3 hours to go until Dhruv Chhatralias historical 200th talk in the City from 6.30pm to 10.30pm at the offices of international law firm CMS Cameron McKenna at the following address: CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, Mitre House, 160 Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4DD (nearest station: Barbican or St Pauls). To register please RSVP at the following webpage: hanuman200.eventbrite.co.uk/ The programme for the event is as follows: 6pm - 6.30pm - registration and refreshments 6.30pm to 7.45pm - talk by Dhruv Chhatralia entitled The secrets of success in career management we can learn from the Hanuman Chalisa 7.45pm to 8pm - official UK book launch of the English commentary on the Hanuman Chalisa by His Holiness Pujyashree Bhupendrabhai Pandya entitled Hanuman: Ocean of Wisdom and Virtues and celebrations to mark the occasion of the 200th event of the CMS Hindu Network 8pm - 10.30pm - vegetarian Indian cuisine and Indian soft drinks, celebrations and networking with professionals from all over the City, media personalities and parliamentarians THE TOPICS OF THE LEGENDARY 200 TALKS GIVEN BY DHRUV CHHATRALIA IN THE LAST THREE YEARS: 1. An introduction to Hinduism 2. Life the Hindu way 3. The 7 leadership qualities of Lord Ganesh 4. Diwali at CMS 2011 celebrations in London 5. A glimpse into the chapters of the Bhagavad Gita 6. An introduction to the Bhagavad Gita: the difference between spirituality and materiality 7. The essence of teamwork: the order in which the conches were blown 8. The three states of thoughtlessness, thoughtfulness and thoughtfreeness 9. Four reasons that motivate any human being to perform any action 10. Peace of Mind 1: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 11. The importance of having a Guru in ones life and the greatness of a Guru 12. The mortality of the body and the immortality of the soul 13. How to tolerate pleasures and pains 14. Life management according to Hinduism 15. A lesson in women’s empowerment 16. The eight step method to attain peace of mind and to face set-backs 17. Explanation of the varna (not caste) system: eliminating historys biggest minsunderstanding 18. The three questions that come up in a persons mind before they perform any action 19. Peace of Mind 2: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 20. The link between actions and their fruits and between free will and destiny 21. Attaining a steady intellect by removing selfish desires and being content with the Self 22. The eight psychological steps that lead to the downfall of any human being 23. The journey from self-confidence to self-esteem to self-valour to self-bliss 24. The unique symbolism of Shiva and how to have the courage to face the death of a loved one 25. The difference between what is right and what is pleasurable 26. The differences between the path of action and the path of wisdom 27. Peace of mind 3: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 28. A manual for controlling the mind and the senses 29. The three ways of performing actions: the Worker, the Artisan and the Performer 30. Holi at CMS 2012 celebrations and event on vegetarianism 31. Yagna: the science behind how the world works 32. The great game of life: the will to win and the 10 steps of how a human becomes a dev (god) 33. Empowering the staff, empowering CMS 1 34. The effect that food has on thoughts, and why we worship cows and the Tulasi plant 35. Empowering the staff, empowering CMS 2 36. Empowering the staff, empowering CMS 3 37. Empowering the staff, empowering CMS 4 38. Empowering the staff, empowering CMS 5 39. Why people do a PhD entirely on a topic of Lokasamgraham (the maintenence of the world) 40. An explanation of the three modes of nature and the 26 departments of the modes 41. Peace of Mind 4: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 42. Two tests to discover your unique purpose in life and to reveal your gift within 43. Reincarnation explained: the three bodies we have (physical, subtle and causal) 44. The five reasons why God becomes incarnated and a study of the word avatar (incarnation). 45. Four questions one should ask themselves if they wish to apply the Gita in their lives 46. Fluency in action: the relationship between actions and their consequences 47. The qualities one needs in order to become free from the bondage of karmas 48. A study of the different types of Yagnas that enable us to achieve success in our lives 49. Reverence, inquiry and service as the three steps to learn wisdom from a Guru 50. How to acquire the quality of being decisive in life 51. Peace of Mind 5: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 52. The anatomy of desireless action: the key to performing work at a peak level 53. Spirituality applied to materiality: how to attain Yoga while enjoying material objects 54. Why we worship many Gods in Hinduism 55. Defining the Divine: the difference between spirituality, religion, belief, morality and philosophy 56. The art of vashi (self-control) and the secret to self-confidence 