Bhagavad Gita Class & Discussion

Discussion led by Pravrajika Sridharaprana, a senior nun of Sri Sarada Math

Join our Vedanta Society members and friends from 7:30 pm via ZOOM

OR JOIN US IN PERSON FROM 7 PM FOR SILENT MEDITATION AT: Vedanta Hall, 15 Liverpool Road, Croydon NSW and stay on for the discussion.

Study of Chapter 15:

## The Way to the Supreme Spirit:

## Verses 1- 2

## Discussion Themes:

• THE ETERNAL TREE: Chapter 15 of the Gita highlights the deep symbology of the Asvattha (Peepul) tree. Having already caught the attention and imagination of the ancient sages, its status was enhanced in the 6th century BC when the Buddha attained illumination under its copious canopy. With its unusual habit of sending roots down from the branches, the tree is depicted as having roots above and branches below, symbolising how we receive spiritual sustenance from subtler and higher realms, providing stable, sustaining support for the ‘branches’ of our daily life.
• THE UNIVERSE TREE: ‘Philosophy found that from the cause the effect has come. The effect is visible; the cause is not visible. And therefore, in that invisible world of Cause, beyond time and space, is the root of this tree. And in time and space that root grows into a mighty tree called the manifested universe tree.’

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