabhu. But, I am not good at remembering slokas, that too within short period of time. I feel explaining summary of what we were taught in DYS course should be easier for the person who is going to act as VCC member.
 
Please see the attachment for the summary of what we were taught in DYS course. Please feel free to provide your feedback.
 
By the way, can I get the kid character that just does turning on the TV and watching cartoons :-)

Regards,
Saravanan 

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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:20:16 -0800
Subject: Re: Script
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[Krishna Vennamaneni]

Hare Krishna!

krushno rakshatu no jaga traya guruh krushnam namasyaamyaham
krushnenaamarashatravo vinihataah krushnaaya tasmai namah
krushnaadeva samutthitam jagadidam krushnasya daasosmyaham
krushne tishthati sarvam etadakhilam he krushna rakshasva maam!!

Dear Saravanan prabhu,

Awesome! It is wonderful to go through the summary and I agree with your suggestion. You will do a splendid job as a VCC member in the skit. May Lord Krishna's causeless mercy make us realize the truth, respond to it by staying in the satsang and practice the essence we learned in the class in all of our daily duties. Like Radhika Gopinath das prabhu beautifully mentioned in the class, may Lord Krishna be the central point of our thoughts, words and actions.

Regards,

adiyen

tvad bhruthya bhruthya paricharaka bhruthya bhuthya
bhruthyasya bhruthya iti maam smara loka natha!!

[Venkat Pentyala]

Hare krishna,   Shilpa & Me are OK to do roles of wife and husband...Script looked very much our real life characters except drinking...lol..   We can bring following items: TV remote, Cooking vessel, spatula, cellphone. Thanks, Venkat. --- On Tue, 2/1/11, Krishna Vennamaneni <vkrish...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Nithya Natarajan]

Good Morning!
 
I am sending this mail so that we can be prepared for tommorow's performance. Below are the items that are needed:
 
TV remote - Nithya
Laptop - Nithya
Dark wine bottle - TBD
Table -  available at the room
Cooking vessel - Nithya
spatula - Nithya
cellphone - We all carry one
Playing cards - TBD
DYS flyer - Available at the temple
 
Please bring items that are marked as TBD. It doesn't necessarily have to be the exact one :)
 
We will meet between 6:15 -6:30 at the temple tomorrow. Please try to be on time.

Thanks,
Nithya
 

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Subject: RE: Script
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 08:36:09 -0600

[Ramesh Yerramsetti]

In order to inspire your drama my kids created a 17 minute drama on the modes:  Please review

 

http://www.vimeo.com/19505539

 

Radhika Gopinath das

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Sent: Thu, February 3, 2011 10:42:44 AM
Subject: RE: Script

[Saravanan Siva Gurusamy]

DYS Admin,

 

Could you please let me know what are the schedules(start dates and the days on which the class will be conducted) for the upcoming DYS courses?

Regards,
Saravanan

[Radhika Gopinath Das]

Dear Sarvanan Prabhu.  Thank you for your interest.  Will provide that information shortly.

[Venkat Pentyala]

We can bring Playing cards.   Thanks, Venkat.

--- On Thu, 2/3/11, Nithya Natarajan <nithya_n...@hotmail.com> wrote:

[Radhika Gopinath Das]

Dear Friends,

 

Great job on the drama project.  Please see posted at: http://www.vimeo.com/19608535

 

Project two is due coming Friday.  Eveyone should select any verse from Vedabase.net and give a five minute presenatation from the purport.  The presenation should not exceed more than 4 slides of powerpoint.

 

The topic for Friday is Caitanya Mahaprabhu - Apostle of Love. 

 

Radhika Gopinath das

[Saravanan Siva Gurusamy]

Hare Krishna!
 
Thank you Prabhuji for posting the video.
 
Congratulations class members! You have done a wonderful job!!!

Regards,
Saravanan 

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Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 18:28:52 -0800
Subject: Re: Script
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[Nithya Natarajan]

Thank you prabhu ji, for creating and posting the video and for summarizing what's needed for the next project.
 
I concur. The play has come out really well given that we got to practice only for 45 min.
 
-Nithya
 

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Subject: RE: Script
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 21:25:33 -0600

[Radhika Gopinath Das]

Dear devotees,

 

Thank you for making the Discover Yourself course a great success.  I was amazed at your presentations today culminating our course. 

I incorrectly said that yoga class is tomorrow, Saturday - actually it is on Sunday 2/13 and every Sunday at 7:30 AM in the same class where we had DYS

Veda Narayana Prabhu, please reply all to this message with your home address for Bhagavad Gita class

 

Radhika Gopinath das