57. Importance of the Bhagavad Gita and its lessons on our daily lives 58. The difference between rituals, religion, God, philosophy, morality and spirituality 59. The vision of samadarshinah (seeing with an equal eye) and how to obtain this vision 60. Peace of Mind 6: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 61. How to become free from the mental imprints that material objects leave 62. The seven qualities needed to be liberated from the cycle of birth and death 63. The path to Yoga: a study of the Yog Sutras of Patanjali 64. Guided meditation session 1: breathing technique 65. Guided meditation session 2: activating the chakras 66. Guided meditation session 3: chanting the Aumkar 67. Attaining a state of mind where nothing on the outside can affect your inner peace 68. The goal-posts to measure how much you are succeeding in your meditation 69. Attaining peace of mind by steadying the mind on the Self and the consequences of Yoga 70. How to control the mind to achieve one-pointed concentration 71. Never does one who does good, dear friend, tread the path of woe 72. The relationship between science and spirituality 73. Wisdom after knowing which there remains nothing left to be known in the world 74. The 8 components that make up the world: earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and ego 75. Diwali 2012 at Integreon and HCL: why we celebrate Diwali 76. Diwali at CMS 2012 celebrations in Bristol 77. Diwali at CMS 2012 celebrations in Bucharest 78. Love according to the Bhagavad Gita 79. Diwali at CMS 2012 celebrations in London 80. The divine maya (illusion) of God: its purpose, its origin, its features and why it is divine 81. The four types of devotees that come to God 82. Why Idol worship is human nature and five qualities that come to a person who meditates on an Idol of God 83. Why God is both manifest and non-manifest: seeing the Supreme Consciousness residing in the form 84. The seven questions that form the foundation of spiritual thinking 85. The distinguishing features between matter and consciousness 86. The power of the human mind and how we can remember God at the time of death to make death a beautiful experience 87. How to free yourself from the prison of your thoughts through yogbal (the power of Yoga) 88. A comprehensive guide to the mathematics, science and history of (Aum) and the 23 main effects of meditating on this sacred syllable 89. The formula for happiness for human beings and the link between vasna (desires) and time 90. The concept of time and relativity in the universe: why there are far fewer written accounts of history in the East when compared to the West 91. The Ultimate Goal of both spirituality and materialism: never having to return back to the position you are in 92. A study of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad about the two paths that beings take after their deaths: the path of light and the path of darkness 93. Why only a person who does not cavil attains the royal secret of wisdom. An explanation of the penances Parvati performed to attain Shiva 94. The characteristics of the Royal Wisdom and the Royal Secret: a study of the Yog Vashista Ramayan 95. Building the foundations of shradha (faith): a study of the works of Shrimad Adi Shankracharya and Shrimad Ramanunjacharya 96. The six principles that govern the universe and a study of prakruti (nature) and its two parts: maya (illusion) and svabhav (own-being) 97. Lessons from the Mahabharata on how to defeat people who do you wrong without having any animosity towards them: the root principle of opposing the attitude and not the person 98. A study of the lives of great devotees such as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Srimad Vallabacharya and their revolution in kirtan (glorifying Gods name) with absorption and immersion 99. Twelve ways in which we can see the Supreme Soul and how they give us support and guidance in any situation in life 100. How worship and meditation of God brings attainment of what people have not got and security in what they have. 101. The secrets of success in career management from the Hanuman Chalisa 102. The four things that God accepts from us: patram (a leaf), pushpam (a flower), falam (a fruit) or toyam (water). The deeper meaning behind this. 103. The verse we should all have written in our hearts: know you for certain that My devotee perishes never. The story of Buddhas famous pupil Pattachara and the removal of the human guilt complex. How each and every human being has made at least one mistake in their lives and why the doors of God are not closed to anyone 104. A lesson in women’s empowerment: reversing the effects of centuries of discimination on a womans mindset and a study of Great Female Saints in Indian culture 105. Shirdi Sai Babas ability to see Gods vibhuti (divine manifestations) in each and every creature and the 20 different types of feelings of human beings 106. Peace of Mind 6: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 107. A study of the Vayu Purana about the seven qualifications needed to attain the state of a Maharishi (Great Sage): a long life-span, vision of a mantra, being full of fortune, having a divine vision, being enhanced in qualities, truly seeing Dharma and being one from whom a lineage begins. 108. The perfect love that is without any reasons, without any expectation and without satiation: a study of the relationship of Ram and Sita in the Ramayan 109. The unique symbolism of Shiva: a study of Pushpadantas Mahimna Stotram. 110. A step-by-step guide on how to chant a mantra, a further study of the Aumkar by looking at the life of Shree Ramakrishna Parahamsa and Narada the Divine Seer. 111. Personal Development through Yoga 112. Peace of Mind 7: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 113. What we can learn from the lives of the sage Dadhichi, king Prahlad and the saint Meera about staying true to ones principles and values in the face of adversity and pressure 114. The seven leadership qualities we can learn from Lord Ganesh 115. Why the Ramayan was written, why we worship Lord Ram (the God who embodies Dharma and gives fearlessness to all creatures) and how ones life becomes purified by bathing in the River Ganga 116. The seven unique powers of women and a study of the Devi Bhagavad and the life of Vidhyaranya Swami about the Gayatri mantra and how it protects one who chants it 117. A study of Mahashree Vyāsa and how Ganesh wrote the Mahabharata on the narrations of Mahashree Vyāsa; a study of the two niti (ethics): the Chanakya niti (the ethics of Chanakya) and the Sukra niti 118. How can we see God? A study of the life of Swami Vivekananda. The greatest mystery in the field of spirituality and how Arjunas bewilderment went away. 119. Stress management workshop with an Eastern Methodology 120. Guided meditation session 4 121. Guided meditation session 5 122. The beautiful moment when ShreeKrushna gives the divya chakshu (divine vision) to Arjuna 123. Arjuna has a vision of and beholds the entire universe in the vishvaroop (Universal Form of God) 124. Peace of Mind 9: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 125. The relationship between Jyotish Shastra (Vedic Astrology) and spirituality through the perspective of science 126. Arjuna sees the vishvaroop (Universal Form) of God as the guardian of the eternal Sanatana Dharma 127. Arjuna now begins to see the future through the vishvaroop (Universal Form) 128. Verses that will lift you up in the most adverse of circumstances. Verses on whose support Saints have been living. Verses that came directly from the mouth of the vishvaroop (Universal Form) of God 129. Peace of Mind 10: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 130. Our first event at the House of Commons in Parliament hosted by the Energy, Business and Enterprise Minister Rt. Hon Michael Fallon MP, Michael Ellis MP and Keith Vaz MP about a £12 million Hindu centre project by the inspirational Neelam Aggarwal- Singh. 131. The prayer chanted by Arjuna to the vishvaroop (Universal Form of God) that has become a mantra to remove all ones fears and to give one courage in the midst of adversities 132. The ultimate test of true love towards God or a person: Arjunas feelings of intense love and his plea for forgiveness from ShreeKrushna 133. BT Diwali celebrations 2013: the story of the Ramayan 134. The sutra (formula) for bhakti (devotion): He who does work for Me, he who looks upon Me as his goal, he who worships Me, free from attachment, who is free from enmity from all creatures, he comes to Me 135. Diwali at CMS 2013 celebrations in Aberdeen 136. Diwali at CMS 2013 celebrations in Bristol 137. Diwali at CMS 2013 celebrations in Bucharest 138. The foundations of bhakti (devotion): God is here, God is now, God is in me and God is mine 139. Diwali at CMS 2013 celebrations in London 140. Why we worship forms of God and why it is natural and straightforward for the mind to become concentrated on a form of God 141. Practical techniques to make the mind and the intellect focussed on the Supreme Soul, how to recognise your own strengths and weaknesses and a look at the history of the world to see how the human intellect has developed over time 142. 100th Bhagavad Gita talk in the City: The first and second sets of qualities of an ideal devotee: He who has no ill will to any being, who is friendly and compassionate, free from egoism and self-sense, even-minded in pain and pleasure, forgiving, ever content, self-controlled, unshakable in determination, and with mind and understanding given up to the Supreme Soul 143. The third and fourth sets of qualities of an ideal devotee: He from whom the world does not get shrink and who does not shrink from the world, who is free from joy and envy, fear and agitation, having no expectation, being pure, skilful in action, unconcerned, and untroubled and giving up all initiative (in action) 144. Peace of Mind 11: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 145. The fifth, sixth and seventh sets of qualities of an ideal devotee: He who neither rejoices nor hates, neither grieves nor desires, who has renounced good and evil, He who (behaves) alike to foe and friend, also to good and evil repute and who is alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, who is free from attachment, he who holds equal blame and praise, who is silent (restrained in speech), content with anything (that comes), who has no fixed abode and is firm in mind, and he who with faith, holding God as their supreme aim, follows this immortal wisdom 146. Who am I? An introduction to the field and the knower of the field. A study of the three bodies and the five sheaths through the Taittriya Upanishad 147. The knower of the field in all fields and why knowledge of the field and its knower are true knowledge. A study of the Adhyātma Upanishad, Bradhānyak Upanishad and Chandogya Upanishad 148. What the field is, of what nature it is, what its modifications are, why it has formed, what he (the knower of the field) is, and what his powers are 149. A study of the 81 different types of ahimsa (non-violence) and how we can apply them in our lives. The first set of qualities of gnyan (wisdom): humility (absence of pride), integrity (absence of deceit), non-violence, patience, uprightness, service of the teacher, purity (of body and mind), steadfastness and self-control 150. A study of the 700 holy verses by the Saint Gnyaneshwar about the 20 qualities of gnyan (wisdom) and the teachings of the Saint Eknath about how to have constant equal mindedness towards desirable and undesirable happenings 151. The difference between the gnyātā (the knower), gnyān (wisdom) and gneha (That which is to be known). A study of Yama’s famous discourse to Nachiketa in the Katho Upanishad about how one can experience the Supreme Soul 152. The process of self-mastery: a study of prakrti (nature) and Purusa (the soul), the five great gross elements, the five senses of action, the five senses of knowledge, the five sense objects, the intellect, the ego and the mind 153. Peace of Mind 12: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 154. Satsang in Luton entitled The Eight-Step Process to Achieve Peace of Mind and The Science Behind Reincarnation and Rebirth 155. The key to becoming totally involved in the work that you are doing. The solution to becoming free from prakruti (nature) and how the Purush (soul) neither acts nor is tainted 156. The supreme wisdom, of all wisdom the best, by knowing which all sages have passed from this world to the highest perfection. How those who resort to gnyan (wisdom) become of like nature to God 157. A guide to three gunas (modes of nature): sattva (goodness), rajas (passion) and tamas (dullness) 158. Practical techniques to achieve deep and effective sleep and the difference between necessary and unnecessary sleep: lessons from great historical figures including Bhagavan Mahavir, Bhagavan Buddha and Arjuna 159. Peace of Mind 13: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 160. A study of the Srimad Bhagavad about the 10 agents, means and causes that can increase the amounts of each of the gunas (modes of nature) 161. A study of the ShreeKrushna Ashtakam by Shrimad Adi Shankracharya and an explanation of what happens in our lives when there is an increase in each of the three gunas (modes of nature) 162. From the fact that we have been born as human beings, how we can tell what our previous births and lives were like? 163. Guided Yoga Meditation session at Nomura International Bank 164. Shree Ramakrishna Parahamsas example of how to become free from the three modes of nature and the seven steps of the path of Yoga described in the Yog Vashishta Ramayan 165. Talk on the Bhagavad Gita to the British Army 166. The imperishable asvattham (peepal tree) of the material world with its roots above, branches below and with its leaves as the Vedas 167. Peace of Mind 14: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 168. Barclays Bank Holi celebrations 2014: the glories of Bhagavan Narsihn and His devotee Prahlad 169. How to cut off the firm-rooted peepal tree of the material world using the strong sword of non-attachment. The step-by-step explanation of Vedanta of how all bondages are created out of ignorance. All bondages come as a result of karmas, all karmas come from wishes, wishes come from a sense of incompleteness, incompleteness comes from envy, envy comes from attraction and repulsion, attraction and repulsion come from ignorance of forgetting that you are Brahman (the Supreme Being) 170. Guided Yoga meditation session at Patanjali Yogpeeth UK 171. A study of the Chandogya Upanishad about the qualities needed to attain the Purushottam (Primal Person): being free from pride and delusion, conquering attachment, having all desires stilled, being ever devoted to the Supreme Spirit, being liberated from the dualities known as pleasure and pain and being undeluded 172. How to create a shield around yourself when the world gives you difficulties and a study of the Panchadashi of Vedanta about how we are fragments of the Supreme Soul and become living beings in the world that draw to us the senses and the mind that rest in nature 173. The two powers of the individual soul: the power of life and the power of wishes. A study of the Sarvasar Upanishad about the nature of wish-fulfilment and the effect that wishes have on the astral body 174. The seven leadership qualities we can learn from Lord Ganesh. 175. The revelation of the most secret doctrine of the Bhagavad Gita by ShreeKrushna: the wisdom by knowing which a person will have fulfilled all their duties 176. Peace of Mind 15: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 177. Guided Yoga meditation session at RBS 178. The first set of qualities of a divine person: fearlessness, purity of mind, wise apportionment of wisdom and concentration, charity, self-control and sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity and uprightness 179. The second set of qualities of persons with divine endowments: non-violence, truth, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranquillity, aversion to fault finding, compassion to living beings, freedom from covetousness, gentleness, modesty, steadiness (absence of fickleness), vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, and freedom from malice and excessive pride 180. Peace of Mind 16: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 181. The importance of integrity, inspiration and innovation in the workplace 182. The endowments of a person with a demonaic nature: hypocricy, arrogance, excessive pride, anger, harshness and ignorance. How to remove these characteristics from our lives 183. Spirituality and diversity in the legal workplace 184. Inspiration for the faint-hearted. The story of the bird trapped in a businessmans cage and the one solution to becoming liberated from this world 185. Peace of Mind 17: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 186. The gateway leading to the ruin of the soul is threefold: lust, anger and greed. Therefore these three, one should abandon 187. How, when and in what circumstances the scriptures should be followed in determining which actions we undertake in life and the nine types of shradha (faith) 188. Peace of Mind 18: practical techniques to remove stress from your life 189. A guide to the types of food we should eat and the physical, mental, spiritual, societal and environmental benefits of a pure vegetarian diet 190. Aum Tat Sat- the threefold symbol of Brahman by which were ordained of old the Brāhmins, the Vedas and the Yagnas 191. The mistake in considering renunciation to mean giving up life because this will lead to good people being more and more inactive and wrong people becoming more and more active in society. The true nature of renunciation as the giving up of works prompted by desire and the true nature of relinquishment as the abandonment of the fruits of all works 192. The five factors in the accomplishment of all actions: the seat of action, the agent, the instruments of various sorts, the many kinds of efforts and providence. A study of the impact of free will and destiny during the French revolution and in the discovery of steam energy by James Watt 193. The story of the last moments of Socrates life and how he passed away with a feeling of being a witness and with utter self-consciousness 194. Immanuel Kants teaching of there being two types of the intellect: pure reason and practical reason. Pure reason is the pure intellect, which the Gita calls the intellect fixed in determination. And practical reason is the practical intellect, which the Gita calls the intellect not fixed in determination 195. If a person cannot become happy in the present, then there is a very big doubt about whether such a person can become happy in the future. How happiness is not dependent on your circumstances but on you 196. What is my duty? How to work out the unique purpose for which you are here by studying your root nature and characteristics 197. How each person can attain perfection by being devoted to their duty. Better is ones own law though imperfectly carried out than the law of another carried out perfectly. One should not give up the work suited to ones nature, though it may be defective, for all enterprises are clouded by defects as fire by smoke 198. Thus has wisdom more secret than all secrets, been declared to you by Me. Reflect on it fully and do as you choose. ShreeKrushna has put so much trust on our intellects by saying that we should reflect on this fully and do what we think is right. This is ShreeKrushnas greatness. Being wise, powerful, opulent and strong and yet not imposing Yourself is true greatness 199. Completion of the Gita Gnyan Yagna after 154 weeks, three years and 225 hours of 140 Bhagavad Gita talks: wherever there is Krushna, the Lord of yoga, and Partha (Arjuna), the archer, there will surely be fortune, victory, welfare and morality 200. The secrets of success of career management we can learn from the Hanuman Chalisa: book launch of “Hanuman: ocean of wisdom and virtues” by His Holiness Pujyashree Bhupendrabhai Pandya.
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